March 19, 2010
The million-strong Poker Players Alliance has issued a statement in the wake of Thursday’s shock announcement that the Kentucky Supreme Court had overturned the block imposed by the state Court of Appeals on international domain seizures “The PPA understands the technical nature of the decision issued today by the Kentucky Supreme Court and remains confident […]
March 18, 2010
Two weeks on from the dramatic armed robbery at the European Poker Tour Berlin tournament (see previous reports) the investigations have seen a surge of progress, thanks mainly to one robber giving himself up Monday and snitching on the others. According to Associated Press reports the 21-year-old German who turned himself in admitted to his […]
March 17, 2010
The World Series of Poker has announced its intention to add a prestigious, one million dollar All-Star event to its calendar. The event will take place during the 2010 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions, during the 41st edition of the poker epic at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. […]
March 17, 2010
Online poker provider and network Ongame, a subsidiary of the Austrian listed Internet betting company Bwin, has announced the launch of its “first regional online poker network” by consolidating its seven Italian partners onto the same software to allow shared liquidity. The seven companies – BetPro.it, Bwin, Casino di Venezia, Fast Poker, Ongame sister company […]
March 17, 2010
Top social networking games applications developer Zynga has launched a new single-player online poker application branded Poker Blitz. The product pits the player against a virtual opponent, with the objective of trying to win as many hands as possible in less than a minute, putting some fun pressure as the player tries to beat the […]
March 17, 2010
HeadsUp Entertainment International Inc. is in negotiations with ‘one of the largest poker companies in the world’ to either co-brand the Canadian Poker Tour or to negotiate an outright purchase of the popular tournament. Any deal emerging from the discussions will be subject to due diligence by both sides. HeadsUp management believes that Canada has […]
March 17, 2010
Mystery high stakes online poker ace Isildur1, who was up $845 000 on the Full Tilt tables as the weekend closed, has suffered a serious reversal of fortune and skill since the last report, with his bankroll taking a massive $1 790 744 hit, most of it thanks to his old enemy Brian Hastings. As […]
March 16, 2010
Tom Dwan took only nine minutes to make over $230 000 this week in his latest 50 000 hand challenge heads up with the currently low-on-luck Finn, Patrik Antonius. The two had at it for a frenetic 61 hands across four of the Full Tilt nosebleed tables before Antonius called it a day and retired, […]
March 16, 2010
Unless misfortune befalls the unknown Swedish high stakes poker player Isildur1, he looked set to end the weekend up $845 000 when we went to press after a busy session on the Full Tilt nosebleed tables. It wasn’t exactly an auspicious start for the enigmatic Swede, who fell foul of Sami Kelopuro on the $100/$200 […]
March 15, 2010
Online gambling software provider Microgaming has announced the launch of its new poker network dedicated to the Italian online gaming market. Having gained AAMS approval and completed a thorough beta testing period successfully, the network is now fully live, offering Italian players access to Microgaming’s world class poker tournament games. The software company has worked […]