June 29, 2013
Two more World Series of Poker bracelets have been claimed in Las Vegas, with Ben Volpe and Vladimir Shchmelev besting large and talented entry fields to claim gold and hefty first prizes. Event 45: $1,500 buy-in Ante-Only No-Limit Hold’em attracted a field of 678 players that included many top professional aces like Blair Hinkle and […]
June 28, 2013
Online poker operator 888Poker, which this week became the fourth largest global internet poker network, has banned the use of SharkScope datamining activity from its venues, denying it access to player data from 888 tables. The ban ends a relationship which SharkScope claims has existed for some time, and has been imposed despite an offer […]
June 28, 2013
Management at the apparently beleaguered internet poker operator Lock Poker will be dismayed at more evidence that there is little confidence in their ability to pay timeously, with at least two professional players offering to sell off Lock Poker dollars for as little as US 33 cents. The new low (previously there were players prepared […]
June 27, 2013
The independent online poker monitor Pokerscout reports that for the first time yet, 888Poker has overtaken rival network PartyPoker in the Bwin.Digital group to position itself as the fourth largest online poker network globally. Pokerscout bases its competitive positioning on a 7-day moving average of active players in cash game tables. The lead is slim, […]
June 27, 2013
The United States Attorney’s Office for New York is not done with its crackdown on online poker yet, it appears from US media reports, which indicate that federal officials are investigating the Zion Bank in Utah on allegations of processing “tens of millions” of dollars in illegal online poker payments in the mid-2000s. The reports […]
June 27, 2013
166 entries for the World Series of Poker $111,111 buy-in Big One for One Drop High Roller charity event have generated a prize pool of over $17.8 million, setting new international live tournament records. The event includes some of global poker’s most respected players, but not Phil Hellmuth this year, according to a Tweet from […]
June 27, 2013
Sandeep Pulusani, a poker pro from Huntsville, Alabama is the latest bracelet winner at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, having triumphed in Event 44, a $3,000 buy-in no-limit hold‘em competition to claim the first prize of $592,684 and his first piece of WSOP jewellery. To win, Pulusani had to survive a large […]
June 26, 2013
Despite the prior introduction of a more comprehensive online gambling legalisation bill in Congress by Rep. Peter King this year, a new initiative is about to be launched by Texas Republican Congressman Joe Barton. The name will be familiar – Barton has already tried – and failed – to get an online poker only legalisation […]
June 26, 2013
Online poker industry veteran Jonas Ödman is moving on after serving as president of the Bodog Poker Network (BPN). n a press release Tuesday, Ödman hints at the prospect of bringing the Recreational Poker Model (RPM) he was instrumental in developing to the still unregulated California market. California lawmakers are currently embroiled in yet another […]
June 26, 2013
Norbert Szecsi and Jesse Martin have become the latest players to take home a WSOP bracelet. 22-year-old Szecsi was the first to feel the cold press of a winner’s bracelet on his wrist after he finished top in Event 42, a $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em affair. Having outlasted more than 2,000 players to get to […]