May 30, 2010
Poker’s biggest spectacular, the World Series of Poker, launched for the 41st time as the US Memorial Day long weekend started, kicking off 52 days of enthralling poker, played by the leading exponents of the game and ambitious up-and-comers through 57 action-packed tournaments. Top players have been arriving in Vegas for the past few days […]
May 30, 2010
The online poker cheating scandal that weighed so heavily on the reputation of poker sites Absolute Poker and UltimateBet, along with parent company Tokwiro Enterprises, still fascinates the industry despite the passage of years. This week Tokwiro chief operating officer Paul Leggett blogged on the latest controversy – the extent of refunds and the methodology […]
May 30, 2010
The sixth and final accused involved in the armed robbery at a poker tournament in Berlin earlier this year (see previous reports) has been picked up by police in the German city. The as yet unnamed 31-year-old is thought to have masterminded the robbery, and was taken by surprise when he stopped his car at […]
May 30, 2010
A 21-year-old in the UK blew GBP 25 000 in three months after gaining access to a check book for his father’s engineering firm, the Greenock Sheriff’s Court was told this week. Blair Robertson admitted that had forged his father’s signature to go on a three month spending spree that saw him take holidays, buy […]
May 30, 2010
The Rio hotel and resort in Las Vegas is experiencing typically large guest bookings as the 41st World Series of Poker continues to produce a feast of poker, with the first three events presenting plenty of thrills for railbirds and players alike. In the $500 buy-in casino employees NLHE event, which started the ball rolling […]
May 28, 2010
If nothing else, lawyer and poker player Lee Rousso will have achieved major mainstream media publicity for his fight against Washington State’s draconian law against online poker in the Washington State Supreme Court Thursday. Rousso resurrected the Betcha.com case as an example of the law’s inequitable and sweeping nature in the appeal case of Rousso […]
May 28, 2010
The popular Poker Time.com site on the Microgaming Poker Network is closing its doors to US players on June 1st, according to a communication to players this week. Owned and operated by the Fortune Lounge group, which merged its Royal Vegas Poker into the brand, the operation advised players: “Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond our […]
May 27, 2010
The fourth World Series of Poker Europe – the only element in the franchise held outside the United States – is due to start in London this year with a GBP 2 650 NLHE 6-max between September 14-16th. Four other events will follow, according to the schedule released by the organisers this week: Event 2 […]
May 27, 2010
Friday sees the start of the 2010 World Series of Poker at the Rio in Las Vegas, where top players from around the world are already starting to arrive. They’ll be pitting their skills against their contemporaries in some 57 tough events through to July 17, along with the external action and prop bets that […]
May 26, 2010
The world’s largest online poker room is giving one lucky pokerhead a chance to reach new heights in a promo prize that includes an all-expenses paid trip to the base camp of Mount Everest – the world’s highest mountain. “The ascent to the summit of Mount Everest has always stood as one of mankind’s greatest […]