July 4, 2013
Internet message boards are speculating that Hero Poker, a Merge Poker Network skin that shut down at the end of last year following differences of opinion with the network, will soon return under a new brand and with different licensing. The bad news, for US players anyway, is that the resurrected site will probably not […]
July 4, 2013
Industry observers will be looking forward to seeing the final result of the much anticipated PartyPoker rebrand, the subject of much speculation since leaks revealed that it will involve a new orange corporate colour and a revamped logo; both a ‘clear break’ from the past. The launch by parent group Bwin.Party Digital is apparently planned […]
July 3, 2013
A California cocktail waitress with a talent for poker is the latest bracelet winner at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, taking down the fifty fourth event at this years’ series, a $1,000 buy-in NLHE open event with a main prize of $454,207. Outlasting a field of 2882 other hopefuls, Dana Castaneda – […]
July 3, 2013
The Isle of Man-based online poker operator Pokerstars has released details of its fifth edition of the popular MicroMillions tournement, a 100-event opportunity for small-stake players to win some of the $5 million guaranteed prize pool this year. Running from July 18 through July 28, the series presents buy-ins from as little as 11 US […]
July 1, 2013
Two veteran players well respected on the WSOP scene, Brit Barney Boatman of the Hendon Mob and Californian pro Brandon Wong, cracked their first World Series of Poker bracelets – at last – over the weekend, besting large fields to win major prizes. In event 49, a $1,500 buy-in NLHE tournament, 58-year-old British pro Barney […]
July 1, 2013
Canadian players are enjoying a successful World Series of Poker this year, repeatedly winning gold in important events. Over the weekend a tenth bracelet was added to the Canadian total when Ontario poker player Kristen Bicknell (26) saw off a field of 953 to win the Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship, and the $173,922 main prize. […]
July 1, 2013
Steve Sung earned his second World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet when he took down the $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed Event # 52, besting Phil Galfond and a field of 173 other players. A prize pool of $4,156,210 yielded Sung a payday of $1,205,324 – the seventh seven figure payout at this years World Series […]
June 30, 2013
After adding a day to the schedule to handle the final action, event 47: $111,111 buy-in One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold’em charity match has ended in triumph for twenty-six-year old Maryland professional player Anthony “End Boss” Gregg. Gregg claimed his first WSOP bracelet and the main prize of $4.8 million after surviving an entry […]
June 30, 2013
Marco Johnson (27) desperately wanted to break a run of three World Series of Poker runner-up disappointments, and this year he finally managed to do it, winning event 48: the $2,500 buy-in Limit Hold’em (Six Handed) competition. Adding to his delight, it was a fifth cash in this year’s WSOP for the high stakes, mixed […]
June 29, 2013
There are highly successful and wealthy businessmen along with big-name professional poker players in the 166 entrants for event 47 – the $111,111 buy-in One Drop High Roller charity tournament, and this week two of them clashed in a railbird thriller. Bill Perkins (44), the founder of Skylar Capital Management LP, played a pair of […]