August 22, 2013
Russian businessman Alexey Rybin dominated the six-day 2013 Bwin WPT Merit Cyprus Classic at the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino this week, missing a business meeting in Monte Carlo to continue playing, but taking home the first prize of $258,000 and a $25,000 seat at the upcoming WPT Championship. The event attracted a field […]
August 21, 2013
Jason “strassa2” Strasser, a former full-time poker pro turned investment banker, bested a field of 591and took the World Series of Poker Circuit Foxwoods Main Event title along with a $186 600 pay cheque. Strasser played full time professional poker for two years around 2005 to 2007 before pursuing a career in investment banking. “Everyone […]
August 21, 2013
With just three weeks to go before the end of the California legislative session, State Senator Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana has amended SB 678 and reclassified it as urgent. The bill which has seen little movement since March 2013 (see previous reports) was amended to legalise online poker in California but limits licence awards to […]
August 21, 2013
The publication High Stakes Data Base reports that Swedish online high stakes poker ace Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom took a serious spanking on the Full Tilt Poker site over the weekend, losing $273,000 in just ten minutes. Playing heads up against Alex ‘IReadYrSoul’ Millar, on a $400/$800 NLHE table Blom was crushed in 40 rapid-fire hands, […]
August 20, 2013
The main event of the 23rd edition of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) generated plenty of excitement and a three way chop as it ended another successful tourney this week, with German player “Itahaschi” besting a field of 3,326 competitors in the $635 buy-in event…but not taking home the most money. “Itahaschi” banked […]
August 20, 2013
InsuredPlay.com, an all-in poker equity insurance enterprise specialising in the coverage of online cash games, is to fold in an orderly fashion after just 16 months in business. The company has assured players that their balances remain safe and segregated, and that all balances will be paid out in full following claims that must be […]
August 19, 2013
Englishman Tom Alner has taken the PokerStars Macau Poker Cup Red Dragon Main Event title from a 600-strong field dominated by local players. Alner emerged victorious besting Jason Chong in heads-up. “I’ve always wanted to win this. The reason I’ve come to Macau was to win the Red Dragon,” said Alner. The main event final […]
August 18, 2013
It’s taken an inordinately long time for the US Justice Department to appoint a refund administrator for the long-suffering US-resident Full Tilt Poker players, but it looks as if the wheels are at last starting to grind forward. The appointed administrators, Garden City Group, posted the following advisory on the Full Tilt Claims website late […]
August 18, 2013
The ability to harness online information with pub poker tourney finals has made pub poker league provider Redtooth Poker.com a winning proposition for players, operators and marketers, all anxious to connect with an active playing pool of 158,802 players taking part in pub leagues throughout the UK. And the Daily Star Sunday newspaper reports that […]
August 16, 2013
In what could be seen as an indictment of the tragic paucity of knowledge among US politicians regarding online poker, reports surfaced this week that the land gambling trade body the American Gaming Association is considering using the new fictional online poker movie Runner Runner to persuade lawmakers on the need for federal regulation. Starring […]