June 14, 2011
It appears that the woes of Full Tilt Poker keep mounting, with its legal and payment problems generated by Black Friday, and now the resurrection of litigation against its parent group. The long-running legal action by woman poker ace Clonie Gowen against Full Tilt Poker parent group Tiltware LLC resurfaced this week when a US […]
June 13, 2011
The online poker information site Quadjacks is currently carrying an unconfirmed report that PokerStars may be about to exit the Australian market following growing US pressure on the Australian authorities to investigate the poker giant’s GP Information Services subsidiary and its activities. Pokerstars has not so far responded to the allegations. Under the heading “First […]
June 13, 2011
The highly analytical poker pro and cash game specialist Brian Rast is this year’s champion in the World Series of Poker event 15, earning his biggest pay day yet in the $1,500 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold’em competition. The young Las Vegas pro led the last ten survivors of a star-studded 765 entry field going into the […]
June 13, 2011
Media reports on PokerStars exiting the Australian market (see previous report) has been repudiated by a PokerStars manager using the 2 + 2 forum. PokerStars Steve posted the following comment on the poker forum: “The rumor that PokerStars has decided to block Australian players on August 1 is not true. ?If the company decides to […]
June 12, 2011
Late Saturday night at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, the question on everyone’s lips was “is Phil Hellmuth going to win his 12th WSOP bracelet?” Alas, it was not to be as John Juanda gained the ascendency in the heads up and eventually took down event 16, the $10,000 buy-in No-Limit 2-7 […]
June 11, 2011
The recent news that Texas Republican Joe Barton plans a federal initiative to legalise online poker in the United States (see previous reports) has been welcomed by many in the industry despite the various individual state drives with similar objectives and an upcoming federal measure from Congressmen Barney Frank and John Campbell. Fears that it […]
June 11, 2011
Pinnacle Sports, a US-facing sportsbook, has announced it will be closing down its Entraction hosted poker room on June 15 2011. In a statement to players, Pinnacle advised that the Entraction Poker Network would no longer accept the poker room?s Curacao licence due to recent updates to EU gaming regulation. To remain on the network, […]
June 11, 2011
When federal legislation legalising online poker in the United States passes – and some say that could be as early as this year – the gambling state of Nevada will be good to go, thanks to two bills signed into state law Friday by Governor Brian Sandoval. Assembly Bill AB 258 is the measure most […]
June 11, 2011
With 17 World Series of Poker events either completed or in progress by Friday, it appears that Black Friday has not had the dampening effect that many feared it would. Player turnouts have in general been good, with several events recording bigger entry fields than last year. Without the actions against online sites Full Tilt, […]
June 11, 2011
The Hollywood entertainment media is speculating that a sequel to the poker movie ‘Rounders’ may be in prospect following reports that stars Matt Damon and Edward Norton have been in discussions with the film’s producers and screenwriters. Damon has apparently been meeting with Harvey Weinstein and Ocean’s 13 screenwriters Brian Koppelman and David Levien in […]