January 30, 2013
The anti-virus specialist company ESET has reported that a Trojan horse virus affecting users of a Facebook poker app has been stealing credit card data. The virus apparently infiltrated a Facebook app from ZyngaPoker ESET announced Monday. Introducing a note of international intrigue, the Israeli newspaper The Times of Israel reported that some 16,000 Israelis […]
January 29, 2013
The Pokerstars 2013 Turbo Championship of Online Poker is in the books with a record $24 million dished out, way more than the $15 million guarantee initially posted up by the giant online poker company for the 50 events. The main event alone saw 5,060 punters generate a prize pool for this one event of […]
January 29, 2013
New Jersey governor Chris Christie has the industry holding its breath as the deadline for his signature approving online gambling legislation in the Garden State rolls ever closer. With less than a week to go to the deadline, Christie has still given no hint of which way he will set course, and the Poker Players […]
January 28, 2013
Mike Matusow vs. Phil Hellmuth – it is difficult to imagine a more exciting finale to the 2013 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship which ended this weekend. And after an exciting bout it was Matusow who emerged the winner, claiming the honours and the $750,000 main prize and leaving Hellmuth with the consolation of a […]
January 28, 2013
According to business information and credit risk firm Vision-Net.ie, a notice of the appointment of liquidator has been filed by Dublin-based Pocket Kings Limited – formerly associated to Full Tilt Poker prior to its acquisition by PokerStars and the “Black Friday” online poker indictments undertaken by the U.S. Department of Justice. The firm is understood […]
January 28, 2013
The Aussie Millions High Roller event no game for sissies with a buy-in of $100,000, but poker pro Andrew Robl re-upped – the only player to do so this year – and the expensive gamble paid off; Robl finished in first place to claim the $1 million main prize and a handsome ROI. 21 players […]
January 27, 2013
After the multi-million dollar roller coaster action between Viktor Blom and Phil Galfond at the beginning of the year things on the high stakes online poker tables at Full Tilt Poker have calmed down somewhat, but the big bucks have still been changing hands between a different cast of nosebleed action characters. Top of the […]
January 26, 2013
Our readers will recall the trials and tribulations of Irish poker pro Paul Carr, who last hit the headlines in a court fight over whether monies seized by police in a drug bust last year were only at the premises for safe-keeping, belonged to him and therefore should not be forfeited to the state This […]
January 25, 2013
Konami’s Dragon Collection of social card games, which has generated an enthusiastic Japanese and US following of over 7 million users since it was launched two years ago, has a new game with a poker aim. The somewhat quaintly titled Dracolle and Poker combines the card battling elements typical of the Dragon Collection with the […]
January 25, 2013
Pokerstars released the program for its sixth presentation of the Pokerstars Latin American Poker Tour Thursday, showcasing six stops in exotic locations across Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Panama and Uruguay. Starting at the Enjoy Casino & Resort in Viña del Mar, Chile, from March 13 – 17, the tour will end in a Grand Final […]