June 4, 2012
Exploiting the power of social networking in the poker environment, online tool developer Family Pot has launched a new online and mobile tool that aids communication with friends and family. Facebook users of the new tool can be instantly connected with their poker friends, along with information on where and what they are playing, and […]
June 3, 2012
Most poker fans would agree that World Series of Poker veteran and highly respected poker pro Andy Bloch (42) is one of the most deserving of a winner’s bracelet in the world’s biggest poker tournament, yet the cards have thus far decreed that it was not to be. That all changed over the weekend when […]
June 2, 2012
Las Vegas-based testing agency BMM International is expanding its operations, quadrupling the size of its offices and embarking on a 100 software engineer recruiting initiative, massively boosting its current staff of 50. Spokesperson Wendy Anderson said this week that the company moved to Las Vegas from Australia a decade ago and hopes to be approved […]
June 2, 2012
The 43rd World Series of Poker currently ongoing at the Rio in Las Vegas has seen the award of another winner’s bracelet, this one to another Floridian, Cory Zeidman, who has been playing in WSOP tournaments since 1997. Playing with skill and discipline, Zeidman dismissed an impressive list of poker celebrities to take down Event […]
June 2, 2012
Las Vegas-based poker pro Daniel Negreanu had no luck with the number five this week, losing out on his attempt to win a fifth World Series of Poker bracelet when he was eliminated in the fifth spot of Event 5, the $1,500 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold?em tournament. His fifth placing was, however accompanied by a consolatory […]
June 2, 2012
Bally Technologies and International Game Technology are hoping to blaze the trail to Nevada online poker legalisation next week when their applications for licenses in the gambling state come up for consideration by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. If the two companies clear that hurdle the applications will go to the Nevada Gaming Commission for […]
May 31, 2012
Former school teacher turned live and online poker pro Brent Hanks claimed the first of the World Series of Poker open event winner bracelets Wednesday after besting an entry field of 2,101 in event 2, the $1,500 buy-in NLHE competition. Hanks’s monetary reward for his victory was $517,725 – his biggest win to date and […]
May 30, 2012
Whilst state politicians debate and manouevre around the issue of online poker legalisation, Californian respondents to a new survey commissioned by the LA Times newspaper and USC Dornsife College appear almost equally divided on the issue, with 47 percent saying that they would favour such a development if, as lawmakers promise, it could raise $200 […]
May 30, 2012
The first of the 2012 World Series of Poker winners’ bracelets has been claimed by California blackjack dealer Chiab Saechao, who won the $500 buy-in Casino Employees event Tuesday. The competition attracted 732 entrants, generating a main prize for Saechao of $70,859 after he bested Florida dealer Patricia Baker in the heads up. Baker took […]
May 29, 2012
Following Sunday’s WSOP kick-off event for casino employees (see previous report) the first of the open events, a $1,500 buy-in No Limit Hold’em competition, started Monday with internationally famous ace and eight-time winner bracelet recipient Phil Ivey among the more than 2,000 entrants – his first appearance at WSOP since 2010 following the Full Tilt […]