August 20, 2009
The identity of the enigmatic high stakes online poker player ‘Martonas’ who has been lighting up the nosebleed tables at Full Tilt Poker this week remains uncertain, but his (or her?) penchant for big money excitement has continued to draw attention over the past two days. Martonas had Internet railbirds chattering earlier this week when […]
August 20, 2009
PokerStars.net and the Fox television network have partnered to produce a new million dollar player-participation show billed the PokerStarsMillion Dollar Challenge. Successful online players in the Challenge will get the opportunity to play against global poker ace Daniel Negreanu for a $1 000 000 prize. All players need to do is play any of the […]
August 19, 2009
A merger agreement between PokerNews magazine and Bluff Australasia magazine announced this week will see the latter brand disappear from the Australian scene, which will henceforth be served by the Australia, Asia and Pacific division of Poker News. In addition, Australian poker website, PokerNetwork, will be managed and operated by the newly merged magazine. “We’re […]
August 19, 2009
Apparently unaffected by the global economic slowdown and dark thoughts on recession, the 3D online poker website PKR.com celebrated both its third birthday and the registration of its 3 000 000th player this week. The magic 3 000 000 statistic was reached Sunday 16th August when a player registered just 24 hours before PKR celebrated […]
August 18, 2009
Online poker phenom “Martonas” continued to generate interest as the week started, clashing on the high stakes virtual tables at Full Tilt Poker.com with big names that included Tom Dwan, Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen and John Juanda. Earlier this week (see previous report), Martonas ended an evening’s action on the website almost $900 000 up […]
August 18, 2009
The giant sports television network ESPN has renewed its seven-year broadcast contract with the World Series of Poker, reports Fox Business News. The agreement will go into effect after the expiration of ESPN’s current deal, which concludes with the 2010 WSOP, and will keep new episodes of the world’s largest poker tournament airing on the […]
August 17, 2009
The Star Tribune reports that Irish bookmaking firm Paddy Power was so certain Tiger Woods would win the PGA Championship that it paid out $2.1 million in winnings to betters on the American golfing ace before he teed off in Saturday’s third round. Woods’ four-shot lead prompted the bookie to try the strategy, but the […]
August 17, 2009
The important European online betting group Sportingbet has joined the Entraction online poker network to complement its current offer in selected European markets, focusing especially on those regions not covered by Sportingbet’s poker provider Boss Media. Sportingbet successfully launched its first site on Entraction’s network this week, allowing more European gamblers to play poker with […]
August 16, 2009
Player Martonas – widely believed to be a former highly successful stock broker from the Philippes named Stephanie Calhoun – set the high stakes cash game tables at Full Tilt Poker.com alight over the weekend, beating some of the biggest names around on the $500/$1 000 NLHE tables to take home almost $900 000 Among […]
August 16, 2009
If you’ve noticed an increase in mainstream media coverage of online poker issues lately, it’s probably the result of the communications drive in Washington DC mounted by the Poker Players Alliance and top poker players last month Typical of the coverage that has been generated was a piece in the Washington Post this week by […]