February 4, 2009
Russian professionals Ivan Demidov and Alexander Kravchenko, and Team PokerStars star Vanessa Rousso were among a field of 201 poker players who competed in the inaugural PokerStars Russian Poker Tour in St. Petersburg this week. With a buy-in of $5 000, the prize-pool topped a million dollars, generating a first prize of around $300 000 […]
February 3, 2009
25-year-old Neil Arce, a well known face at the Metro Card Club in Manila had the support of the railbirds this week as he took down the 2009 Asian Poker Tour Philippines at the Dusit Thani Hotel. Arce conquered a field of 262 runners representing over 40 countries to scoop the first prize of $185 […]
February 3, 2009
With yet more economic stimulus plans on the cards in Washington DC, the Poker Players Alliance chairman, former Senator Alfonse D’Amato used the opportunity to again appeal for the regulation of poker by the legislators on Capitol Hill last week. Writing in the end January edition of the publication “Roll Call”, D’Amato pointed out the […]
February 3, 2009
In an unsuccessful law suit against Boss Media last year, an online poker company called Poker Trillion sought millions, yet this week it appears that the Malta-based corporate has failed, with responsibility for its players being assumed by the Everleaf Gaming Network after a period of financially related problems. Although Everleaf has acknowledged that it […]
February 3, 2009
Pro poker player Clonie Gowen has responded in determined style to the attempt by Full Tilt Poker’s legal team to have her litigation against the company and various individuals dismissed; last week she added two more defendants and seven causes of action in an amended complaint, along with further details of her claims, which amount […]
January 30, 2009
A 19-year-old Canadian poker novice who signed up for a free UltimateBet account just nine days ago in hopes of emulating youthful big winners in Internet poker like Phil Hellmuth has discovered that losing can be just as lucrative. The unidentified player is the latest recipient of UltimateBet’s Bad Beat jackpot, taking home $173 693.20 […]
January 29, 2009
The world’s second largest standalone Internet poker website, Full Tilt Poker.com, achieved its third record in a month on January 26th 2009 according to the independent poker stats site MarketPulse. The site recorded an average of 10 433 players per hour, setting a new record in Full Tilt’s history by overtaking the previous record of […]
January 29, 2009
The Poker Channel, Europe’s largest dedicated gaming TV network, made its first significant move into Eastern Europe this week through a distribution agreement with the Vectra Group, the second largest cable operator in Poland. Launching a promotional campaign to all Vectra’s digital basic subscribers on Friday 30th January, this is the first carriage agreement for […]
January 28, 2009
Following on the heels of the recent Pennsylvanian court ruling that poker is a game dominated by skill rather than chance (see previous reports) comes a report from Colorado that a jury in that state has arrived at the same conclusion. The Poker Players Alliance has issued a press release applauding the decision, which is […]
January 26, 2009
ESPN Classic is to bring Pokerheaven action to European poker fans in a new series that covers the brand new ‘PokerHeaven.com European Cash Game 2008’, comprising 7 episodes of an hour each. ESPN Classic is to bring Pokerheaven action to European poker fans in a new series that covers the brand new ‘PokerHeaven.com European Cash […]