August 19, 2008
The current ninth edition of the Full Tilt Poker Series main event lived up to its previous record for big names, large entry fields and top prizes this week, with 4 880 players entering the $500+$35 buy-in online spectacular, each hoping for the biggest possible slice of the guaranteed $2.5 million prize pool. By the […]
August 19, 2008
The burgeoning international poker social networking scene has been joined by a new ‘big player’ community website branded Poker Battle.com, which this week announced its arrival with features like in-house multichannel video and audio, and a top market fashion line planned for September 2008. The main event of the Partouche Poker Tour in Cannes, France […]
August 15, 2008
The Poker Players Alliance was active this week in urging US players to promote the rights of citizens to play poker online, using the Republican Platform Committee’s official Internet message board at www.gopplatform2008.com. The purpose of the website is to obtain public comment and suggestions on what should be included in the party’s campaign platform […]
August 15, 2008
Growing numbers of poker rooms are now offering million dollar guaranteed tournament prize pools PokerRoom’s monthly “The Grand” online poker tournament will this month present a guaranteed $1 million prize pool, positioning the event alongside those of other major companies competing in the Internet poker sector. The Grand started life with a then top-end prize […]
August 15, 2008
Large entry fields and six-figure main prizes continue at current online poker tourney series The latest big winner in the current Full Tilt Online Poker Series ninth edition is player “MishkaT” who truimphed in Event 17, which saw an entry field of 1 059 entrants in the $300+$22 buy-in, six-max format tournament. The total prize […]
August 14, 2008
Speculation that the business impact of recent cheating scandals at Tokwiro subsidiary Absolute Poker.com may have been considerable resurfaced this week as players reported receiving emails from the company offering to reopen their accounts. The emails note that the incident “…was indeed a major shock to us and as a result we are working on […]
August 13, 2008
Online poker software developer Playtech plc has launched its first Italian online poker room for Sindacato Nazionale Agenzie Ippiche (SNAI group), an Italian-based holding company providing gaming and betting services via betting shops and the Internet. Maurizio Ughi, chairman of SNAI, said: “Having chosen Playtech’s portfolio, we are able to offer our customers two poker […]
August 12, 2008
The Isle of Man-based online poker company Poker Stars.com will not have to face one of its players in court over a disallowed winnings claim worth $1.2 million after the plaintiff withdrew her case this week. The case arose from poker action in the 2007 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) organised by Poker Stars […]
August 12, 2008
There will be top quality poker as well as the opportunity to visit some outstanding tourist attractions like the ruins of Machu Picchu for entrants to the Ladies International Poker Series (LIPS) which is scheduled to begin in Peru later this (August) month. The event will be the first international poker event to take place […]
August 12, 2008
The ninth edition of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series is now in full swing, with Event 10 – a $300 buy-in + $22 NLHE competition – now over, having attracted an entry field of 4 985 players and generating a prize pool of a guaranteed $1.5 million. The entry field included big names like […]