April 28, 2013
The Pokerstars European Poker Tour Berlin has occupied the front pages of most online poker media this week, culminating in exciting High Roller and Main Event final table action over the weekend. 28-year-old Canadian live and internet poker ace Griffin Benger took the honours in the High Roller event, claiming the main prize of Euro […]
April 27, 2013
If there was ever a player-sensitive issue in the world of online poker, it is the right of players to conduct the prompt and safe withdrawal of account balances, yet an upsurge of punter reports on the poker information site 2plus2 and elsewhere indicates that Lock Poker is interfering with that key function. Already under […]
April 26, 2013
Coral’s online poker division has revealed that it is moving to iPoker 2 – the top tier – after just six months on the network. The tier is regarded as presenting its operators and players with a higher concentration of recreational players. The move will add Coral to a prestigious list that includes Titan Poker, […]
April 26, 2013
The New York Post reported Friday that billionaire hedge fund manager Marc Lasry has turned down a US ambassadorial post in France due to his association with an allegedly Russian organised crime gambling ring busted by federal agents last week. Lasry manages the $12 billion hedge fund Avenue Capital, and is reportedly a friend of […]
April 25, 2013
The main event of the $2,700 buy-in Asia Pacific Poker Tour leg in the Philippines has been concluded with Aussie poker pro Khac Trung Tran claiming the $124,000 main prize after besting a 205-player field. Four days after the action started, mid-stack man Khac faced a talented final table that included: Thang Truong, Sekiya Yosuke, […]
April 23, 2013
Reporting in its weekly assessment of global online poker traffic Tuesday, the independent monitor Pokerscout noted that traffic has declined 6 percent week-on-week for its seventh consecutive week of lower traffic. All top ten sites and networks showed weaker traffic. Pokerscout also notes that since this time last year, traffic has slipped a worrying 12 […]
April 23, 2013
Top international poker ace Michael Mizrachi was among a star-studded Day 1B starting field of 565 players in the Pokerstars European Poker Tour Berlin main event Monday…and he ended the second starter day as the chip leader on 175,400. The big Day 1B registration list brought the total number of players competing in this year’s […]
April 23, 2013
A case in the Los Angeles court attracted the attention of online poker industry observers this week, outlining as it did an attempt to extort hundreds of thousands of dollars from several high profile poker players, including Joe Sebok. The Associated Press news agency reports that two California men were sentenced to federal prison for […]
April 22, 2013
The international poker action centred on Berlin in Germany this weekend, where the European Poker Tour Berlin main event kicked off, and the Berlin Cup came to a conclusion, with Dutch player Pieter De Korver claiming the lion’s share of the Euro 500,000 guaranteed Berlin Cup prize pool. With a reasonably affordable buy-in of Euro […]
April 20, 2013
The much anticipated sequel to the poker movie Rounders will be in theatres by end September titled “Runner, Runner” entertainment media in the United States report this week. Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake star in the sequel, the script for which was written by the original Rounders authors. The new movie is directed by Brad […]