February 24, 2009
PokerStars enjoyed another major turnout for one of its tournaments last weekend, signing up 8 799 entrants who generated a $1.7 million prize pool and first prize of $213 136 for winner “cmyworth” in the Pokerstars Sunday Million regular offering. After battling through the huge online field, cmyworth faced “iggymcfly” in the heads up, defeating […]
February 24, 2009
The speculation over a week back (see previous report) that online poker site Poker Host.com was switching from the Microgaming Poker Network to Cake Poker Network has been confirmed. The website landing page this week announced that commencing Monday the transfer to Cake had been completed. The announcement read: “PokerHost.com today announced the worldwide launch […]
February 23, 2009
Remember the million dollar challenge issued by online poker pro Tom “Durrr” Dwan? The first challenger, Patrik Antonius, has stepped forward and the two have been going at it over the weekend, playing in instalments between their other commitments. For those readers unfamiliar with the challenge, high rolling Dwan threw down the gauntlet earlier this […]
February 23, 2009
The entertaining New Zealand edition of the international magazine Stuff reported last week on an all-in poker wedding sponsored by the Christchurch Casino in a “To Have and To Hold” innovative promotion for poker couples. The promo saw nine engaged couples playing for two-and-a-half hours over the weekend with the main prize a sponsored wedding, […]
February 23, 2009
Devilfish Gaming plc, the Internet casino and poker room group, has released a positive set of results for the half year to end December 2008. Announcement of Interim Results for Half-Year to End December 2008 Highlights include: * Strong growth in poker revenue – Daily poker revenues now frequently exceeding 3 000 per day. – […]
February 22, 2009
19-year-old Finn Jens Kyllonen is the latest Pokerstars European Poker Tour champion, having defeated a field of 462 entrants – many of them top Scandinavian players – in Copenhagen, Denmark to accept the main prize of Euro 878 110 (About DKK 6 541 920), appropriately donning an amusing pink “teenage millionaire” hat to do so. […]
February 22, 2009
Pokerstars has released the final schedule for one of the world’s most glamourous poker events, the Pokerstars European Poker Tour Grand Final, which starts in Monte Carlo on April 27 2009. This year’s schedule features 14 tournaments headed by a Euro 10 600 buy-in Main Event sure to attract top poker aces from all over […]
February 21, 2009
Online poker website PokerStars.com is about to roll out one of its largest and most ambitions promotions yet – the $30 million Spring Championship of Online Poker, which has been designed to accommodate players at all levels and pockets and will take place April 2-12. In some cases, the guaranteed prize-pools are set to create […]
February 20, 2009
Pretty much as anticipated, South Carolina Judge Lawrence Duffy Jnr this week ruled that poker is “overwhelmingly” a game of skill and not chance, adding a third state precedent in as many months to the learned judgements supporting the concept of skill rather than chance in the game. Unfortunately for the feisty five defendants who […]
February 19, 2009
The news from World Poker Tour Enterprises was not good this week as the troubled company released its Q4 and 2008 finals. The announcement followed the more positive news that WPT and Fox Sports had extended their broadcast agreement (see previous report) but that did little to sweeten a bitter results pill. Losses continued to […]