October 28, 2008
Tom ‘Durr’ Dwan, arguably online poker’s most exciting player due to his bold playing style and huge swings in monetary fortune, played a leading role in some record breaking poker pots at Full Tilt’s big online games over the weekend, at one stage holding $1,4 million at the $500/$1 000NL table Railheaven. “RailHeaven” is the […]
October 28, 2008
Land and Internet poker pro Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier bested a stellar field of 368 entrants to win the WPT Festa del Lago tournament at the Belaggio last week. Entrants paid an expensive $15 000 buy-in for the event, which generated a record prize pool in excess of 5.3 million, ensuring that six figure payouts extended […]
October 25, 2008
The old proverb “It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good” found modern day application for World Poker Tour Enterprises last week as stock markets crashed and the global economic scene worsened. The company had been facing de-listing on the Nasdaq exchange because pre-crisis its stock price had fallen below the $1 level for […]
October 25, 2008
Fleet Street Gaming.com, a U.S. subscription poker site along the lines of PurePlay, is the latest casualty of the economic downturn, advising its subscribers this week that it will close its virtual doors come October 31. Founded earlier this (2008) year by former PokerStars Vice President of Marketing, Dan Goldman and developed by Advanced Global […]
October 24, 2008
A persistent poker forum rumour that Playtech’s iPoker network is to axe Tain websites soon has been strenuously denied by licensees and may have its genesis in a simple rule to bring rakeback activity under control. Tain sites include Chili Poker, Cardoza Games, Carlos Poker, Poker Ducks and NoIQ Poker, reports PokerListings in examining the […]
October 24, 2008
Australian former World Series of Poker champion Joe Hachem and top international cricketer and poker player Shane Warne are to host a charity tournament in the land Downunder on October 27th. Proceeds from the tourney will go to the Shane Warne Foundation, which has already distributed $1.7 million to charities mainly concerned with underpriveleged children. […]
October 24, 2008
Devilfish Gaming plc, the London-listed online poker operation founded by British poker ace Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, has reported poor maiden results but remains optimistic for the future following a switch to Entraction software. POOR MAIDEN RESULTS FROM DEVILFISH Change to Entraction see improvement starting Devilfish Gaming plc, the London-listed online poker operation founded by British […]
October 23, 2008
Joining other US-legal poker websites like PurePlay this week is the newly launched and quaintly branded Zosoz.com, which offers a subscription club form of free online poker tournament play where members can win prizes, thus complying with the often confusing US legal requirements. The professional and well presented site is owned by a private Minnesota […]
October 23, 2008
Poker fans looking forward to the reported expose of poker scandals on the popular investigative television program “60 Minutes” will have to be patient for a little longer – reports this week suggest that the scheduled screening for October 26 has been delayed. Although no official information has been made available, the speculation is that […]
October 23, 2008
High profile professional Internet poker players, who should know better, continue to break the multi accounting rule at major online poker websites like PokerStars, Full Tilt and PartyPoker. Some of these role models are perhaps tempted by the significant amount of hard cash available in games on the Internet, and knowingly take the risk – […]