January 15, 2013
Online poker railbirds have since the new year began been enthralled by the boldness with which Swedish poker pro Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom has embraced an unprecedented heater that has seen him earn over $5 million in just two weeks. On Sunday that wild ride on the tiger was stopped in its tracks in a frantic, […]
January 15, 2013
Vanessa Selbst (28) can rightfully claim the crown of most successful female poker player this week following her victory in the Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure High Roller tournament. She earned $1,425,420, leaving her with tournament career earnings that eclipse those of former leader Kathy Liebert by a good million at $7,280,075. Selbst faced a formidable final […]
January 14, 2013
The weekend ended on a high note at the nosebleed tables on the Full Tilt Poker site as Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom kept riding his almost two-week long wave of success by logging on for another exhilarating 17 hours of online poker, taking on anyone with the confidence and bankroll to challenge him on a spread […]
January 14, 2013
26-year-old Bulgarian poker pro Dimitar Danchev has survived five tough days of poker and bested a field of 986 other players to take down the tenth anniversary edition Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas. With the respect for winning such a major tourney and the trophy comes a first prize of $1,859,000, but Danchev had […]
January 13, 2013
In what is fast becoming one for the all-time online poker record books, Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom was back at the Full Tilt Poker high stakes tables again Friday for a fourth consecutive session of nosebleed action. At first it appeared that Blom had finally come off his unprecedented heater, losing $150,000 to old enemy Ben […]
January 12, 2013
Tournament poker fans will now be able to use their smartphones and tablets to watch the top aces in action on the final tables of major tournaments following the release of Pokerstars.TV’s updated app. Available worldwide, the app allows poker fans to access free streaming video content on Apple and Android devices, starting with tournaments […]
January 12, 2013
UK poker pro Tom Carpenter lost his world-championship stake money and was subjected to a frightening experience when a gang of masked burglars forced the back door and invaded his home in Tamworth, UK, a court in Stafford heard this week. The Tamworth Herald reports that the poker pro was preparing to fly to Las […]
January 11, 2013
Two of the top-tier skins on the iPoker network, bet365 and Paddy Power, have quietly shut down their exclusive and segregated, or ‘premium’ tables, creating greater player liquidity, according to player reports currently appearing in Internet gambling media. The reports are confirmed by the removal of references to the former exclusive tables on the websites […]
January 11, 2013
Despite a brutal reversal of fortunes at the virtual nosebleed tables on Full Tilt Poker Wednesday, which saw him lose $509,000 in a single session, Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom was back in action Thursday, again taking charge and recouping his losses. The High Stakes Data Base reports that the young Swede put on an ‘exhilarating’ display […]
January 10, 2013
The latest applicants to be approved as online poker service providers in Nevada have been named by the Nevada Gaming Control Board as Lottomatica and Sartini Synergy Online, a newly formed subsidiary of Golden Gaming, a local gaming company which has tavern and land casino interests in the state. The approvals will now be progressed […]