April 7, 2008
The police in Charleston County, South Carolina has announced the arrest of 27 citizens and the confiscation of some $40 000 in raids on home poker games in three SC counties this week. Among those arrested was Don Sorenson, a long-serving prosecutor for the state with responsibilities in the Calhoun, Dorchester and Orangeburg counties, who […]
April 6, 2008
Online poker player Jason Mercier fought off a stellar international entry field this weekend to win the $1 340 867 first prize in the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour San Remo Championship after qualifying for the tourney in a PokerStars qualifier satellite. The young American player pretty much dominated play from Day 2 of the event, […]
April 5, 2008
PharaohsPokerPalace has closed its doors and the website is no longer available. Following at least two months of the usual run-up to a fall-down – delayed payouts and bad communications with players – the proprietary-powered and standalone website displayed the following message to its players this week: “PharaohsPokerPalace is closing its doors. “If you have […]
April 5, 2008
Latest stats at the Pokerscout information website show that PokerStars.com still has a commanding lead over its nearest rivals. Pokerstars is currently pulling in 14 923 cash players with a daily peak of 22 505 concurrently online and a 7 day average of 15 400. Its nearest rival, Full Tilt Poker.com has recorded respectively 8 […]
April 4, 2008
Good news for Dutch poker fans is that the Poker Channel has launched the sole dedicated poker channel in the Netherlands using the UPC digital platform and on KPN. UPC expects to acquire some half a million additional subscribers through the partnership and the growing popularity of the Poker Channel, which has expanded into 12 […]
April 4, 2008
Up-and-coming Everest Poker.com has selected ten top players for its “Live the Dream” sponsorship package following two days of interviews, hundreds of poker hands and hours of deliberation by an expert panel of poker celebrities at the Palais Auersperg in Vienna. The final list of players will represent Everest Poker at all the major events […]
April 2, 2008
Lee Rousso, the feisty Seattle lawyer and Poker Players Alliance regional director has abandoned his campaign to unseat Washington state governor Christine Gregoire but says he will continue his fight to overturn the state’s draconian laws against online gamblers. Rousso cites a US Supreme Court decision upholding the state’s “top two” electoral system as his […]
April 2, 2008
The skill vs. luck debate regarding the game of poker was revived again this week by a report in Science Daily detailing the results of studies at the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland which apparently showed that skill is the deciding difference when it comes to winning. Michael DeDonno, a doctoral student at the […]
April 2, 2008
The PartyPoker.com World Open IV sheduled for London, England between 25th April and 2nd May 2008 will feature a top class field led by ‘Ambassador of Poker’ Mike Sexton, the company announced this week. Subsidiary PartyBets.com is offering odds on the event and has named the most recent Irish Open winner Neil Channing the 16/1 […]
April 1, 2008
The Asian Poker Tour calendar for 2008 features four events and will kick off in the Philippines from May 27 to June 1, the organisers confirmed this week. Events will also be held in Macau, Asia’s gambling capital, South Korea, and Singapore, which will be the last leg of the Tour. Venues and dates for […]