April 21, 2012
There were global aces aplenty competing in the Asian Poker Tour Manila Millions Super High Roller Friday, yet none of them were successful as the title and the big pay day fell to Allan Le, a pro from California who enjoyed his biggest win yet, boosting career earnings to almost $2 million. Le’s take-home on […]
April 21, 2012
Poker legends Doyle Brunson and Phil Hellmuth are involved in a charity poker tournament scheduled next weekend for the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, with the proceeds going to the Tiger Woods Foundation for underprivileged youth college sponsorships. The great and the good will be depositing buy-ins of $10,000 each to participate, with a […]
April 20, 2012
Representative Dan Wilson of Massachusetts faces an uphill battle in trying to get fellow lawmakers interested in an intrastate online poker initiative, but if nothing else he intends to make sure they are aware of the opportunity. The Boston Herald reported Thursday that the Norfolk Republican wants to create an intrastate internet poker environment in […]
April 20, 2012
Black Friday defendant John Campos was at last able to plead guilty Thursday after a delay which followed senior judge Lewis A. Kaplan’s order that prosecutors explain why he had been allowed to plead guilty to a misdemeanour Although originally facing five banking related charges, Campos initially pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of ?…causing […]
April 20, 2012
With Zoom Poker breaking records at Pokerstars and Unibet up and running on Relax Gaming’s equivalent offering, Fast Poker, it is clear that speed poker is here to stay. Reinforcing that perception this week, iGame joined the sector, also deploying the Relax Gaming software. The major Betsson group is due to follow suit shortly, according […]
April 19, 2012
In a follow up to a Pokerstars threat of legal action earlier this week, it appears that the data mining and selling site Poker Table Rankings has backed away from a confrontation. On Wednesday the data miner published a notice advising that it has removed Pokerstars player profiles from its database. “Whether we are providing […]
April 19, 2012
Police investigating the illegal Chattanooga poker game in which an alleged caterer pulled a gun and was shot by police threw down their trump card Wednesday, producing a surveillance video that showed Clifford Billups buying-in to the game and receiving chips. During the police raid Billups reportedly headed for the back door, pulled a gun […]
April 19, 2012
US District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, who earlier his month required Black Friday prosecutors to justify accepting a guilty plea from defendant payment processor John Campos, has considered their explanations and given his permission for the plea to be entered, reports Bloomberg News. Campos was one of the defendants facing criminal charges arising from his […]
April 19, 2012
Using his blog at Party Poker this week, veteran broadcaster and poker pro Mike Sexton urged his colleagues in the game – and especially the younger set – to smarten up and fly right. Titling his suggestions “Poker Pros ? Wake Up and Smell the Coffee,? Sexton lamented the scruffy appearance and unprofessional conduct of […]
April 19, 2012
Congressman Barney Frank has done more than most to create a better political and legal climate for online gambling in the United States, but this week even he was pessimistic about the chances of federal legalisation this year. In an exclusive interview with Poker News, Congressman Frank, who retires next January after 32 years of […]