October 23, 2013
The poker and bluffing skills of Wall Street’s top financiers will be on display at 9pm Eastern time tonight (Wednesday Oct. 23) when Bloomberg Television screens the $50,000 buy-in “Poker Night on Wall Street” played at the Borgata in Atlantic City earlier this year. Among the six top businessmen engaged in what promises to be […]
October 22, 2013
The Indian Poker Association (IPA) has won a case against the Indian State of Karnataka initiated on the back of arrests and raids on poker players and organisers of recreational poker games in numerous Bangalore Clubs earlier this year. Justice AS Bopanna of the Karnataka High Court handed down the ruling saying “Having taken note […]
October 22, 2013
In what appears to be a disagreement with management, at least two members of Nevada-based Ultimate Poker.com’s professional team have ended their contracts with Team U. Randy Dorfman and Tom Marchese – and possibly others – have indicated that they are dissatisfied with management’s response to their suggestions on improving the playing environment at the […]
October 20, 2013
Poker pro Noah Schwartz claimed his first World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet over the weekend after several close-but-no-cigar attempts at the coveted jewellery. Playing in the Euro 3,250 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha Mix Max event at the World Series of Poker Europe currently taking place in France, he mastered a substantial chip disadvantage to best […]
October 20, 2013
The last outing of the $1 Million buy-in Big One for One Drop charity event at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas saw winning poker pro Antonio Esfandiari taking home $18,346,673, and according to founder Guy Laliberte, next year’s return of the event will see the winner claiming $20 million. Laliberte has announced […]
October 19, 2013
International poker ace Phil Hellmuth added another achievement to his illustrious career this week when he clocked his one hundredth cash in World Series of Poker events – the first player to do so. Hellmuth made the cash in a Euro 2,200 buy-in No Limit Hold’em event at this year’s World Series of Poker Europe […]
October 19, 2013
The highly experienced French live tournament poker ace Roger “Big Roger” Hairabedian clinched his second WSOP bracelet at the World Series of Poker Europe tournament near Paris Friday, in the process denying eight-bracelet veteran Erik Seidel his ninth piece of poker jewellery. 337 players entered the Euro 2,200 No-Limit Hold’em event and it took only […]
October 18, 2013
French player Darko Stojanovic, playing on French soil at this year’s World Series of Poker Europe, edged out Dan O’Brien Thursday to claim his first WSOP winner’s bracelet in the Euro 5,300 buy-in Mixed Max event. Stojanovic claimed his biggest career prize money yet at Euro 188,160, leaving his final heads up opponent with the […]
October 17, 2013
According to a report by Academicon and PokerScout, the New Jersey online poker market is expected to generate between $39 million and $65 million in its first year of operation, rising to between $55 million and $92 million in its tenth year. The expectation is largely reliant on whether the pastime is kept within state […]
October 16, 2013
Next week’s Nevada Gaming Commission meeting will examine a recommendation from the Nevada Gaming Control Board that a second six-month extension be granted to three companies that have been approved to offer online poker services in Nevada. Last week’s session of the Board agreed to recommend the extensions for the second time for the three […]