December 4, 2008
Poker Stars.com has announced a brand new poker series, the Russian Poker Tour, which will bring elite poker tournaments to that country’s most prestigious venues. A statement from the company says that the Russian poker scene has exploded in recent years, with millions of people playing both live and online at PokerStars events. “Russian poker […]
December 3, 2008
The repeated and unequivocal use by the recent 60 Minutes television program of the claim that online gambling, and specifically poker, is illegal in the United States was made despite the producers receiving advice to the contrary from legal expert Professor I. Nelson Rose of Whittier College, it emerged this week. Prior to the show, […]
December 3, 2008
Joanne “JJ” Liu added to her $2 million-plus career winnings over the past 12 years last week when she took down the ninth edition of the Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza Main Event. The $2 500 buy-in, NLHE tournament attracted 233 entrants and generated a total prize pool of $539 628. The final table comprised Liu, […]
December 2, 2008
The Washington Post print stories and the 60 Minutes television coverage of the UltimateBet and Absolute Poker cheating scandals published on Sunday (see previous reports) continued to evoke wide comment and exchanges of opinion on industry message boards and in the media this week. Among the widespread assessment of the material were official statements from […]
December 2, 2008
The current World Series of Poker champion Peter Eastgate (22) apparently stands to lose much of his $9.1 million first prize to Denmark’s taxman, according to the well informed poker writer Thomas Somach on Poker Helper.com. As a resident of Denmark – a bastion of socialism-offering its citizens everything from free health care to free […]
December 2, 2008
Online poker forums were abuzz this week with the news that World Series of Poker bracelet winner and online poker ace Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy is to sever his promotional relationship with UltimateBet.com. A member of the website’s Star Players Team, Josephy agreed to promote the poker firm in May this year. At that time, an […]
December 2, 2008
Tokwiro Enterprises’s sister online poker sites, Absolute Poker.com and UltimateBet.com, have banned Kentucky residents with immediate effect, joining other online poker networks like Cake Poker, Merge Poker and Microgaming Poker in excluding residents of the state. Emails to Kentucky-resident players on the Cereus poker network where UB and AP action takes place read ““We regret […]
December 2, 2008
The major online poker websites Poker Stars.com and Full Tilt Poker.com continued to attract large numbers to Sunday tournaments this week, generating impressive prize pools and high value prizes to the winners. At Poker Stars, Peter “twirlpro” Turmezy took down the top prize of almost $200 000, with his heads up opponent ‘fratzl’ also taking […]
December 2, 2008
One of the many mainstream press articles spawned by the weekend’s television and Washington Post coverage of the online poker cheating scandals at Absolute Poker and UltimateBet was carried by the Toronto Star newspaper. Writer Dave Perkins presented a persuasive and logical argument for the regulation and licensing across Canada of the pastime, opining that […]
December 2, 2008
New York-listed National Lampoon, Inc., a widely recognised brand in comedy, has announced the launch of National Lampoon Casino.com, bringing some of the most established names from the world of poker and internet gaming together in one entertainment venue. In addition to offering access to multiple poker engines and non-stop tournament formats, the National Lampoon […]