September 1, 2008
Twenty-year-old Yevgeniy Timoshenko, a US resident who originally hails from the Ukraine, took down the 2008 Asian Poker Tour main event final table at the Galaxy Starworld in Macau over the weekend, beating an entry field of 257 hopefuls that included a generous sprinkling of top pro players. The young gun collected a $500 000 […]
August 31, 2008
Organising charity poker tournaments in the same locations and timeframes as US political party conventions has so far paid off in publicity terms for the one million members pro-poker pressure group Poker Players Alliance. With the Republican Party national convention just over the horizon, the group’s activities at the Democrat Party’s event in Denver last […]
August 31, 2008
The Income Access affiliate program’s blog saw a familiar industry name resurfacing this week in reportage on a new Playsafe Holdings AS brand, Million Dollar Poker Club.com. Clive Archer, a 50-something industry veteran who has previously worked for Carmen Media and was COO of the now defunct BetonSports, is quoted as the new Chief Operating […]
August 31, 2008
Poker Battle, the new poker “social networking” brand announced recently (see previous report), has added several more new faces to its roster of poker stars prior to its September 2 soft launch on the Partouche Poker Tour in Cannes, France. The full brand launch remains scheduled for September 27 at the World Series of Poker […]
August 30, 2008
Dianna Donofrio, host to WomensPokerYak.net which claims to be one of the hottest new poker podcasts on the internet, will be interviewing some of the planet’s top female players, including Evelyn Ng, Debbie Burkhead and Nancy Todd Tyner on Yaktivate.net soon. Professional poker player Evelyn Ng starts off this series, sharing her views on women’s […]
August 30, 2008
Top international poker pro John ‘The Razor’ Phan added to his impressive c.v. with another big win this weekend, taking down the WPT 2008 Legends of Poker Championship title and a winner’s check worth $1 091 428 after beating an entry field of 373 players. Other World Poker Tour final tablers were Paul Smith, Amit […]
August 29, 2008
The Olympic legend who this year alone took 8 personal gold medals back to the States from Beijing has apparently been besieged by as many as 50 endorsement proposals a day, according to media reports. And at least two of those came from poker related outfits. The attention of poker promoters was grabbed after Phelps […]
August 29, 2008
iPoker Network online poker site Titan Poker.com reports that with its largest yet online guaranteed prize tournament now less than two weeks away, it is making 50 seats available through a major satellite this weekend. The winners of the seats get to compete in the $2 500 000 Guaranteed Prize tournament on September 7, 2008. […]
August 29, 2008
Causing ripples in online gambling circles this week is an admission and an apology from respected high stakes, cash game player Brian “sbrugby” Townsend (26) that he has been guilty of multi-accounting, a cardinal sin expressly forbidden by online poker sites where he plays like PokerStars and Full Tilt. Using the handles aba20 on Poker […]
August 29, 2008
High profile poker pro Scotty Nguyen issued a long and rather rambling apology this week when his provocative and discourteous conduct at the World Series of Poker resurfaced on ESPN television, and subsequently video clip sharing site YouTube, triggering a storm of public criticism and complaints. Dubbed “The Prince of Poker,” by his fans, Nguyen’s […]