July 10, 2012
Barry Denson, a Brit former part-time soldier who earlier this year vowed to beat the poker playing endurance record of 115 consecutive hours set by Phil Laak (see previous reports) has delivered on his promise, playing for 120 hours and 20 minutes at the G Casino in Manchester last week and earning GBP 850 for […]
July 10, 2012
The exchange of opinions around the severity of the sentence to be imposed on former Absolute Poker financial exec and Black Friday indictee, Brent Beckley appear to be continuing, judging by the latest submission filed by US Justice officials on July 3rd. Our readers will recall that Beckley pleaded guilty, but that Judge Lewis Kaplan […]
July 10, 2012
There will a super-abundance of top players going forward from Day 1C – the final entry day for the World Series of Poker main event, which completed in the early hours of Tuesday local time. Among the former champions, veteran Doyle Brunson survived to continue into Day 2 as did Joe Cada, Johnny Chan (WSOP […]
July 9, 2012
Day 1B of the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker main event launched Sunday with 2,114 entrants, boosting total sign-ups so far this year to 3,160 and encouraging officials in their belief that the final numbers will easily top 6,500. UFC fighter and celebrity player Georges St. Pierre gave the ‘Shuffle and Deal’ call, accompanied […]
July 8, 2012
Poker pro Shaun Deeb’s 92-year-old mother – and reportedly a tough poker player – Ellen Deeb did the “Shuffle Up and Deal” honours Saturday as the main event for this year’s World Series of Poker kicked off with a Day 1A entry field of 1,066 – up 19 percent on last year. Among the players […]
July 8, 2012
A specific region of the human brain influences bluffing calls in poker, and reacts differently when a player is using a computer as opposed to challenging or bluffing an opponent face-to-face, researchers at Duke University report. Researchers using sophisticated scanning and neural imaging technology observed the neural reactions of people competing in a poker game, […]
July 8, 2012
On Saturday 26-year-old Nick Shulman reprised his 2009 victory in the WSOP No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball World Championship, taking down the same $10,000 buy-in event in this year’s series for his second bracelet and a winner’s prize of $294,321. 101 players entered for the event, number 60 on the schedule and one of the last […]
July 8, 2012
Day 1A of the 43rd World Series of Poker main event is in the record books, with 657 players surviving a stellar entry field of 1066 hopefuls. For some it meant staying in the race for the massive final table prizes on October 28, but for many there was the disappointment of being eliminated and […]
July 7, 2012
According to the latest filings on Justia.com in the Pokerstars, et al case the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York has filed a Notice of Civil Forfeiture published on the forfeiture.gov website from April 18 to May 17, 2012. The notice details Forfeiture action on four bank accounts listed as: – […]
July 7, 2012
The stringent bail conditions imposed on Full Tilt Poker CEO Ray Bitar, who surrendered to US federal authorities last Monday after flying in from Ireland (see previous reports) were suspended by a New York federal court Friday, ensuring that he remains in jail over the weekend. The court heard evidence from Bitar’s legal representatives that […]