July 22, 2009
Joining the growing number of Texas Hold’em games available for the iPhone and iPod touch is “Phil Hellmuth Poker,” backed by the 11-time WSOP bracelet-holder himself. Along with rival offerings, the new game is available at the iPhone App.Store for around a dollar. Instead of requiring players to start at any easy level and work […]
July 22, 2009
Poker players-turned-television reality stars Jean-Robert Bellande (‘The Survivors’) and Annie Duke (‘The Apprentice’) may soon be joined in the celeb stratosphere by two women poker players, according to a report in Bluff Magazine this week. Apparently sources close to CBS have confirmed that the upcoming season of ‘The Amazing Race’ – a famous travel reality […]
July 22, 2009
Hopes that the game of poker would escape the Russian ban on gambling in its major cities were dashed this week when the Russian Ministry of Youth, Sport and Tourism arbitrarily decreed July 20th that the game is no longer a sport. The order closes a valuable Russian law loophole for the game, which had […]
July 21, 2009
This week saw a strong Poker Players Alliance presence in Washington DC as the one million member poker organisation flew in state directors and top poker personalities to interact with politicians and sell the idea of legalised online poker in the United States as part of the National Poker Week initiative. At a dinner kicking […]
July 20, 2009
Sunday’s attempt by Full Tilt Poker.com to stage the biggest online poker tournament ever (and upstage its main rival Poker Stars in the process) was a resounding success, with a massive 50 000 entrants for its $5 buy-in, $500 000 guaranteed event, generating cashes for the top 7 500 spots and a first prize of […]
July 20, 2009
The state of Delaware, which recently refused to be intimidated by the big US sports leagues and passed legislation to permit sports lotteries to help it through tough ecomomic times, was the scene for a further demand for gambling legalisation at the weekend. And online poker featured prominently in the call. The Delco Times editorialised […]
July 20, 2009
The depredations of the US Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act and more recent related actions by US Attorney officials trying to shut down offshore Internet poker and casino action have, incredibly as it may seem, gone largely unnoticed by American poker players despite the wide news coverage. A recent study of players by the online […]
July 18, 2009
To showcase both it’s capability and popularity, the world’s second biggest online poker site, Full Tilt Poker, plans to celebrate its fifth anniversary by holding the biggest ever online poker tournament, breaking the record of 35 000 players set by its main rival Poker Stars (see previous report). Full Tilt’s attempt will be made this […]
July 18, 2009
Matchroom Sport, a producer and distributor of televised poker, has combined with internationally famous online and land poker ace Tom ‘durrr’ Dwan to launch a new poker challenge – the “Durrrr Million Dollar Challenge” to be held in London this September. Cash game specialist Dwan has become a phenomenon in the last 12 months, boosting […]
July 18, 2009
Gathering momentum in the wake of the 40th World Series of Poker this week are critical comments made by one of the main event final tablers – the November Nine – who has his own plans for the most coveted bracelet in poker….if he wins it. Card Player magazine President and COO Jeff Shulman put […]