July 10, 2013
The US-facing online poker operator Americas Cardroom on the Winning Poker network appears to be gearing up for a software change, with affiliate marketers already briefed and preparing for a switch to an as yet unknown new provider. Forum posters on twoplustwo have been enthusiastic about the previewed changes, describing them as significant, although actual […]
July 10, 2013
On Day 2A at the World Series of Poker main event, 1,890 players took their seats – the survivors of Days 1A and B heats. The bad news – former WSOP main event champ Chris Moneymaker was eliminated, along with a slew of other big names that includes Steve O’Dwyer, Faraz Jaka, Eugene Katchalov, Gaelle […]
July 10, 2013
The second and last of the Day 2 heats in the World Series of Poker main event today sees the 2,306 survivors of Day 1C – all that remains of the original 3,467 who started Day 1C – again take to the felt to try and make it through to Day 3, when the players […]
July 9, 2013
Phil Ivey’s new IveyPoker App was launched in Beta mode on Facebook inviting players to experience a number of free training videos from “Team Ivey” while playing free-to-play poker with their Facebook friends on the “social felt”. Players are gifted 3500 chips on registration and are presented with the opportunity to play cash games, multi-table […]
July 9, 2013
The last three general event bracelets at the 2013 World Series of Poker have been claimed by Daniel Alaei, Loni Harwood and Brian Yoon prior to the Main Event, which will only be finally decided later this year. The “mini” version of the One Drop charity fund-raiser, the $1,111 buy-in Little One for One Drop […]
July 9, 2013
The final day for World Series of Poker main event registrations was producing disappointing results when we went to press, admittedly before registrations closed. Unofficial figures of around 3,200 were being bruited about by tournament observers, which would make total entries for the event far short of the hoped-for 7,000 players. Days 1A and 1B […]
July 9, 2013
Monday saw the start of Day 1C – the third and final registration day for this year’s World Series of Poker Main Event – with most of the big names in the game taking their seats, including a surprisingly low-key Phil Hellmuth, who eschewed his usual fancy-dress grand entrance and simply got down to work. […]
July 9, 2013
The Isle of Man-based online poker operator Pokerstars has introduced a new security measure with the intention of better protecting player accounts. The new SMS Validation is an innovative addition to the armoury of measures designed to shield players from criminal hackers, and is a free service to players offered as part of the latest […]
July 8, 2013
Official World Series of Poker main event numbers show that at 1,942 entries, starting day 1B is impressive, but on the low side compared with last year’s 2,114 players, continuing the trend set on Day 1A. Tournament observers will therefore be watching the final day 1C registrations with interest to see how it shapes against […]
July 7, 2013
Former World Series of Poker main event champions Greg Merson, Joe Cada and Pius Heinz were among the 943 first flight players who started the Main Event rolling Saturday, a field slightly smaller than expected or was achieved last year, but the organisers remain confident that the 7,000 player level will be breached by the […]