July 16, 2013
It was another day of thrills and, for some, acute disappointment at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas Sunday as Day 6 played to an early conclusion after four levels, with the survivor field of 68 reduced to just 27 going forward to Day 7 and the composition of this year’s Main Event […]
July 16, 2013
Caesar’s Interactive Entertainment’s Nevada-legal online poker operation, WSOP.com, could be in action for real-money play in October 2013, a just-announced promotion suggests. Hitherto, CIE spokesmen have been cautious on identifying a commencement date for real-money poker, saying only that it would be later this (northern hemisphere) summer. The promotion is detailed at http://www.wsop.com/promotions/100k.asp and announces: […]
July 16, 2013
Quoting “sources close to the process,” the online poker information site Online Poker Report suggested Monday that Full Tilt Poker’s upcoming brand-change may not be too revolutionary…but it could include a widening of activity into online casino gambling. “Details are still scarce, but the gist of the change is that FTP will be expanding its […]
July 16, 2013
Day 7 of the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker main event started at level 30 Monday with just 27 survivors of an original field of 6,352; an international selection of talented players from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United States. Although the chip leader […]
July 14, 2013
World Series of Poker officials have advised that just 953 players survived the action in Day 2C of main event action (see previous report) and will join the 790 players still standing after Day 2 A-B when the combined field reassembles later today (Thursday) Vegas time to play Day 3. That makes a combined field […]
July 14, 2013
Texas Representative Joe Barton’s much anticipated second attempt at launching a federal online poker-only legalisation bill became a reality Thursday with the introduction of HR 2666, the Internet Poker Freedom Act of 2013, in Congress. Barton says online poker is a game of skill, and that there should be certainty in what is legal and […]
July 14, 2013
Ultimate Gaming, the Station Casinos-Fertitta Interactive subsidiary that carries the group’s hopes for Nevada-regulated online poker in the form of the Ultimate Poker website, has announced that the 30-day operational test period commenced on April 20, 2013 has been successfully completed. Ultimate Gaming CEO Tobin Prior said Thursday passing the trial proved the company adhered […]
July 14, 2013
A new study commissioned by Pokerstars shows that Internet poker has grown in popularity in Eastern Europe and Asia since the mid-2000s, the Digital Journal reported this week, revealing that the survey identified China, South Korea, Russia, and countries of the former Soviet Union as having the highest rates of growth compared to other regions […]
July 14, 2013
Rumours were rampant this week – some on pretty tenuous grounds – that online poker giant Pokerstars is talking with a major Los Angeles land cardroom about a partnership that could give it a bridgehead in any Californian intrastate legalised internet poker market that may evolve. The reports appear to be centred on “The Gardens”, […]
July 14, 2013
Day 3 of the World Series of Poker Main Event kicked off Thursday in Las Vegas, with the starting fields combining for the first time as 1,743 survivors from an original field of 6,352 came together. The action was almost immediately hectic, with 90 players eliminated in the first 90 minutes, and early departures including […]