January 26, 2009
This year’s World Series of Poker epic in Las Vegas will again feature a four month break before the final table action takes place in the NLTH main event, and there will be a new one-time $40 000 buy-in tournament at the start of the series to commemorate its 40th anniversary of the championship. The […]
January 26, 2009
One of the new products to be showcased at ICEi, part of the International Gaming Expo starting in London this week will be a new wireless poker controller, which the developers claim could “change the way Online Poker is played forever!” The Poker Controller is a wireless device that has been designed to aid online […]
January 25, 2009
The owner of the Gambling Portal Webmaster’s Association, Michael Corfman, fired his latest meticulously annotated broadside this week against competitor Affiliate Media/ CAP/ PAP and the Effective Media Group, a company apparently owned separately by Affiliate Media top brass Lou Fabiano and Warren Jolly. Corfman has emerged as a probing voice for those affiliates who […]
January 25, 2009
The triumphal return of the Poker Stars European Poker Tour to Deauville, France this year after a three year absence has seen a German player, Moritz Kranich, take the trophy, the respect and the Euro 851 400 winner’s check after a tough heads up with French player Arnaud Esquevin. France was well represented in the […]
January 25, 2009
The spectacular main event in the 2009 Aussie Millions poker championships in Melbourne has ended after an epic few days of intense poker action in which a field of 680 hopefuls was narrowed down to just one man – Aussie Stewart Scott – over the weekend. Scott’s prize was a well deserved bank-boosting A$2 million. […]
January 25, 2009
Recently rumoured changes in poker room networks for Doyle’s Poker and Playboy Poker (see previous reports) have now been confirmed by events this week. Players at Doyle’s Room – and especially delighted US poker fans – report that the switch to Cake Poker is going smoothly. The former network for Doyle’s, Microgaming, apparently still hosts […]
January 24, 2009
Top US talkshow host and television producer Montel Williams has announced his latest venture, a new format television show titled “International Team Poker League” that will combine online qualifiers with bricks and mortar casinos. The show, starting with satellite tournaments in March and set to be televised from November this (2009) year, will combine fast-paced […]
January 22, 2009
The main event in the $1 million guaranteed prize pool UltimateBet Online Championship tournament ended this week in victory for player YungMoney209, who survived an entry field of 1 100 hopefuls to triumph after 15 hours of tough online poker. YungMoney’s reward for his talent and time was a check for $245 188 and change, […]
January 22, 2009
With this year’s Aussie Millions still attracting the attention of players to the region, PokerStars.net has announced the launch of a major new poker tour which will be played across Australia and New Zealand – the PokerStars.net ANZPT. The first event is planned for Adelaide on February 4, 2009. “The growth of poker in Australia […]
January 22, 2009
The NBC televised poker program “Poker After Dark” took a hit this week with the announcement that the world’s largest online poker operation, PokerStars, hs withdrawn its team from the event. Online poker information portal WickedChopsPoker reports that PokerStars recently informed its players of the decision, which is thought to have been prompted by differences […]