October 9, 2008
Innovative online poker website PKR.com has unveiled PKR.tv – a stand-alone internet channel dedicated to broadcasting episodes of the popular PKR TV series. Representing the next wave in poker television, PKR.tv provides on-demand access to the PKR TV library with a wide selection available to video stream in a quality, high resolution format. The successful […]
October 9, 2008
Lakes Entertainment, a casino development and management company that is the largest WPT Enterprises shareholder at 61 percent, has announced that it is to distribute all of its World Poker Tour Enterprises (WPTE) stock to shareholders as a special dividend. The distribution involves 12 480 000 shares, Lakes President and CFO, Tim Cope said: “The […]
October 9, 2008
Gearing up to enter the fiercely competitive online poker software market this week is a newcomer from Silverdale, Washington state titled Castle Technologies (Pink Sheets:CSTL) which boasts an innovative software package which it intends to licence internationally. The penny-stock company (present share price 15 cents; 52 week range 10 cents to 60 cents) has just […]
October 8, 2008
Wide coverage in Dutch newspapers like De Volkskrant, De Telegraaf and Spits on the poker skills vs. luck debate has resulted in renewed publicity for the subject in online poker media this week. The renewed interest was caused by statements by the acclaimed Dutch professor and expert in probablity and statistics, Ben van der Genugten, […]
October 8, 2008
According to a notice on its website earlier this week the popular online poker website Gutshot Poker switched from the Microgaming to Cake Poker network today (October 8) following delays caused by “technical and timing issues.” London-based Gutshot was founded by experienced UK players in 2001 and moved to the Microgaming Poker Network in early […]
October 8, 2008
Irishman Jimmy McSweeney ensured the Ladbrokes Irish Poker Festival honours remained in the Emerald Isle this week by defeating a field of 831 other players to win the Main Event first place prize of Euro 100 000. McSweeney, who hails from Cork County boosted his career winnings to $162 023 with the win, adding more […]
October 7, 2008
Matt Brady, a 27-year-old poker pro from Havertown, Pennsylvania, is the new title holder for the Aruba Poker Classic, having survived a field of 550 players and a tense and weather interrupted final table comprising some formidable opposition. Along with the respect of the title comes a more tangible first prize check for a million […]
October 7, 2008
In a predictably star-studded field of bold international players who had coughed up GBP 20 000 each to participate, EPT San Remo champion Jason Mercier emerged the winner after two days in the PokerStars.net European Poker Tour London GBP1 Million Showdown this week. The field included Isaac Haxton, Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Gus Hansen, Scotty […]
October 7, 2008
23-year-old Pennsylvanian poker pro Michael Martin brought his career earnings up to $3 207 000 this week when he took down the PokerStars.net European Poker Tour London Main Event title and its GBP1 million first prize in an epic comeback against skilled and experienced final table opponents. The maximum number of players accepted for the […]
October 7, 2008
Cape Breton University in the Nova Scotia province of Canada is at the centre of a growing controversy over the offer of free tuition as prizes in an online poker tournament. The students union at CBU is supporting the tournament, says the president Matt Stewart: “There’s nothing to lose and everything to gain,” he told […]