October 16, 2013
Henrik Johansson, a twenty-one-year-old professional online high stakes player from Sweden, celebrated a Euro 129,700 boost to his bank balance, and his first WSOP bracelet, Tuesday after winning the second event in this year’s World Series of Poker Europe, currently taking place at Casino Barrière near Paris, France. It was the young pro’s first live […]
October 15, 2013
Television viewers in the United States will get another helping of the UltimateBet scandal from Tuesday October 22, when Doublehead Pictures releases its in-depth documentary “UltimateBeat” in Video on Demand format. Our readers may recall that director Scott Bell had to go the crowd funding route via Kickstarter.com to get his production off the ground. […]
October 13, 2013
The popular and respected Australian professional poker player Jackie Glazier finally realised one of her career ambitions in France over the weekend when she won the ladies event and her first WSOP bracelet at the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe at Casino Barriere, eight miles north of Paris at Enghien-les-Bains. The event attracted a […]
October 13, 2013
The 2013 European Poker Tour London main event was decided over the weekend as 27-year-old Swedish pro Robin Ylitalo bested a competitive field of 603 other hopefuls to claim the main prize of GBP 560,980. Ylitalo played strongly and well through the several days leading to the final table, and was among the high stacks […]
October 13, 2013
159 players ponied up the GBP 10,300 buy-in to play in the High Roller event at this year’s European Poker Tour London, creating a prize pool worth GBP 1,538,600. By the third day of play this weekend the field was down to just 12 survivors, led by Sorel Mizzi and Carla Sabini of Canada and […]
October 12, 2013
Garden City Group, the reimbursement administrator appointed by the US Department of Justice to verify and pay out the millions of dollars set aside for former Full Tilt Poker players, has widened the claims window to include affiliate marketers owed money following the Black Friday shutdown of the “old” Full Tilt. In acquiring Full Tilt […]
October 11, 2013
There’s never a dull moment in the world of online poker, which this week saw announcements affecting the troubled Revolution poker network. Equally troubled poker skin Juicy Stakes, which appears to be having difficulty paying its players timeously, first announced in an email to interested parties that it had been acquired by a previously unknown, […]
October 11, 2013
The 2013 edition of the prestigious World Series of Poker Europe tournament kicks off today (October 11) in the luxurious surroundings of the 100-year-old lakeside Casino Barriere, just eight miles north of the centre of Paris at Enghien-les-Bains. The first event to see the cards fly is the Euro 1,100 buy-in Ladies No Limit Texas […]
October 10, 2013
Vice-Admiral Tim Giardina, the high-ranking US Strategic Command naval officer caught up in a casino counterfeit chip investigation in Iowa is paying a heavy price for his poker playing penchant; he may have escaped civilian censure, but the parallel investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service has seen him suspended from his sensitive nuclear duties […]
October 9, 2013
Poker giant PokerStars is set to celebrate its 800 millionth tournament milestone since inception 12 years ago with $2 million up for grabs in prize money. From October 13-20, PokerStars will offer bigger guarantees, special tournaments, give-aways and Golden Sit $ Go’s. The Tourney Number 800 Million on October 20th will offer a $1 million […]