June 18, 2009
After weeks of reports of delayed payments and allegations that the Ongame network had terminated its contract, the Stryyke Poker company has switched to the Cake Poker network. In an email to players this week, Stryyke management wrote: “Please be advised that starting the 19th of June, Stryyke will be running a new updated Poker […]
June 17, 2009
30-year-old St. Louis pipe-fitter and keen amateur player Mike Eise is a member of the ‘Wanna’ Be Poker Series’ poker club back home, but this week proved that he is a wannabe no more by taking down Event 28 – the $1 500 buy-in No Limit Hold’em competition, outlasting a field of 2 638 entries. […]
June 17, 2009
The online payment company AlertPay and the vast social networking website Facebook have agreed to terminate several potentially illegal online gambling operations selling virtual poker chips for use on Facebook’s “Texas HoldEm Poker” application, reports the eCommerce Journal. According to a statement on AlertPay’s official blog, the two companies negotiated the issue on the basis […]
June 16, 2009
At the World Series of Poker Events 26 and 27 saw the two winners each claim their first WSOP bracelets, and in the case of one achieve a rare triple honour for tournament play by clinching three major titles. Event 26 – the $1 500 buy-in Limit Hold’em contest – attracted 643 entrants, almost eighty […]
June 16, 2009
The Merge Gaming Poker Network reports that one of its Carbon Poker players recently had the loss of a life time as the Bad Beat Jackpot paid out an impressive $257 089.81 for losing in a poker hand with Quad 7’s against Quad Queens. After the flop, players “Ween10” and “kdawg1979” both had 3 of […]
June 15, 2009
Phil Ivey showed what a classy and aggressive player he is at the World Series of Poker with his second victory this year, bringing his personal gold bracelet count to seven by taking down Event 25 – the $2 500 buy-in Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Eight or Better. The win and bracelet is the second […]
June 14, 2009
Best of a thousand – that’s the boast Jeff ‘Wildcat’ Carris can make this week after beating a large entry field to take down Event 22 – the $1 500 buy-in NLHE Shootout tournament at the World Series of Poker. The final table came down to Jason Somerville, Chris Moore, Joseph Cutler, Jeffrey Carris, Michael […]
June 14, 2009
Cannily launched in Las Vegas slap in the middle of the World Series of Poker action, a new documentary on poker has started to attract attention this week. Some say that director Douglas Tirola’s documentary All In: The Poker Movie could be the definititive factual overview of poker’s place in society today. The timing and […]
June 13, 2009
One of the keenly watched events at the World Series of Poker this week was #20 – the $1 500 Pot Limit Hold’em competition – for two reasons; veteran player Erik Seidel was going after his ninth WSOP bracelet, and he had promisd to denote his winnings to children’s charity. It looked as if he […]
June 12, 2009
Patrik Antonius and Tom ‘durrr’ Dwan managed to fit in another session of their 50 000 hand, multi-table online Challenge mid-week, playing a 786 hand blitz-fast series which saw a further $7 000 000 fly across the table and Dwan claw his way back into real contention by reducing Antonius’s overall lead in the Challenge […]