February 18, 2010
Previous reports that the Merge Poker Network is somewhat dilatory with player payouts appeared to be confirmed this week when Mike Eloff, chief executive of Poker Nordica.com, publicly voiced his concerns regarding the network. In a statement he said was aimed at clarifying the situation, Eloff reminded players that his company does not carry out […]
February 18, 2010
The Digital Journal reports that National A1 Advertising has sold the domain name Poker.org for $1 million to Pokercompany.com, in what is believed to be the highest value sale yet of a .org domain. Pokercompany.com currently owns other non -.com domains such as Craps.net, Blackjack.org and RakeBack.org. Digital Journal informs that the .org domain sale […]
February 17, 2010
After several desultory appearances since the beginning of this (February) month (see previous reports) the high risk, exciting player Isildur1 was back to winning large amounts this week on the Full Tilt high stakes online poker tables. Despite taking a few knocks earlier in the month after grinding up his bankroll and then unsuccessfully going […]
February 16, 2010
Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius confronted one another again in a short but sharp clash of 79 hands lasting 16 minutes over the weekend, bringing total hands completed in the 50 000 hand Challenge to 32 874, or 66 percent of the total. It is believed to have been the shortest session yet in the […]
February 13, 2010
The litigation launched by Clonie Gowen against Full Tilt Poker and a range of other defendants (see previous reports) appears to have run its course with a third adverse judgement for the poker pro. According to court documents surfacing this week a motion to dismiss by the defendants Kolyma Corporation, A.V.V., Pocket Kings Consulting, Ltd., […]
February 13, 2010
Followers of the high stakes poker action on the virtual nosebleed tables at Full Tilt Poker report the return of phenom Isildur1 – the player who risked millions in super-aggressive play that swung from win to lose and back to win….only to end up overall in the red for the Swedish mystery player (see previous […]
February 13, 2010
Forbes magazine has followed its article on Pokerstars earlier this week with a wider look at online poker, particularly in the United States. Although the article, which can be read in its entirety at: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/0301/gambling-bluffing-government-internet-web-online-poker.html, contains little that is not already known, there are some interesting snippets of information such as: * Estimated Full Tilt […]
February 13, 2010
The fifteenth edition of the Full Tilt Online Series of Poker (FTOPS) started Wednesday night with the first event sending a clear signal that online poker has lost none of its popularity. Event 1 – a $216 buy-in NLHE tournament with a guaranteed $1 million prize pool pulled in a crowd of 5 646 players […]
February 11, 2010
There was a time – and it wasn’t that long ago – that the achievement of a billion hands of poker by an online gambling site was a cause for celebration and publicity; that pales these days as Pokerstars, the world’s largest poker site, prepares for it’s imminent 40 billionth hand to be dealt. The […]
February 11, 2010
The Alabama state government’s drive to suppress illegal gambling continued last weekend with a raid on a Pelham home conducted by a joint task force of Hoover and Pelham enforcement officials armed with a search warrant. The task force found 72 players in action and thousands of dollars on the tables which led to some […]