December 27, 2011
PokerScout reports on the predictable holiday season slow-down as the top 10 online poker sites saw a traffic decline on average of 4 percent over the period. Online poker year-over-year (excluding Italy) has decreased by 31 percent due to U.S. federal action and a general malaise in the popularity of the game. Notable declines saw […]
December 23, 2011
Thursday’s meeting in Las Vegas of the Nevada Gaming Control Board produced a positive outcome for intrastate online poker in the gambling state when Board members voted unanimously to adopt the regulations drawn up by the Nevada Gaming Commission. The new regulations, drawn up on the orders of the Nevada Legislature earlier this year, are […]
December 23, 2011
The Cereus Poker network and its parent group Blanca Gaming have been severely impacted by the Black Friday enforcement actions of federal authorities in the United States but may be about to pay owed players….the snag is, it may only be a small proportion of what is actually owed. Insider revelations were carried on the […]
December 23, 2011
One of the pioneer online poker brands, Poker Room, could be about to stage a comeback after an absence of three years, if a tweet from a Bwin search engine optimisation specialist this week is to be believed. Bwin?s SEO manager Josef Rantam?ki, tweeted, presumably in a tease marketing move: ?Wow! www.pokerroom.com will be relaunched […]
December 23, 2011
More detail has emerged on the burglary at World Series of Poker champion Jonathan Duhamel’s Montreal home earlier this week (see previous report) in which the Quebec poker ace was tied up, threatened with death and beaten by the robbers. Duhamel has revealed that among the burglars’ spoils was his 2010 WSOP main event winner’s […]
December 22, 2011
The drafters at the Nevada Gaming Control Commission have made their consultation and drafting targets on time, presenting the Nevada Gaming Commission with a final version of proposed regulations for the legalisation of intrastate poker in the gambling state. The Commission?s approval will hopefully emerge from a session today (Thursday) that will see the commissioners […]
December 22, 2011
The media in Montreal is reported that Jonathan Duhamel, the 2010 World Series of Poker main event champion who earned himself $8.9 million by winning last year, was the victim of a burglary at his home in which he was manhandled and roughed up by two criminals who are currently being sought by the police. […]
December 20, 2011
The US professional Epic Poker League completed its third major tournament at the Palms in Las Vegas over the weekend, with Philadelphia professional Chris Klodnicki besting a high-powered field to take home the winner’s ring and a tidy $801,680 in main event prize money. Klodnicki’s career earnings soared to almost $3 million as a result […]
December 20, 2011
International media are widely reporting that Brent Beckley (31), one of 11 Black Friday indictees and a founder of Absolute Poker pleaded guilty Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald Ellis in Manhattan, accepting responsibility for his conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud and conspiracy to violate an Internet gambling law. The sentencing guideline range […]
December 19, 2011
Economics student Edoardo Alescio (23) emerged the dark horse of Season X when he took down the WPT Venice title along with a handsome paycheck. The amateur poker player from Oderzo refused to throw in the towel in heads-up play against US poker pro Steve O’Dwyer who held a 2:1 chip lead over the young […]