August 29, 2009
Anthony Argila (52), a professional poker player from North Bellmore, has admitted in court to being the boss of a multimillion dollar international gambling operation centred on Costa Rica. Argila pleaded guilty to 17 felony counts of first degree promoting gambling, a felony count of first degree possession of gambling records, and two misdemeanor counts […]
August 28, 2009
In a tough six-man final table Prahlad Friedman proved he still has it in spades, starting third but finishing top this week in Los Angeles at the eigth edition of the WPT Legends of Poker. This is how the tourney ended: 1st : Prahlad Friedman – $1,009,0002nd: Kevin Schaffel – $471,6703rd: Todd Terry – $231,3004th: […]
August 28, 2009
Players on the world’s biggest online poker site, PokerStars.com, now have an additional and convenient vehicle with which to make deposits following an agreement signed with the rapidly expanding Ukash group. The Ukash network enables persons who use the Internet to buy vouchers from an ever-expanding range of shops, converting these anonymously and safely to […]
August 27, 2009
For the second time in the last 24 hours, Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius sat down and did battle in the 50 000 hand, million dollar Challenge series last night, going at it for over 4 hours and bringing the total hands played to date to 22 683. It was a torrid affair, with 1 […]
August 27, 2009
The planet’s biggest online poker operation, Pokerstars.com, took the unusual step this week of playing down its US market share, rather than the more usual claims of how big this important marketing statistic is. In a company statement, PokerStars announced: “In recent weeks various commentaries have provided inaccurate estimates about the market share of PokerStars […]
August 26, 2009
It’s been two months since Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius last tangled in their epic 50 000 hand, million dollar online poker challenge, which is almost at the halfway mark. This week the two got it together again in a fast-moving multi-table clash that saw almost 800 more hands played…and Antonius generally had the better […]
August 26, 2009
Writing in the UK poker magazine Inside Poker this week, Alun Bowden asked some interesting questions about the future of high stakes poker and the development of the game on Internet nosebleed tables. Following a week of particularly big pots and frenetic action on the high stakes tables at Full Tilt Poker.com (see previous reports) […]
August 25, 2009
World Poker Tour stands to gain substantially from a late second takeover bid which was announced Monday, identifying the origin of a second bid that WPT revealed in a mandatory SEC disclosure last week. Peerless Media Limited, a subsidiary of the online gambling giant Party Gaming, is the new bidder…and it’s offering $12.3 million for […]
August 24, 2009
A 21-year-old Russian pro became the European Poker Tour’s first Russian champion over the weekend when he took down the Euro 5 000 buy-in PokerStars EPT Kiev and claimed the main prize of Euro 330 000. Maxim Lykov survived an entry field of 296 players from 33 countries before facing Ukrainian Alexander Dovzhenko in the […]
August 24, 2009
The 2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau main event is in the record books after reaching its conclusion over the weekend, with 23-year-old Adrien Allain from Rennes, France the winner. The Internet poker ace, who plays online under the handle ‘zlatan35’ collected the winner’s prize of $391 556 after an exciting heads up against Korean player […]