June 20, 2013
With this year’s World Series of Poker virtually at the halfway mark Wednesday, Australian cash games poker pro Jarred Graham (24) took down event 31, a $1,500 buy-in Omaha Hi-Lo competition, in the process denying veteran US ace Barry Greenstein his third WSOP bracelet. The Melbourne-based player claimed his first WSOP bracelet and the main […]
June 20, 2013
Sweden’s online gambling monopoly Svenska Spel’s announcement this week that it has compensated the 25,300 players impacted by a bot ring cheating scandal earlier this year has shown that the issue was larger than originally thought. The announcement values compensation paid to players at the equivalent of around US$586,000, substantially more than reports back in […]
June 19, 2013
The last few days have not been happy ones for Genting Poker, which did its relationship with players little good this week when new poker manager James Lowe unilaterally announced that the company would not honour promotional dollars won during a collaborative arrangement with the Hendon Mob. The manner in which the announcement was made […]
June 19, 2013
23-year-old Quebec student Jason Duval has pushed Canada into the record books winning the 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $1 500 No Limit Hold’em Event 28 title, the bracelet and $521 202 in prize money. A strong show of Canadian supporters provided the backdrop as Duval defeated Majid Yahyaei heads-up for the bracelet in […]
June 19, 2013
Veteran poker pro Tom Schneider (53) from Scottsdale, Arizona gave his opponents a lesson in how to win at H.O.R.S.E events Tuesday, in the process taking down event 29 in the World Series of Poker tournament unfolding in Las Vegas. It was his second H.O.R.S.E win in the current series (earlier in the tournament he […]
June 19, 2013
Finnish not-for-profit gaming operator, PAF has gone live on the MPN (formerly Microgaming Poker Network) through its Paf Heart Poker brand. The new offer allows players to link directly to the tables from the website, thus bypassing the lobby utilising a beginner-friendly interface. Customers also have access to the traditional advanced lobby, as well as […]
June 18, 2013
Things are not looking good for ZetPoker, a skin on the Revolution network that suspended operations over the weekend, citing financial difficulties caused by delayed network payments. The operator, BTG Gaming licensed in Curacao, assured players in a website communication at ZetPoker.info that it was doing everything in its power to recover player monies allegedly […]
June 18, 2013
A record entry field of 4,407 that included many top international players only sweetened the taste of success for 68-year-old Ken Lind this week as he took down the $1,000 buy-in Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship in event 26 at the World Series of Poker. Lind won his first WSOP bracelet, the Golden Eagle trophy and […]
June 17, 2013
Two more events in this year’s World Series of Poker have concluded over the weekend, with Corey Harrison and Danny Fuhs the latest bracelet winners. Harrison, a 36-year-old college professor and PhD from the University of Alabama, received a check for $432,411 and the bracelet for his victory in event 24, a $1,500 buy-in NLHE […]
June 17, 2013
Sunday saw the resolution of the 2013 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau main event and the first Chinese winner in the six edition history of this prestigious Asian tournament. 33-year-old Shanghai cosmetics company CEO Alexandre Chieng emerged the winner from a field of 388 in the $25,000 buy-in event, which offered a total prize […]