Confident challenge

January 3, 2009

Internet poker multi-tabling and nosebleed stakes ace Tom “durrr” Dwan clearly savours the adrenalin of competition, and has started the new year with an interesting 3 to 1 challenge open to all online poker players with the wherewithal, confidence and courage to take on one of the most exciting and unpredictable pros on the Net. […]

Pokerstars breaks world record

December 30, 2008

After all the hype surrounding it’s latest world record breaking attempt, which included the news that registrations had reached the cap of 35 000 players a good day before the event started, it was almost an anticlimax to learn Sunday that Poker Stars.com had achieved its aim of 35 000 players in action simultaneously….almost, as […]

Entraction launches EMP

December 30, 2008

The Swedish Entraction poker network has launched a new Euro 100 000 main prize live tournament branded the European Masters of Poker in conjunction with some of the most exclusive land-based casinos in Europe. The tournament will consist of a series of five live poker tournaments starting at the Olympic Casino in Tallinn, Estonia, from […]

Expelled poker room joins Entraction network

December 30, 2008

NoiQPoker.com, an online poker site on the iPoker network until its recent expulsion (see previous report) has revealed that its new home is to be the Swedish Entraction network. Migration to the new network should be complete by end January. NoiQPoker.com joins respected sites like PinnacleSports.com, Redbet.com, 24hPoker.com and VCPoker.com in utilising the Entraction Poker […]

Dwan ends the year with a bang

December 30, 2008

One of online poker’s most exciting and audacious players, Tom “Durrr” Dwan, has enjoyed another spectacularly successful weekend, winning over $1.3 million by multi-tabling at Full Tilt over a few hours in some action-packed – and profitable – Internet poker. Playing NLHE $500/1000, Omaha PL $500/1000 and Mixed HA $500/1000 with his usual daring and […]

iPoker sheds two sites

December 28, 2008

Without giving any reasons for the action, a press statement from Playtech’s iPoker network over the weekend informed interested parties that NoIQ Poker and Carlos Poker are to be removed from the network on January 24th. The terse statement reads: “iPoker has, following discussions with Tain, decided to remove Carlos Poker and NoIQ Poker from […]

Swedes to study teen morals

December 28, 2008

A Swedish university research program will soon be working with social networking community websites in a research bid to learn more about how the Internet affects the way Swedish teens build their norms and values, reports The Local.se. Lund University plans to work with The Pirate Bay, the Svenska Pokerförbundet (poker association) and MySpace to […]

Five ring poker

December 28, 2008

Mansion group online subsidiary Circus Casino.co.uk has announced a new initiative to have the game of poker recognised as an Olympic sport; initially as a demonstration sport in 2012 and then as a main event in 2016. Buoyed by a public Internet campaign, the online gaming company is hoping to convince Olympic organisers to include […]

Pokerstars ramps up Sunday Million

December 26, 2008

Big money game poker enthusiasts and pros alike will be heading to the Poker Stars.com site on December 28th to have a crack at the boosted $2.5 million guaranteed Sunday Million tourney. By increasing the guarantee by a million dollars, the management is confident that there will be a big surge in interest in the […]

Holy rollers

December 26, 2008

The Korea Times reported the arrest on illegal gambling charges of an unlikely den of gamblers – five Buddhist monks – this week. The monks were picked up in a police raid on a poker game involving millions of won taking place in a hotel near Mount Songni, a spokesman revealed. Speaking from the Boeun […]