November 10, 2009
In big-money action evocative of the spectacular wins and losses of the recently departed mystery high roller ‘Martonas’, a new name has been setting the virtual high stakes tables at Full Tilt alive. Using the nickname ‘Isildur1’, this reportedly Swedish national has been at the centre of some hectic action over the past week, most […]
November 10, 2009
The rumours that the new $500 000 Dwan Challenge in London will feature one of Finland’s top online poker pros, Ilari Sahamies, have been confirmed by the Finnish star on his blog. Dwan announced the new challenge some weeks ago, amid comment from interested parties that they hoped it would not drag on as long […]
November 10, 2009
After an 87 hand heads up starting late Monday night, 21-year-old Joe Cada, a poker pro originally from Michigan and a community college drop-out, is worth $8,547,042 today (Tuesday) after winning the World Series of Poker main event. The victory came when he went all in with pocket nines versus heads up opponent Darvin Moon’s […]
November 9, 2009
The 2009 World Series of Poker main event heads up on Monday will be between Darvin Moon and Joe Cada. Sometime before 5am Sunday morning local time the audacious Frenchman Antoine Saout ended his remarkable and at times wildly exciting main event bid when he was taken out in third place for a take-home of […]
November 9, 2009
England, Spain, Hungary and Bulgaria are to be stops in a new European live tournament series launched this (November) month by Sportingbet’s Paradise Poker online operation. The series commences with a GBP 550 buy-in event at the Empire Casino in Leicester Square, London, where Paradise will be offering a guaranteed GBP 100 000 prize pool […]
November 9, 2009
Having overcome it’s last-minute rival bidder Mandalay Media (see previous reports), the Gibraltar-based online gambling group Party Gaming plc this week announced the completion of its deal to acquire World Poker Tour Enterprises. The acquisition of the business and substantially all of the assets of WPT Enterprises Inc. was achieved for a cash consideration of […]
November 9, 2009
Virgin Games online poker subsidiary Virgin Poker has renewed its network contract with GTech G2-Boss Media’s International Poker Network, extending a business relationship with the software provider that goes back to 2005. GTech claims that with well over three million poker players, the International Poker Network is the world’s largest independent poker network, operated by […]
November 8, 2009
Three months and 23 days after the composition of the final table of the World Series of Poker main event was decided, the much-anticipated grand finale kicked off at the Rio in Vegas Saturday. The opening ceremonies boasted all the Vegas razzmatazz we have come to expect from this multi-million dollar spectacular as some 600 […]
November 8, 2009
Players and software provider may be awaiting the appointment of liquidators in the Jo Remme – Eurolinx debacle (see previous reports), but online payment processor PIC Club’s CEO Chuck Kidd has gone into action, hiring respected lawyer and online gambling expert Frank Catania to protect his company’s interests. Reports appearing on the message boards quote […]
November 6, 2009
Online gambling software developer Playtech has released its latest online poker software upgrade across its dedicated Italian and iPoker networks. The upgrade carries a user-friendly lobby interface giving access to a variety of fresh tools and features. These include improved and easy-to navigate search options that enable competitors to find their game of choice swiftly […]