May 27, 2009
Our readers may recall previous reports on the activities of Foviance, a hi-tech researcher into online user-experience that has developed specialised technology to identify subconscious decisions made by gamblers. Still working with the 3D Internet poker site PKR.com, the company has released the latest information gleaned from its eye-tracking Emotional Engagement Measurement technology. This time […]
May 26, 2009
Analogies with the fall and rise of the Phoenix are perhaps inevitable when considering Ashton “theASHMAN103” Griffin’s huge win this week in the Full Tilt $25 000 Heads Up World Championship, playing some of the biggest names in professional poker. The young player was reported to be a million dollars in the red at the […]
May 24, 2009
Savvy political observers in Florida last week were suggesting that the Bill to watch is HB 425, a regulatory proposal which easily passed through the legislature and contains an interesting provision that could portend future attempts to legalise internet poker in the sunshine state. The provision creating ripples of excitement requires the legislature’s policy research […]
May 23, 2009
The major US gambling group Harrah’s Entertainment Inc set the Internet message boards alight as the week ended by announcing the establishment of a new subsidiary, Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment, Inc. (HIE) to manage the global growth of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and explore a European interactive strategy. And it confirmed rumours from earlier […]
May 23, 2009
The British online poker room PKR.com announced this week that they have agreed a blockbuster deal with poker publisher Bluff Media that will see PKR.com act as the exclusive sole live broadcaster of 24 bracelet events from this year’s World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. With ESPN no longer broadcasting many World Series events […]
May 21, 2009
Patrik Antonius and Tom Dwan got it together for another session in the million dollar Dwan Challenge midweek, playing 700 hands to bring the total played of the 50 000 required to 14 249. It was another weak session for Dwan, who ended up another $32 706 behind his opponent, who is now $424 631 […]
May 20, 2009
Interesting research by the search marketing firm Greenlight positions Partypoker, 888 and Pokerstars as the highest-ranking poker brands online, reports eGaming Review, which claims exclusive sight of the search results this week. The Greenlight study shows that the three poker and gaming brands achieved superior search results to rivals such as Everest, Full Tilt and […]
May 20, 2009
Vitaly Lunkin had to contend with a final table that included Internet and live poker aces like Alexander Kravchenko and Ivan Demidov this week as the final table of the Pokerstars Russian Poker Tour Moscow played out. In the main event, the Full Tilt pro saw them all off despite an initially shorter stack, to […]
May 20, 2009
Online and live poker fans alike can look forward to an absorbing new poker series on US cable television come August 2009. Cable operator G4’s new show “2 Months, $2 Million” is expected to debut with a new concept that follows the progress of four poker players competing to win $2 million collectively in two […]
May 19, 2009
The twelfth edition of Full Tilt Poker’s online series of poker (FTOPS) ended with a disappointingly low turnout for the main event, resulting in the guaranteed prize pool of $2.5 million having to be topped up by $200 000. Entries for the $535 buy-in event numbered 4 581, with the usual slew of top-rated international […]