May 2, 2012
The PokerStars.com Euro 25,000 buy-in European Poker Tour Grand Final High Roller has been decided after an epic two-and-a-half-hour heads up in which the lead changed several times between participants Igor Kurganov and Daniel Negreanu, both of whom provided a master class in daring but disciplined poker. Despite Negreanu holding the advantage at the start […]
May 2, 2012
Reports on Scoop.it suggest that Playtech has acquired a stake in Zeda Poker, a business-to-consumer social site powered by Viaden Gaming and probably part of the 20 percent interest that Playtech has bought in the software provider. The deals in Playtech’s Euro 95 million drive into the social gaming sector (see previous reports) are also […]
May 1, 2012
The World Series of Poker has further extended its international reach with the announcement Monday that it is to run a five bracelet WSOP tournament in Melbourne, Australia next year. In addition to the principal annual tournament in Las Vegas, WSOP has been successfully operating a European version of the poker epic in recent years. […]
May 1, 2012
After five days and a heads up against strongly supported French pro Lucille Cailly, US poker pro Mohsin Charania emerged as the winner of the Pokerstars European Poker Tour Grand Final main event this week, taking home Euro 1,350,000 after a two-way chop with the runner-up that left a worthwhile Euro 200,000 on the table […]
May 1, 2012
ESPN reports that Chad Elie, a payment processor implicated in the Black Friday indictments against individuals and three major online poker sites in the United States, pleaded guilty in a US court Monday to conspiring to commit bank fraud and operating an illegal gambling business. Originally scheduled to go on trial on April 9, Elie […]
April 30, 2012
One of poker’s legendary names passed away Sunday morning after a long illness. Famous in poker circles as “Amarillo Slim”, Thomas Preston junior was 83 years old and died surrounded by his family. Along with veterans like Doyle Brunson, Amarillo Slim was playing poker, making money and dodging the law at cash games around the […]
April 29, 2012
California Sen. Rod Wright’s online gambling legalisation proposal SB1463 has been lambasted by the Tribal Alliance of Sovereign Indian Nations in a critique sent to state Senate president pro tempore Darrell Steinberg. The Alliance, which represents nine federally acknowledged Southern Californian tribes, notes in its communication that it is “strongly opposed” to the measure in […]
April 27, 2012
Being a front man for major companies is not all it’s cracked up to be on occasions, as former Aussie cricket star Shane Warne discovered this week when a 888Poker.com advertisement backfired. The Sunday Telegraph reports that Warne is embroiled in controversy after advertisements for 888 online poker – for which he is a celebrity […]
April 27, 2012
A person or persons presently unknown apparently hacked the forums at the informed and popular poker message board twoplustwo this week, causing management to shut forum operations down temporarily. Management informed members: “On April 26th at approximately 11:20 AM pacific time, the Two Plus Two Forums were closed as a result of a hacker who […]
April 27, 2012
New software developments on the cards for online poker room PKR.com have been released through a teaser video on YouTube. The “advance preview” reel shows key features scheduled for inclusion in the website’s software updates that include a tiled windows option that aids multi-tabling, a hand replay tool allowing players to go back and review […]