January 14, 2011
After five days of tough live poker, 21-year-old Chris Oliver, a pro from Florida, will be in a strong position when the Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure main event final table gathers Saturday afternoon. Thursday saw 22 survivors of an original field of 1 560 players play down to the final eight at the Atlantis Hotel and […]
January 14, 2011
The recent ‘uncloaking’ of famed internet high stakes poker player Isildur1 as Viktor Blom has triggered media speculation in Sweden that he may be faced with a hefty tax bill, according to reports in The Local.se. The publication points to a story in the Swedish financial newspaper Dagens Industri, which reported that the Swedish taxman […]
January 14, 2011
iGaming software provider B3W Group has appointed Dr Sasha Gicquel as managing director of the Group. Gicquel has 10 years experience in the i-gaming industry and has been with the group since the start of operations in Malta in 2007, where she held the positions of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Gicquel said […]
January 12, 2011
Melanie Brenner, an executive of Poker Voters of America, told a Florida state Senate committee investigating the tax revenue potential of gambling that an estimated 900,000 Floridians play online poker and spend about $600,000 a day on offshore Internet poker sites. If Florida were to legalise online games within the state, it could reap millions […]
January 12, 2011
The latest player-focused initiative at the giant online poker website Pokerstars is Home Games, a fresh concept that allows players to set up their own private online poker games with friends and other invited players, creating their own online “poker clubs” for free. The Pokerstars website informs players that they can use the new facility […]
January 11, 2011
Season three of the popular European Masters of Poker tour promises to continue the tradition of truly international poker, detailing a 2011 schedule with six stops. The preliminary schedule is: January 20 to 23 ? Gran Canaria, Canary IslandsMarch 23 to 26 ? Lisbon, PortugalJune 2 to 5 ? Tallinn, EstoniaJuly 28 to 31 ? […]
January 10, 2011
Eugene Katchalov, a 29-year-old poker pro from Brooklyn in New York, added another $1.5 million to his career winnings over the weekend when he triumphed in the Super High Roller Event at the 2011 Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure tournament in the Bahamas. It was no mean feat, for among the 38 entrants who stumped up $100 […]
January 9, 2011
After months of as it turned out accurate speculation that Viktor Blom is the enigmatic high stakes poker player Isildur1, it came as something of an anti-climax when Pokerstars confirmed his identity at the Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure this weekend. Nevertheless the publicity ploy worked like a charm, with the disclosure on the 20-year-old Pokerstars pro […]
January 7, 2011
The new executive director of the Poker Voters of America, former Morongo tribe spokesman Patrick Dorinson, had to back off from critical comments about Brit journalism and the publication eGaming Review shortly after making them earlier this week. The furore started with an eGaming interview with PVA president Melanie Brenner that suggested that Assemblyman Jerry […]
January 7, 2011
Online poker operator Nuke Limited is moving its EuroSuperPoker website to the Ongame poker network after five years on Boss Media’s International Poker Network. In communications with its players, the operator said the Spanish-focused site is moving to Ongame in order to offer players the possibility of bigger tournaments, and will be offering better promotions […]