July 13, 2011
The second of the World Series of Poker main event Day 2 flights completed at level 10 late night Tuesday in Las Vegas, with Ben Lamb continuing a successful run this year by topping the chip counts on 551,600, chased hard by internet whizz Kevin Saul on 542,200 after a solid day that started at […]
July 13, 2011
The Poker Players’ Alliance (PPA) has released a legal analysis educating players who have outstanding funds tied up in indicted online poker websites on what options are available to them. The document titled ?Legal Rights of Players with Unpaid Balances ? A PPA Information Guide? seeks to provide individuals with facts and information on how […]
July 12, 2011
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), a US federal agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions, has shut down Vensure FCU, a credit union linked to online poker scandals. The grounds for liquidation asserted that the Arizona company is ?insolvent and has no prospects for restoring viable operations.? The 140-member institution was conserved in […]
July 12, 2011
Monday saw 2,031 survivors of the $10 000 buy-in World Series of Poker main event’s Day 1a and Day 1c flights come together to battle through the first flight of Day 2 action in Las Vegas. Many celebrities and international poker aces were among the crowds packed into the various Rio Resort venues when Day […]
July 12, 2011
HR 2366, the Online Poker Act of 2011 that seeks to legalise online poker in the United States, has attracted a further three Democrat members of Congress to its growing number of co-sponsors, bringing the total to date to 14. Texas Republican Joe Barton introduced the bill late last (June) month to the House of […]
July 11, 2011
The last of the four Day 1 flights in the World Series of Poker main event concluded Sunday night, providing officials with the final entry and prize pool numbers and enabling them to set the winner’s prize. Officials announced Sunday night that the 2011 main event winner will take home $8.71 million, slightly less than […]
July 10, 2011
Saturday saw 2,181 poker players, among them many globally famous exponents of the game and entertainment celebrities, pony up for the third Day 1 flight of the main event at the World Series of Poker. Poker pro Annie Duke gave the ‘shuffle up and deal” call, accompanied on stage by comedians Brad Garrett and Ray […]
July 9, 2011
The young Scandinavian poker player Hasan Anter finished event 56: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em in style at the World Series of Poker Friday night, eliminating his heads up opponent Nemer Haddad in just over an hour and in style….with a royal flush, believed to be the first time this has happened in a WSOP final table. […]
July 8, 2011
Lawyers on the inside of takeover negotiations between a group of as yet unidentified European investors and the beleaguered online poker operator Full Tilt Poker have been leaking information this week, disclosing Thursday that the talks are going well and an agreement is in sight. And it has been confirmed that wild rumours published by […]
July 8, 2011
The critical need for clear and professionally managed communications in today’s often complicated and economically challenging business world has been recognised by the world’s biggest online poker provider, Pokerstars, with the appointment of a top communicator to head up its corporate communications and public relations divisions. Eric Hollreiser will lead the company’s integrated communications efforts […]