September 13, 2011
888Poker has apparently stolen a march on its competitors by organising a live poker tournament conveniently close to Montreal in the First Nation sovereign enclave of Kahnawake. The Super Stack tournament, scheduled to take place over two days on April 7 and 8, 2012, will be held at the Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake, Quebec, […]
September 13, 2011
A serious cocaine bust involving Australian online and live poker pros that occurred back in January this year was finalised in a Melbourne court this week. David ?zanderfish? Saab, Robert ?remo_04″ Reemeus, and Darren Hughes were dealt jail sentences for attempting to smuggle A$8.5 million worth of cocaine in an ‘industrial scale’ drug bust involving […]
September 13, 2011
The UK-based 3D online poker site PKR.com reports that after qualifying with a stake of just $1.81 through a stage 1 internet satellite tourney, a player using the handle ‘Vizdy’ became the latest name to win PKR’s biggest Saturday night prize with a victory in the $100,000 PKR Masters. The Gateshead-based player outlasted a 422 […]
September 13, 2011
Earlier this year Michael Gaughan, the owner of the South Point Casino in Las Vegas, voiced his support for legalised online poker as a logical development in the continued growth of the biggest gambling centre in America. This week, Gaughan took practical steps to ensure his company is among the early adapters in a situation […]
September 12, 2011
Matthew Waxman, the Parkland, Florida ace who has been playing professionally for just 3 years, bested a field of 312 to win the World Poker Tour Paris main event over the weekend. The Florida Atlantic psychology grad landed the largest single score of his career with a main prize worth Euro 518,750, driving his live […]
September 12, 2011
The very democratic introduction of a US government communication website entitled “We the People” (http://www.whitehouse.gov/wethepeople) has prompted the Poker Players Alliance legalisation action group to initiate a new petition aimed at getting the attention of US administration officials and lawmakers. The motive behind the website is the all-important creation of American jobs in a stagnating […]
September 11, 2011
There may have been only 97 entries for the second Epic Poker League major live event, but that was sufficient to give 22-year-old internet poker whiz Mike “Timex” McDonald a $782 410 first-place prize when he took it down this week at the Palms in Las Vegas. The victory was all the more remarkable because […]
September 11, 2011
Next month’s World Series of Poker Europe will again feature an epic US vs. Europe clash on the felt between teams of top pro players representing the two geographical blocs. Sponsored by Caesars Entertainment, which provides the prestigious Caesars Cup after which annual tournament is named, the two teams will be selected for the Ryder […]
September 9, 2011
Finnish online poker pro Ilari Sahamies’s up-and-down year soared to new heights this week when he hammered the high stakes opposition on Pokerstars in an electrifying session that saw him take home over $500 000. Our readers will recall that two weeks back Sahamies was battling – down around $800 000 in his 2011 numbers. […]
September 9, 2011
Beleaguered online poker group Full Tilt faces another legal obstacle with the Canadian consumer group, Groupe des droits des consommateurs, announcing today that it has filed a national class action suit against the company on behalf of players who have been unable to reclaim their money following the U.S. Department of Justice action earlier this […]