April 7, 2011
The USO, which provides volunteer celebrity entertainers for shows in war zones where US troops are active, has assembled an all-star poker team to teach the grunts how to play successfully and enjoy the excitement and entertainment of the game. Posts on Twitter from the organisation advised this week that Howard Lederer, Annie Duke, Tom […]
April 6, 2011
Danish professional poker player, Gus Hansen (“The Great Dane”) has shown his appreciation for sport other than poker with a sponsorship of the Danish National Squash Team. Hansen is reportedly a big fan of the sport and other disciplines utilising a racket and a ball. As the official sponsor of the team, the poker pro […]
April 6, 2011
Chilipoker, a member of the iPoker Network, has launched ChiliConnect, an add-on linked to the websites’ software that allows players to share results and play with or against friends. “We decided to add this social experience online alongside a unique real money challenging system. More than ever, our mantra ?Spice Up Your Game? is true”, […]
April 6, 2011
Social gaming company, Zynga, has acquired an Austin, Texas-based team of staff from MarketZero, a company known for online portals, software programmes, social poker databases and the creators of PokerTableRatings – an online portal that tracks career statistics of online poker players. The company stresses that it has not acquired the MarketZero company but rather […]
April 5, 2011
Welsh poker pro Roberto Romanello emerged the victor in this week’s World Poker Tour Bratislava tourney in Slovakia, beating Mayu Roca in the heads up to claim the main prize of Euro 140 685. It was the second major win in three months for the Welsh dynamo, who took down the European Poker Tour Prague […]
April 5, 2011
Senator Louis Correa’s bill SB 40 in California, proposing the legalisation of intrastate online poker, could gain further support following recent amendments that increase the number of licenses achievable from one to five. Still restrictive and protective of local companies, the licenses will enable Indian tribal groups and established card rooms to operate online poker […]
April 5, 2011
The Italian Revenue Agency and the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) are requesting details of earnings and profits from Italian poker professionals. Details of winnings, sponsorships, income from image rights including royalties and transfers of funds from abroad have been requested by the taxman in a communication to poker players. All income earned by Italian […]
April 5, 2011
Party Poker has been extensively overhauling the World Poker Tour since taking it over late 2009 (see previous reports), introducing bigger and better events and slick organisation, but the latest announcement sets a new benchmark in the company?s tournament history – a $100 000 buy-in event. Crowning the striking enhancements and whirlwind changes of the […]
April 5, 2011
US poker fans will have a rare treat on NBC’s ‘Poker After Dark’ this week as young poker aces battle it out against the legendary Doyle ‘Texas Dolly’ Brunson – a veteran who has seen off many challengers in a long and illustrious career on the felt that includes 13 appearances on the popular television […]
April 3, 2011
Media reports from Iowa indicate there is little likelihood that bill 458, which seeks to legalise online poker, will be passed this year. Already just squeaking past tight legislative deadlines (see previous reports), the bill is bedevilled by opposition from poorly briefed politicians, and has now been referred to the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission […]