March 2, 2009
Tom “Durrr” Dwan and his first opponent in the Dwan million dollar challenge, Patrik Antonius, managed to put together a fifth session of play over the weekend, although it was brief at only just over half-an-hour and 226 hands with Dwan pleading fatigue Antonius regained some lost ground after a six day break from the […]
March 2, 2009
Tokwiro Enterprises, the owner of the UltimateBet.com online poker website on the Cereus Network, is budgetting a massive $10 million bonus for this year’s World Series of Poker at the Rio in Las Vegas. The company is planning to award the massive bonus to the winnings of any UltimateBet qualifying player who has the talent […]
March 2, 2009
The online poker chestnut ‘pokerbots’ surfaced in the UK press again over the weekend as The Times carried a short story in which a botmaster claimed to earn up to GBP 50 000 a year deploying remote softwares on small stakes and multi-table games. The article was questioned by some readers, who pointed out that […]
February 27, 2009
The Malta licensed online poker operation Poker Loco.com is shrugging off the global recession and growing like topsy, according to its latest numbers. During 2008 the website reported record growth of over 300 000 new registered players, making the total number of players on the company’s books pass the 600 000 mark, although the report […]
February 27, 2009
The World Series of Poker, owned by Harrah’s Entertainment, has announced that it has secured sponsorship for this year’s epic poker challenge from Milwaukee Best Light – the brewer’s fourth consecutive year of sponsorship for the poker industry’s premier competition. “Poker continues to enjoy growth both as a leisure activity and as a televised sporting […]
February 27, 2009
The US poker industry played a game of chance this week by venturing into the backyard of some of its harshest critics – political conservatives – to promote the sport, reports the Washington Post. Stressing that poker is a game of skill and not chance, like roulette, slots or other forms of gambling, the Poker […]
February 27, 2009
Poker Channel Europe.com has launched a new website catering to German speaking viewers and readers that is accessible through the Poker Channel home page and at Poker Channel Europe.com/de The website provides the latest in poker videos, poker news, interviews, gaming site promotions and poker strategy in German and English with French and Romanian versions […]
February 27, 2009
The finale of the 2009 WPT Los Angeles Poker Classic this week saw a final table to daunt all but the strongest hearts – Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, hot Internet player Mike Sowers, Chris Karagulleyan, Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Pat Walsh and Binh Nguyen faced each other at the Commerce Casino, California. It took a tough 12 […]
February 25, 2009
Tom ‘durrr’ Dwan’s epic online poker match against Patrik Antonius, ultimately for million dollar stakes, saw the end of the fourth session yesterday with 3 952 hands played of the 50 000 required to decide a firm winner. In the latest clash Durrr controlled much of the $200/$400 action to emerge after three hours of […]
February 25, 2009
Poker Nations.com president Anthony Martino has revealed that his company is working on a new social networking website with a view to a late summer 2009 launch. “Our team is comprised of a number of respected industry members, including Jeremy Enke (poker affiliate extraoirdinaire) and Eric “Rizen” Lynch, a professional player who’s won millions online […]