October 13, 2009
The $80 000 lawsuit against Full Tilt Poker.com filed in California recently by two players banned for multi-accounting and robot play (see previous report) has triggered an official statement from the company. In the statement, the company claims: “Full Tilt Poker has been made aware of the recent filing of a baseless lawsuit by former […]
October 12, 2009
Poker pro Robert Mizrachi will be a disappointed man this morning following the end of the Ultimatebet 2009 Aruba Classic tournament in the Caribbean; after leading the pack for four days and making the final table holding the chip lead, he had to settle for a chopped second placing with winner Brandon Hall. Hall, a […]
October 12, 2009
A South Carolina priest has won first $25 000 and this weekend another $100 000 on the “Pokerstars Million Dollar Challenge,” a new poker game show, advancing substantially the church building fund which is his motivation. The Rev. Andrew Trapp of the St. Michael Catholic Church in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina earned a spot on […]
October 10, 2009
Andreas Oscarsson, the hugely successful 36-year-old who reportedly made a fortune from affiliate marketing and the PokerListings information site in the online poker sector, was possibly murdered by a professional hitman, his father disclosed in a Swedish television interview recently. Appearing in an interview in order to encourage persons with knowledge of the murder two […]
October 9, 2009
The virtual nosebleed tables at Full Tilt Poker Wednesday night were the scene for a new record in online cash game poker as Phil Ivey beat a succession of hardcore Internet pros to end the evening with a record take-home. Playing the high-stakes fixed-limit H.O.R.S.E. genre of the game, Ivey took on the likes of […]
October 9, 2009
Recently recruited UltimateBet poker pro Joe Sebok, who appears to have become the online poker firm’s spokesman regarding the cheating debacle by former consultants last year, has revealed further details on the company’s attempts to satisfy disadvantaged players Last month, Sebok used his blog to explain how players who felt cheated by the hole-card scandal […]
October 9, 2009
The Poker Channel, Europe’s largest gaming television network, has announced the signing of a new distribution agreement in France with Neufbox TV, the popular TV service from SFR, the second largest telecoms company in Europe. The Poker Channel will be available 24 hours a day to all SFR’s TV subscribers from this week on Channel […]
October 8, 2009
23-year-old Internet poker pro Aaron Gustavson from Las Vegas continued his successful online and live tourney run this year with a resounding win in the main event of the PokerStars European Poker Tour event in London this week. Surviving a record field 730 players, among them some of the world’s best, Gustavson ended the competition […]
October 8, 2009
Eight months after playing the first hand in the million dollar, 50 000 hand Dwan Challenge, first contestant Patrik Antonius and Tom Dwan hit the virtual tables again this week in a determined assault on the slow-moving competition. The two managed to at last crack the halfway mark in the challenge, playing 1 063 hands […]
October 8, 2009
The Pitbull Poker debacle (see previous reports) took an interesting turn mid-week when players reported that the non-operational online poker website was sporting a formal announcement – something that has hitherto been lacking from alleged owner Kevin Baronowski and his partners. The rather brusque statement advised players: “It is with great sadness that we have […]