September 22, 2009
If you’re one of the legions of Blackberry-toting constant communicators, you may want to know that Aim Productions has announced the arrival of four new games in the Blackberry Synch Store….one of them a poker game. Ladies Poker Night in Blackberry’s Poker Room is where you can play heads up against 3 hot young women […]
September 22, 2009
Online and live tournament poker ace Yevgeni Timoshenko is on top of the world right now following his victory in the latest PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker main event. Born in the Ukraine but educated in the US, Timoshenko earned a massive $1 715 200 for his first placing after besting an entry field […]
September 21, 2009
UK poker pro David la Ronde triumphed in the English Poker Open at the Dusk Til Dawn poker club in Nottinghom this week, winning GBP 208 367 and beating Michael Turenic from the Full Tilt pro team in a tough heads up. It was La Ronde’s biggest single win yet, eclipsing his $116-and-change second place […]
September 21, 2009
A total of 608 players – a new record for a poker tournament in London, UK – entered the first event of this year’s World Series of Poker Europe, which kicked off in London over the weekend. The GBP 1 000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em event is now in progress as the first of four full […]
September 21, 2009
During filming for Full Tilt Poker’s televised Million Dollar Cash Game this week, Tom Dwan won what is being reported as the biggest televised poker pot ever at $1.1 million, an impressive amount eclipsing even his previous record of $919 600 won during the Season 5 High Stakes Poker show whilst playing against Barry Greenstein. […]
September 18, 2009
HeadsUp Entertainment International Inc., the owners and operators of the Canadian Poker Tour and Canadian Poker Player Magazine, has announced the upcoming launch of its own internet television network “CanadianPokerPlayer.tv.” Having successfully completed a series of sponsorship negotiations, the announcement is a key step in the process HeadsUp has been building to launch its new […]
September 17, 2009
65-year-old Abraham Korotki has a thicker skin – or more courage – than most, entering the $300 buy-in Ladies Event at Borgata in Atlantic City and going on to win the $20 892 main prize despite the cool reception he received. The event was clearly billed as a woman’s event, but Korotki’s registration went unnoticed […]
September 16, 2009
Pocket Kings, software and development company, whose proprietary software powers Full Tilt Poker’s online cardroom have chosen an Aster Data system for their data processing and warehousing needs. “The Aster nCluster system will give Pocket Kings the ability to do something that was not possible before – run more sophisticated fraud algorithms, and run them […]
September 16, 2009
Bodog Network has announced a brand licence agreement with Bodog Brand.com and the development of a new Bodog-branded poker network headed up by industry veteran and former CEO of Ongame Poker Network, Patrik Selin. Bodog Network intend changing the game and bringing an entirely fresh approach to the network ecosystem reports Recent Poker.com Binding commitments […]
September 16, 2009
PokerStars.net has announced that the Asia Pacific Poker Tour Seoul, scheduled for September 17 to 20 at the 7-Luck Casino has been postponed. Reportedly casino renovations specifically undertaken for hosting the tournament are not complete. The event will be rescheduled once construction is concluded.