February 11, 2010
Californian Sen. Roderick Wright’s informal Senate Government Organization Committee enquiry into the intrastate legalisation of online poker continued Tuesday with a trenchant observation by the Senator as further testimony was heard: “At this time of day, I’m going to guess 30 000 to 40 000 people are playing in California,” he said. “It’s not as […]
February 11, 2010
The latest weekly statistics from the independent online poker statistical aggregator Pokerscout.com show that Pokerstars still dominates the sector with a daily average of 32 600 cash games players, pursued at some distance by its old rival Full Tilt Poker with comparative player numbers of 16 600. Other major players in the sector lag far […]
February 10, 2010
The 1.2 million member strong Poker Players Alliance was a prominent testifier at Tuesday’s California Senate Governmental Organization Committee hearings (see previous reports), suggesting to state officials that without the buy-in from the online poker community, efforts to regulate the game will be futile. The committee heard a wide range of evidence both for and […]
February 10, 2010
Another three hour chapter in the Dwan 50 000 hand, million dollar Challenge against Patrik Antonius has passed into history, with Dwan stretching his overall lead in the Challenge by $314 828 after 883 hands of $200/$400 Pot-Limit Omaha action. Dwan now has a $1.3 million overall lead in the Challenge as success continued to […]
February 10, 2010
The Poker Pros Network announced late last year (see previous report) has gone live, with 35 poker pros ready and willing to provide still competition for poker fans wishing to hone their skills or win prizes by beating the professionals. The facilities are open 24/7 with a professional team that includes Poker Hall of Famers […]
February 9, 2010
Followers of the high risk, big win online poker pros who frequent Full Tilt Poker’s nosebleed tables are commenting this week on a change for the better in Patrik Antonius’s fortunes. The Finnish online and live tournament poker star has had a bad run at the tables recently, emerging as one of this year’s major […]
February 9, 2010
There will be some special high stakes action in the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) this year; sponsor Pokerstars.net has announced that the US event will include a special $25 000 buy-in High Roller Bounty Shootout to be held at the Venetian in Las Vegas on February 23rd. Played to a No Limit Texas Hold’em […]
February 9, 2010
The fifteenth edition of the popular Full Tilt Online Poker Series kicks off on Wednesday this week with guaranteed prize pools totaling over $17 million available in a schedule of 27 different events, with six of these carrying million dollar-plus prize pools. Buy-ins range from $100 to $2 500 depending on the event. The NLHE […]
February 9, 2010
Nine tribes in California notified the state government Monday of their opposition to proposed intrastate Internet poker, reports the Desert Sun newspaper, which has been monioring developments on the issue. The tribes sent a joint letter to members of the Senate Governmental Organisation committee a day before its informational hearing on the proposed online poker […]
February 8, 2010
The Pokerstars.net marketing arm of the world’s largest online poker site scored a solid coup last week with the announcement of a deal with Canadian sports broadcaster TSN to create a custom built poker environment for poker players. “Poker’s popularity in Canada continues to grow and the TSN Poker Club gives poker players of all […]