April 16, 2012
Danish poker pro Morten Christensen’s first World Poker Tour live tournament was an outstanding success this weekend, with the young Dane leaving the WPT Vienna final table the victor, taking home the main prize of Euro 313,390. In doing so, he further enhanced the reputation of his countrymen as formidable poker players; his is the […]
April 16, 2012
In just under a month of operations, and in fact whilst still in beta mode, Pokerstars’ Zoom version of high speed poker has been making headlines with stories of its growing popularity. This weekend, the online poker information site Pokerfuse took a look at the phenomenon, using stats from the independent poker monitor, Pokerscout to […]
April 14, 2012
The excitement generated by high stakes online poker action is celebrated in a new movie project that will be directed by Brad Furman of “The Lincoln Lawyer” fame, and star Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake. The entertainment news publication IndieWire reports that details on the story and characters have not yet been released, but the […]
April 14, 2012
WRCB TV in Tennessee reports that a police raid on a commercial poker game at the ATC Healthcare Center in Chattanooga ended in gunfire Thursday night when a caterer working for the organisers pulled a gun and was wounded in return fire. The television broadcaster reported that local police had been staking out and investigating […]
April 14, 2012
Sunday marks the first anniversary of the Department of Justice’s Black Friday action against online poker sites operating in the United States (see previous reports), and the day has been seized by action group FairplayUSA to make a point to Congress – legalise and regulate online gambling with federal laws. The group’s spokesman, former FBI […]
April 14, 2012
In a statement this week commenting on the first anniversary of Black Friday, the American Gaming Association appeared to be singing from the same hymn sheet of federal legalisation as that used by FreePlayUSA. Or perhaps it was FreePlayUSA looking at the AGA hymn book… In its statement, the land casino trade association comments that […]
April 14, 2012
Earlier this year here was extensive speculation that an upcoming Congressional bill on cyber security may be used by online poker proponents to push through a legalisation amendment as an ‘add-on’. That bill goes to the House Judiciary Committee for mark-up next Tuesday, and will therefore be watched with interest by many within the industry. […]
April 14, 2012
British and international poker aces have been flocking to Nottingham, England this week for a crack at the GBP 1 million prize pool at the PokerStars UK and Ireland Poker Tour. Held at the Dusk Till Dawn club, the three Day 1 flights have attracted an entry field of around 1,600, according to reports in […]
April 13, 2012
After months of silence, an unidentified and ‘informal’ source at Cereus Poker Network sites Absolute Poker and UltimateBet told the online poker information portal PocketFives this week that its negotiations with the US Department of Justice regarding involvement in the Black Friday indictments was close to bearing fruit. The source told PocketFives, “Our discussions with […]
April 13, 2012
A source at the US-facing and fast growing Merge online poker network has told the Pokeraddict.com information site that it will no longer accept new player registrations from the staunchly anti-gambling state of Utah. Earlier this year Utah lawmakers adopted a bill forbidding any intrastate legalisation of online poker, and Gov. Gary Herbert this week […]