October 22, 2011
An online poker player using the handle ‘thebigtiger’ is laughing in the face of misfortune after popping the Bad Beat Jackpot at Americas Cardroom on Friday afternoon, shortly after it had passed the $431,000 mark. The winner of the hand, ‘Joyride41’, takes home $86,144.37, and four other table participants are now $10,771.27 richer. The badbeat […]
October 22, 2011
Whatever happened to the spirit of competition that vitalises business and creates better deals for the consumer? Apparently in Maryland’s state administration it is somewhat lacking as news emerged this week that the governor fears for his lottery. With several states still toying with the idea of internet poker legalisation, and the Washington DC council […]
October 22, 2011
The process of legalising online poker in Nevada – conditional on federal approval first – continued to develop in the gambling state this week with the release by the Nevada Gaming Control Board of its draft for Minimum Internal Control Standards for Interactive Gaming. The work is the culmination of a tasking from the state […]
October 21, 2011
New York professional poker player Elio Fox is having a standout year; in July he took down the Bellagio VII tournament for $669,692 and Thursday he defeated Chris Moorman heads up to win the World Series of Poker Europe main event, earning himself Euro 1.4 million and boosting his career earnings to almost $3 million. […]
October 21, 2011
In new litigation associated with the Full Tilt Poker debacle, a Philadelphia law firm is facing a class action believed to comprise some 200 000 aggrieved FTP players, according to media reports; and two previous litigants well known to poker players have resurfaced with a new claim. The names Lary Kennedy and Greg Omotoy will […]
October 20, 2011
Two 5-player teams representing Europe and America competed in the 2011 Caesars Cup international competition this week, with the Americans, captained by Phil Hellmuth, emerging triumphant. In the second edition of the event (the first was won by the Europeans) internet and live tourney poker ace Bertrand Grospellier selected and captained a European team that […]
October 19, 2011
Online poker giant PokerStars has introduced Time Tourneys, a new initiative giving time-stretched players alternative options. Time Tourneys run for a predetermined amount of time ranging from 15 minutes to 3 hours long, and when time runs out, players who still have chips on the table are awarded a portion of the prize pool based […]
October 18, 2011
The latest Pokerstars Latin American Poker Tour leg, held in Medellin, Colombia this week, attracted a record LAPT main event entry field of 681 players – well up on previous record holder Chile which pulled in 621 hopefuls. Argentinian pro Julian Menendez bested the field after three tough days of poker action at the Allegro […]
October 18, 2011
Vancouver Canucks hockey goalie Roberto Luongo is under fire for appearing in television commercials for the BC Lotteries online poker product, with critics saying that as a top sports role model he should not be endorsing online gambling. “The ads showcase Luongo playing poker, with the suggestion that if you go online at Playnow.com, you […]
October 18, 2011
The proposal by Rep. Dan Winslow that intrastate online poker be legalised in Massachusetts was diluted to the status of an investigation in the House vote (see previous reports) but removed before a final vote from the Senate version by the Ways and Means Committee last week. However, the prospects for the bill, albeit in […]