September 15, 2009
Party Poker’s publicity stunt of playing out a tournament 50 metres above the Copenhagen skyline as the city welcomes delegates to the EiG conference turned out to be an unqualified success winning plenty of coverage as a field of 22 players battled it out for a $13 000 package for the PartyPoker.com World Open V […]
September 15, 2009
The online poker network sector has a new competitor following the announcement this week by Bodog Network.com that it has successfully executed a brand licensing deal with Calvin Ayre’s BodogBrand.com. The brand will form the core of the development of an entirely new, Bodog-branded poker network headed up as CEO by Patrik Selin, a respected […]
September 15, 2009
Saying goodbye to her lucrative sponsorship deal, Isabelle Mercier has left Team PokerStars Pro to pursue “extensive projects in the world of poker”, PokerListings reports. Mercier went on to say she was seeking an English publisher for her autobiography “Profession Bluffer in 2008”, and was interested in selling the film rights. Fellow Poker Stars Pro, […]
September 14, 2009
Tokwiro Enterprises, parent company of the Absolute Poker and UltimateBet online poker operations, has commented on the final report on cheating scandals involving the sites issued last Friday by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission Chief among the points made in the Tokwiro statement by chief executive Paul Leggett is that noone currently associated with Tokwiro or […]
September 13, 2009
The weekend has seen the conclusion of the tough inaugural World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic after six days, with 32-year-old French pro Thomas Bichon taking home the bracelet, the title and the substantial $579 165 main prize. The six man final table included Bichon and Uri Keidar, Steven Fung, Rep Porter, Janar Kiivramees and […]
September 12, 2009
The widespread speculation that women poker stars Maria Ho and Tiffany Michelle had been signed up for the next Amazing Race television program (see previous report) has been officially confirmed. The CBS television network confirmed this week that the two will appear in season 15 of the popular program, which sees contestants racing around the […]
September 10, 2009
Twenty-year-old American poker pro Carter Phillips ended the five day PokerStars EPT Barcelona tournament Wednesday as the champion, besting an original entry field of 478 players to collect the trophy, the kudos and the main prize cheque for Euro 850 000. Carter, who hails from North Carolina, said: “The feeling is unreal. The whole tournament […]
September 10, 2009
In Denmark, earning a living from playing poker is illegal, even if online poker games are offered from outside the Scandinavian country, a Supreme Court ruling found this week. The Copenhagen Post reports that a 35-year-old unemployed man was ordered by the court to surrender 194 000 kroner he won playing online poker – his […]
September 10, 2009
Yevgen Kudashov thought he was on to a good thing when he started using the unregistered name of famous internet and live poker ace Gus Hansen for his own profit. The name hijacker used “The Great Dane’s” name, likeness and celebrity on his Web site and email address, going to great lengths to deceive the […]
September 9, 2009
The inaugural roll-out of the World Poker Tour Slovakia has seen a disappointing entry field of only 100 players prepared to cough up the Euro 4 900 buy-in. The tourney was held at the Golden Vegas Casino in Bratislava and managed to attract a few international stars, among them Gus Hansen (who was eliminated early […]