October 2, 2009
Tom Dwan’s (dare we say it) intermittent and at times boring 50 000 hand, million dollar challenge against Patrik Antonius groaned briefly into life again this week, with the two slogging through another 400 hands, bringing the challenge to the 47 percent completion mark, according to independent stats site MarketPulse. This time Dwan came out […]
October 2, 2009
The final table of eight players has been decided in the PokerStars European Poker Tour High-Roller Event, with French Canadian pro and WSOPE bracelet winner Erik Cajelais holding the chip lead having bagged 893 000 in chips overnight. The final table make-up looks like this: Seat 1: Eugene Katchalov, USA, 530,000Seat 2: Shane Reihill, Ireland, […]
October 2, 2009
The rumours flying around the online gambling industry recently that Party Gaming plc was about to make an offer for World Poker Tour Enterprises have been confirmed by a company announcement that a deal is in progress. PartyGaming said Tuesday that it had agreed to buy the U.S.-based gaming firm for $12.3 million (GBP 7.5 […]
October 2, 2009
Barry Shulman, the owner of CardPlayer magazine and father of one of this year’s World Series of Poker (Vegas) final tablers, is the new champion of the World Series of Poker Europe main event after defeating a star-studded final table and triumphing in a tough heads up against international ace Daniel Negreanu. Facing off on […]
October 2, 2009
Solna, Sweden-based online poker network Entraction Holding AB announced its intention to sever ties between network site Cardroom2 and Boss Media’s International Poker Network this week. In a statement, Entraction CEO Peter Åström said that traffic between the networks is not extensive and Cardroom2 only representsapproximately 5 percent of Entraction’s revenues from poker. Cardroom2 will […]
October 2, 2009
The US entertainment publication TMZ.com reports that two Californian players, Lary Kennedy and Greg Omotoy, have launched litigation against the giant online poker website Full Tilt Poker.com and various top players alleged to be associated with the company. The duo claim that they opened an account at Full Tilt and were skilled and fortunate enough […]
October 1, 2009
Doyle ‘Texas Dolly’ Brunson has missed out on his eleventh WSOP bracelet in the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe, bundled out in seventeenth place after clashing with Daniel Negreanu and Brit player James Akenhead. The exit of the popular veteran will disappoint many, but there has been a wealth of poker talent on display […]
October 1, 2009
Martonas the mystery man was back for more punishment on the Full Tilt high stakes cash game tables last night, and he or she found some of the Internet’s best known nosebleed players present and only to willing to dish it out. The unidentified high roller ended the night down a further half million dollars […]
October 1, 2009
One of international poker’s living legends, Doyle ‘Texas Dolly’ Brunson has spoken out about colleague Phil Hellmuth’s penchant for grand entrances designed to garner maximum publicity at major tournaments like the World Series of Poker. In his latest stunt (see previous report) Hellmuth arrived at the World Series of Poker Europe main event in London’s […]
October 1, 2009
Another controversial online poker scandal appears to be in the making at Pitbull Poker.com, albeit not on the same scale as the Absolute and Ultimatebet poker debacles that shook the industry in recent years. Once again, poker sleuths on the 2+2 message board have been active in a mammoth 105 page thread debating the question […]