January 6, 2011
Reports earlier this week that there are now three internet poker legalisation proposals before Californian lawmakers (see previous reports) have been followed by the news that the California Gaming Association has committed its support to one of them – state senator Lou Correa’s SB40. The CGA represents 69 of the licensed card clubs – some […]
January 4, 2011
Online poker giant Pokerstars has launched a new tournament concept after some months in development and testing. The newly introduced Fifty50 Sit and Go is a type of one-table event which ends when half of the entrants have been eliminated. For example, in a 10-player Fifty50 tournament, 5 will be paid. Half of the prize […]
January 4, 2011
The Bahamas is the place to be on January 14, when the Grand Final of the seventh Pokerstars World Cup of Poker series starts, the climax of an event that has attracted representatives of 56 nations fighting for a place this year, with a $290 000 prize pool on the line, of which the winning […]
January 4, 2011
The name Daniel ‘Jungleman’ Cates seems to be on everyone’s lips lately as he cuts a swathe through the online high stakes poker sector with consistently disciplined but audacious play. The respected monitoring website High Stakes DB.com has named him highest earner for 2010 in the internet high stakes milieu, revealing that this young player […]
January 4, 2011
It looks like the second time around was no better for Bigbet Poker.com, an online poker site on the Merge network that has just announced its intention to shut up shop. Back in February 2003 the brand belonged to a company which similarly called it a day, leaving some discontented players in its wake. Undeterred, […]
January 3, 2011
The often controversial online and live tourney poker pro Sorel ?Imper1um? Mizzi has been named as the 2010 Bluff Magazine Player of the Year, having maintained the top spot since entering the POY rankings in March. Tom ‘kingsofcards’ Marchese, who became CardPlayer Magazine’s top player last week (see previous report) came in second. The Bluff […]
December 28, 2010
The respected poker publication CardPlayer Magazine has honoured poker pro Tom Marchese as its 2010 Card Player of The Year. The 23-year-old, who turned pro from playing as a student just three years ago, has been successful in live tournament action and is a formidable internet player on both Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker under […]
December 24, 2010
Gaming supply firm Shuffle Master Inc. has announced the purchase of licenses to the “Three Card Poker” internet rights in the British Isles for $1.5 million from Prime Table Games LLC. The acquired internet rights include internet and mobile gambling, in addition to certain social media uses such as play-for-fun applications on the internet. “This […]
December 24, 2010
Poker pro – Chris Bell from Raleigh, North Carolina took home the top prize in the World Series of Poker Circuit Eastern Regional Championship held in Atlantic City this week. Bell took down the title after emerging on top in a heads-up with Chris Klodnicki. All nine finalists win seats into the $1 million free-roll […]
December 24, 2010
The World Series of Poker for 2011 will kick off on May 31st 2011, according to a statement from the organisers, Caesar’s Entertainment, this week. The series will run for 50 exciting days, during which tens of millions of dollars will be won by thousands of players, including some of the world’s best. And there […]