February 10, 2013
French poker player Remi Castaignon (29), an insurance broker in everyday life, will be celebrating a bigger balance in his bank account this weekend following his victory in the 2013 European Poker Tournament Deauville, in which he bested an entry field of 781 other players to take the trophy, the respect and the Euro 770,000 […]
February 10, 2013
Czech live and online poker pro Vojtech ‘Vojta_R’ Ruzicka racked up his biggest career win yet – Euro 313,000 – when he took down the 2013 European Poker Tour Deauville High Roller event over the weekend. This young player, who hails from Liberec in the Czech Republic, has a respectable list of live tournament entries […]
February 9, 2013
Playtech’s latest quarterly and annual results reflected the largely common trend in the industry of a decline in online poker, with revenues falling by 27 percent to Euro 4 million compared to the same quarter a year ago, and by 18 percent to Euro 17.8 million over the year 2012, but that did not stop […]
February 9, 2013
International poker ace Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan returned to the virtual high stakes tables at Full Tilt Poker this week for the first time since Black Friday…and what a return it was! In a mammoth 25-hour single session that started late Thursday, Dwan took on a range of top NLHE, no-limit Triple Draw and PLO players, […]
February 8, 2013
Thursday’s dramatic last minute conditional veto by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie of an online gambling legalisation bill (see previous report) has been widely seen as a temporary obstacle that will be relatively straight-forward to overcome. A conditional veto allows the state Legislature to reconsider a measure, amend it appropriately and then return it to […]
February 7, 2013
The care with which Nevada online poker licence holders are approaching technology testing was acknowledged Wednesday when the Nevada Gaming Control Board granted extensions for technology testing to South Point Poker, ACEP Interactive and Monarch Interactive. The approval now goes to the Nevada Gaming Commission for ratification on February 21, and gives the three companies […]
February 7, 2013
The Poker Players Alliance action body says in this week’s poker update that the Department of Justice is close to appointing an independent administrator to assess and pay US player claims against Full Tilt Poker. Since the shutdown of FTP’s US operations early 2011 players have been awaiting word on how and when they will […]
February 7, 2013
Full Tilt Poker is about to follow Pokerstars, its sister site in the Rational Group, in opening a .eu website licensed in Malta, according to the poker information site Pokerfuse. The move could have positive tax implications for Swedish, Finnish, Polish, Slovenian, Romanian, Dutch and German players who migrate to the new venue, the information […]
February 7, 2013
The Poker Players Alliance action group has issued a press release urging New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to sign new intrastate legislation legalising online gambling in the state. The bill has been under consideration by the governor for the past 45 days and is subject to a deadline today (February 7). The governor can approve […]
February 7, 2013
Using chemicals to maintain the perfect poker face and hide facial ‘tells’ is the intriguing concept behind one episode television fans can look forward to in the long-running Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) series, according to reports in the entertainment media. The reports indicate that the former teen television star and pop singer David Cassidy, now […]