June 11, 2009
The online, multi-table, million dollar Tom ‘durrr’ Dwan Challenge featured an unexpected but brief spurt of activity this week despite the distraction to Patrik Antonius and Tom Dwan that the currently running World Series of Poker presents. The two pros were slugged it out for just over a further two hundred hands, bring the number […]
June 11, 2009
Besting a field of 1 060 that included some of the top women players in international poker (see previous reports), a Las Vegas cash game specialist playing in her first live tournament has taken home the Ladies World Championship bracelet at the World Series of Poker, along with the winner’s prize of $195 390. Originally […]
June 11, 2009
Toronto-born but Vegas resident poker ace Daniel Negreanu (34) almost stole the limelight from Daniel Alaei in Event 18 – the $10 000 buy-in World Championship Omaha Hi/Lo at the World Series this week. Alaei won the respect and the cash as a winner, but there was a groundswell of sympathy for Negreanu who just […]
June 11, 2009
The latest action by the US Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York against US online gambling cash processors (see previous report) could have a beneficial side-effect on Euro-centred online poker operations such as Party Poker and Playtech, reports The Times newspaper in the UK. The newspaper quoted Deutsche Bank analysts who pointed […]
June 11, 2009
The 40th World Series of Poker in Las Vegas is proving to be profitable for an expert Internet player in terms of both respect and hard cash prizes. Brock ‘Tsoprano’ Parker has just won his second bracelet at this year’s poker epic, beating Joe Serock in the heads up of Event 19 – the $2 […]
June 11, 2009
The latest Q1 2009 results from Everest Poker’s parent group Gigamedia in Taiwan will make interesting reading for the two major gambling groups with which it is currently in discussions regarding a sale of its online gambling interests. Financial highlights included: * Poker and casino software revenues of $31.7 million, in line with expectations. * […]
June 11, 2009
The inaugural PokerStars.it Italian Poker Tour (IPT) concluded in San Remo this week with a seven hour final table tussle that ended in victory for banker Stefano Puccilli (37) after a tough decider against fellow PokerStars online qualifier Vittorio Meraviglia. Puccilli’s reward was a cheque for Euro 120 000, whilst runner-up Meraviglia enjoyed a Euro […]
June 10, 2009
Fascinating new research carried out in April this year suggests that the most visible online poker sites in the U.S. are not necessarily high profile sites taking US business like PokerStars.com and Full Tilt Poker.com. Instead, the European-focused sites Party Poker and 888 top the American visibility list. The research, carried out by search engine […]
June 10, 2009
Successful Internet players, most under the age of 30 years, were among a youthful final table in Event 15 – the $5 000 buy-in No Limit Hold ‘Em – at the World series of Poker. But the ‘oldest’ man at the table at age 32 was the big winner. Brian Lemke (32), who plays online […]
June 10, 2009
It appears that US law enforcement action is at the root of Instant eCheck problems reported by major online poker sites PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker late last week. The online poker action group Poker Players Alliance took the lead in issuing a statement on the issue this week which achieved major mainstream press coverage […]