April 15, 2009
A further brief 165 hand clash in the 50 000 hand, million dollar Tom ‘durrr’ Dwan marathon online poker challenge has seen Patrik Antonius maintain his lead for the second consecutive session, $80 544 ahead of the formidable Dwan. Thus far in the challenge the duo has wagered an incredible $71 332 043 in a […]
April 15, 2009
The PokerStars.com Spring Championship of Online Poker main event concluded this week, with three seperate winners, thanks to the three level buy-in structure introduced by the organisers. The biggest turnout was predictably for the low level buy-in, where 18 747 players registered but were whittled down to a mere 26 over 44 levels by the […]
April 14, 2009
The third annual World Series of Poker Europe presented by Betfair has solidified its tournament schedule, Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc., owner and operator of the world’s most prestigious poker tournaments announced over the holiday weekend. The 2009 World Series of Poker Europe Presented by Betfair will feature four bracelet tournaments, including a new addition, the GBP […]
April 14, 2009
The past three days have seen an exciting poker epic unfolding at the City West Hotel in Dublin, Ireland as 700 entrants – the second biggest field in the history of the event – battled it out in the 2009 Paddy Power Poker.com Irish Open. This year it was Swedish poker ace Christer Johannson (38) […]
April 14, 2009
The most prolific online poker advertiser on South African national television, Silversands Poker, could be about to face difficulties with the South African authorities as that country’s long-anticipated Internet gambling regulations come into effect, reports Business Day. Published in the Government Gazette for public comment in February this year, the legislation making online gambling a […]
April 14, 2009
In a deal that the Entraction online poker network describes as a transition to being solely a supplier of products and services for internet gaming, the Entraction subsidiary Casagaming Limited has signed a Letter of Intent to sell its operations to iGame Ltd. The new owner of the Casagaming operates the successful gaming site Pokerihuone.com […]
April 13, 2009
The holiday weekend has seen an active phase in the million dollar, 50 000 hand Tom ‘durrr’ Dwan challenge as fighting Finn, Patrik Antonius again managed to take the lead from Dwan in a further session which saw the total number of hands played reach 11 949 and the total amount wagered, $70 445 654. […]
April 13, 2009
The respected publication Las Vegas Review-Journal has branched out into the world of online poker, launching a free-to-play site in collaboration with Zen Gaming which combines social networking and free poker to create advertising and player-base building advantages. Stephens Media Group, which owns the Review-Journal, is one of Zen Gaming’s first partners, the company disclosed […]
April 12, 2009
The million dollar, multi-table high-stakes poker challenge over 50 000 hands initiated by Tom ‘durrr’ Dwan edged a little closer to completion last night as Patrik Antonius and Dwan clashed in a further 803 hands which saw Dwan wrest the lead from his opponent to come out ahead in the overall competition so far by […]
April 11, 2009
This year’s National Hockey League awards at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas on June 18th will include a poker for charity event sponsored by PokerStars.net, a poker information site associated with the world’s largest online poker room. The event was announced by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, who revealed that the charity event would take […]