March 12, 2011
The peaks and valleys saga of internet high stakes poker pro XWINK continued to enthrall online railbirds as the week drew to a close, with the young Vancouver ace dropping $878 000 in a single session on the Full Tilt Poker nosebleed virtual tables. XWINK’s nemeses Dan Cates and ‘NoParasan’ were the main beneficiaries of […]
March 11, 2011
Nevada has joined California, Florida, Iowa and New Jersey in attempts to legislate for the intrastate legalisation of online poker, with Assemblyman William Horne – a Democrat who heads up the Assembly Judiciary Committee – introducing Bill AB258 Thursday. Horne has set a committee hearing for the new proposal of March 24. Fellow Nevada politician […]
March 11, 2011
The rollercoaster high stakes poker career of 23-year-old Vancouver-based online poker phenom XWINK, who won 2 million in consecutive nights of high stakes online poker, only to lose over a million on another night (see previous reports) was on the ascendancy in his latest clash with international aces like Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius and Andreas […]
March 10, 2011
The excitement and massive winnings that attended the record fifth anniversary Pokerstars Sunday Million tourney this week (see previous report) has been dampened by news of a disqualification involving one of the finalists…a move that will cost him over half a million dollars. Sixth finisher ‘zeurrrr’ was part of a nine-way chop that gave him […]
March 8, 2011
Veteran poker pro Erik Seidel (51) was the centre of attraction over the weekend at Caesars Palace, where he took down the 2011 National Heads-Up Poker Championship and added an impressive $750 000 to his career winnings. The event saw 62 invited poker mavens facing off in a series of heads up matches. It was […]
March 8, 2011
Last Sunday?s fifth anniversary Pokerstars Sunday Millions was always going to be a big occasion in online poker, and it did not disappoint. According to statistics released on the Pokerstars blog this week, the online event pulled in an impressive 59 128 players, who generated $11 825 600 in prize money. The attendance easily broke […]
March 8, 2011
The Federated Sports and Gaming Poker League, founded by Annie Duke and Jeffrey Pollack recently has announced a notable addition to its management team to help run day-to-day event and business operations. Matt Savage who currently serves as executive tour director of the World Poker Tour and tournament director at the Commerce Casino, will add […]
March 8, 2011
The mercurial rise and fall in the fortunes of daring young poker players like Tom Dwan and Viktor Blom appeared to be emulated this week by XWINK, a Full Tilt nosebleed player who is believed to be a young gun from Vancouver. Demonstrating the daring ?risk all? gambling style of others who have seen spectacular […]
March 8, 2011
The SOCODEM Group-owned MyPok.fr online poker site, a joint venture between Spiral Solutions Santa Maria who received its ARJEL licence in December 2010 (see previous report) has gone live on Microgaming’s Prima Poker Network this week. SOCODEM Group already runs two casinos listed in France and is expanding its presence online with a view to […]
March 4, 2011
Swedish online gaming operator Redbet Holding AB’s Malta-licenced subsidiary Redbet Gaming Ltd announced the acquisition of i4poker through an asset transaction this week. The worth of the deal is undisclosed. i4poker.com is a gaming site previously owned by i4bet Ltd and operated by Entraction that focuses on the Eastern European market. Jorgen Andersson, CEO of […]