November 25, 2009
The succession of big money Internet poker clashes between mystery Swedish player Isildur1 and top world poker aces continues to deliver nightly entertainment and speculation to poker fans everywhere. In the latest episode, respected Finnish poker pro Patrik Antonius felt the pain of Isildur1’s bite, going down $700 000 in a tough, 5 028 hand […]
November 24, 2009
Saturday’s world record online poker pot of $1.356 million generated by Isildur1 and Patrik Antonius (see previous report) was almost eclipsed Sunday night in another Isildur1 vs. Phil Ivey clash. The night’s session started when Tom Dwan and Isildur1 met on the Internet nosebleed tables at Full Tilt Poker in a confrontation that saw Isildur1’s […]
November 24, 2009
The study ordered by the Florida legislature to inform its decisions on the legalisation of online poker was delivered to the legislature by the state’s Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability last week (see previous report) and is expected to be presented to the state Senate by the end of November. Perhaps inevitably, […]
November 24, 2009
The August 3rd murder in Sweden of 36-year-old founder of Pokerlistings.com, Andreas Oscarsson (see previous reports) has surfaced again, this time with more details. Currently being widely discussed on Internet poker portals, message boards and blogs, the latest news appears to be a mix of Swedish media reports last week from Sveriges Radio, together with […]
November 24, 2009
The Gibraltar-based and London-listed online gambling group Party Gaming plc has launched an online poker service in Italy for Fueps, Italy’s leading casual games operator, as part of a three-year exclusive deal. Fueps’s site, 4A – The Poker Suite, has joined PartyGaming’s dedicated and growing Italian poker network alongside PartyPoker and Intralot. More than 550 […]
November 23, 2009
Apparently unfazed by his multi-million dollar losses – primarily to Phil Ivey – late last week, the Swedish online high stakes player Isildur1 was back in action Saturday, mixing it up with Ivey and Patrik Antonius in a session that saw no fewer than five $800 000 or more pots – some of the biggest […]
November 23, 2009
With 322 entrants, many of them top international players, the inaugural Pokerstars European Poker Tour Vilamoura was never going to be a cakewalk, and winner Antonio Matias (54) had to work hard for the trophy and the main prize of Euro 404 793 as the tourney climaxed over the weekend. The final result of Pokerstars’ […]
November 22, 2009
The indefatigable, and apparently insatiable, online poker ace Tom Dwan was back at the virtual nosebleed tables again Friday night despite a hectic week of both live and online poker action. And predictably he targeted Swedish mystery player Isildur1 on the high stakes tables at Full Tilt Poker.com, undoubtedly seeking to redress the earlier reverses […]
November 21, 2009
The Full Tilt Dwan Million Dollar Challenge concluded Friday at Les Ambassadeurs in London with a $750 000 win for Tom Dwan against UK businessman Sammy George, giving the young poker ace a 2 to 1 series victory. He had previously lost $22 500 to Italian Marcello Marigliano and pipped Ilari Sahamies at the post […]
November 21, 2009
The incredible run of Swedish mystery player Isildur1 on the virtual high stakes tables at Full Tilt Poker received an expensive setback Thursday night when a cool and controlled Phil Ivey stopped him in his tracks, scoring a massive $1.1 million win over the session. It was the second time in a week that Ivey […]