July 4, 2012
Calgary-based Infiniti Poker has opened up for beta testing in a move that may signal its imminent real money launch, bringing what its owner Michael Hadjuk claims is a new business model to the sector. Hadjuk’s socially-oriented concept is to combine the popular social gaming and networking model with a socially responsible ‘gaming for good’ […]
July 3, 2012
The U.S. Government has submitted a request to Judge Leonard B. Sand in the United States v. Pokerstars et al case requesting a brief adjournment with respect to upcoming deadlines. The letter submitted by Sharon Cohen Levin of the Asset Forfeiture Unit of the Assistant United States Attorney requests the adjournment in order to “facilitate, […]
July 3, 2012
Yesterday’s dramatic surrender of Full Tilt Poker chief Ray Bitar and his arrest on arrival at Kennedy airport on allegations of running a Ponzi scheme knocked even the million dollar buy-in Big One for One Drop tourney off the front pages of most US media early Tuesday morning. 40-year-old Bitar said in a statement issued […]
July 3, 2012
Antonio Esfandiari was leading a drastically reduced field as the million dollar buy-in Big One for One Drop reached the final table stage Tuesday with just eight players left as we went to press. Among the million dollar casualties so far are Chamath Palihapitiya, who lost his stack to John Morgan in the first hand. […]
July 2, 2012
In the wee small hours of Sunday morning local time Gus “The Great Dane” Hansen secured the last remaining seat in the $1 million dollar Big One for One Drop tournament scheduled to start just 12 hours later that day at the Rio in Las Vegas. Hansen entered a $25,000 satellite to qualify for the […]
July 2, 2012
One of Europe’s largest online gambling software developers and operators, 888 Holdings plc, has announced, as part of its online US strategy, an alliance with WMS Gaming Inc., a land casino supplier which also operates the Jackpot Party Casino.com. The deal will enable WMS to offer an online poker product to all its land casino […]
July 2, 2012
The “town hall” style meeting organised in Las Vegas this weekend by the Poker Players Alliance to discuss the legalisation of online poker had little in the way of encouraging news for poker fans. Texas House Representative Joe Barton. who’s legalisation proposal has languished in Congress for months, along with a more general bill by […]
July 2, 2012
Houston, Texas poker pro Panayote Vilandos topped his many previous tournament cashes in World Series of Poker NLHE events over the weekend with a resounding victory in event 50 – $5,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em, earning himself a career best of $952,694 after surviving a stellar field of 1001 entrants. For the poker vet, the victory […]
July 2, 2012
A relatively unknown poker professional from Denver, 29-year-old Yen Dang, survived a talented entry field of 936 players and a very competitive final table to claim event 51 – $1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Ladies Championship at the World Series of Poker over the weekend. Yen Dang had played in the World Series of Poker only […]
July 2, 2012
A four-year WSOP bracelet drought for top woman player Vanessa Selbst (27) was broken this weekend with her triumph in event 52 – $2,500 buy-in 10 Game Mix Six Handed against a field of 421 hopefuls. The highly respected professional player earned a very worthwhile $244,259 first-place prize and her second WSOP bracelet after surviving […]