August 23, 2009
In Kiev, Ukraine the relocated inaugural PokerStars European Poker Tour originally scheduled for Moscow has seen a Main Event starting field of 296 reduced to a final table of eight hopefuls after 4 tough days. Russian player Max Lykov will lead in chip counts when play resumes at the Kyiv Sport Palace this weekend. The […]
August 23, 2009
Across the world from the Kiev EPT, another major tournament is nearing its climax as the Asian Poker Tour at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino in Macau sees some thrilling main event final table action. This year’s main event saw an increase in the HK $ 34 400 buy-in entrance field for the main […]
August 23, 2009
Noone is sure how long the series of high stakes games centred on the mysterious Full Tilt Poker phenom “Martonas” can last, given the large amounts going across the virtual tables in the NLHE and more recently $300/$600 Pot Limit Omaha clashes at Full Tilt, but while it lasts it is certainly great railbird fodder. […]
August 22, 2009
Online poker ace Phil Galfond is the latest pro to bite a chunk out of the bankroll of mysterious high stakes player Martonas on the the Full Tilt Poker site, taking him/her for $250 000 as the week ended in a series of PLO clashes. There were times when it looked as if Martonas may […]
August 22, 2009
MacUpdate.com has launched a bit of poker fun in the form of its new Imagine Poker, which enables player to take on virtual history greats at Texas Hold ‘Em Poker. This imaginative concept uses AI and 21 beautifully crafted avatars of history-changing personalities like Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Genghis Khan, Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, Abraham Lincoln, […]
August 21, 2009
The enigma that is Martonas – noone really knows his or her true identity yet – has been hitting the high stakes online poker tables at Full Tilt again, undeterred by some heavy multi-tabling losses against Tom Dwan and other top Internet players earlier in the week This time it was CardRunners pro Brian ‘Stinger’ […]
August 21, 2009
Hopes that poker may be legalised in the state of California this year are fading, according to a report in the publication Capitol Weekly, which cites tribal differences and political timing as the negative influences at work. This week the newspaper reported that California Senate leader Darrell Steinberg was not hopeful that such a proposal […]
August 21, 2009
It wasn’t only the sports of golf which saw South Koreans triumphant this week; it was also glory for Korea in the inaugural JBET Battle of the Nations event at the 2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau Festival. Dominant throughout the event, all three members of Team Korea – Brandon Wong and Poker Pack pros David […]
August 21, 2009
Russian’s enforcement community seemed intent this week in grinding down even further Russian gambling operators already cast down by the sweeping gambling ban consigning gambling to four remote regions in the vast country. The Moscow Times reports that the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has requested that the Justice Ministry shut down the Russian Federation of […]
August 20, 2009
If you thought the World Poker Tour acquisition was virtually a done deal for Gamnyia Limited (see previous reports) then a rethink may be necessary. Mandatory Securities and Exchange Commission filings by World Poker Tour this week indicate that an alternative acquisition offer has entered the picture. Details of the new approach have not been […]