June 10, 2009
The UK Advertising Standards Authority has ruled against a SwankPoker.com advertisement launched in an adult magazine and intimating that sexual success and gambling are linked, reports The Media Guardian. Following a complaint by the Remote Gambling Association, the ASA considered an ad campaign that featured a woman cupping her breasts under the strapline “Will you […]
June 9, 2009
Australian-born Jeff Lissandro won $124 959 and, perhaps more importantly, his second WSOP bracelet this week in Event 16 – the $1 500 buy-in Seven-Card Stud competition against a final table that included experienced and skilled players such as Nick Frangos and John Juanda. Lissandro’s previous bracelet was won back in 2007 in a seven […]
June 9, 2009
The $25,000 buy-in World Poker Tour Championship this week perhaps showed the impact of tougher and more competitive times with only 338 players registering, down by 207 from last year’s entrants. Despite the low turnout the ambience was good as the eight day tournament kicked off with quality land and Internet players like Nenad Medic, […]
June 8, 2009
A 28-year-old poker pro from Michigan, Anthony Harb, won his first World Series of Poker bracelet over the weekend as Event 11 – the $2 000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em – came to an exciting conclusion with a heads up between Harb and Californian pro Peter Rho. The final table included Peter Rho and Scott Hall, […]
June 8, 2009
With the World Series of Poker now in full swing in las Vegas, Playtech’s iPoker network has announced that it is to host a celebrity tournament where each star at the table will have a $13 000 bounty on his or her head. Taking place during the WSOP main event, the tournament will feature some […]
June 7, 2009
Two more bracelet winners collected big checks at the 40th World Series of Poker in Las Vegas over the weekend. In Event 9 – the $1 500 buy-in Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em competition – a final table of six players came together after 2 days of action that saw an original field of 1 459 whittled […]
June 6, 2009
Ultra-coolheaded global poker star Phil Ivey (32) showed them how it was done at the World Series of Poker this week, winning Event 8 – the $2,500 buy-in No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball Championship – and taking home $96 361, his sixth WSOP bracelet….and probably quite a bit more on the numerous private sidebets rumoured to […]
June 6, 2009
Pokerheads on major online poker message boards like 2+2 are currently speculating on what is perceived to be slower US payouts from major online poker websites PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and the Cereus network. Players have been reporting slower payments and requests that they hold off on cashing Instant eChecks, an option which has apparently […]
June 5, 2009
At the World Series of Poker, two seniors fought it out in the heads up of the $10 000 Seven-Card Stud World Championship when Freddie Ellis (74) and Eric Drache (66) tangled after surviving a tourney that lasted a total of 13 hours, a star-studded entry field of 142 players and a final table that […]
June 5, 2009
Unconfirmed reports currently swirling around online poker message boards and some information websites suggest that major Internet poker sites servicing the US market such as PokerStars.com and Full Tilt Poker may be experiencing money movement problems. The only official information currently available comes from Poker Stars Support in the form of an email to enquirers […]