February 28, 2008
A new service from the respected Poker Listings.com portal is proving itself to be a useful tool for identifying trends and levels of activity in the online poker sector. PL.com’s MarketPlus tracks and analyses close to 20 million hands a month, and is arguably the most comprehensive statistical overview of online poker on the Web. […]
February 28, 2008
Card players around the globe can have a crack at millions in the latest Ladbrokespoker.com tournament. The Ladbrokes Poker Million VII is Europe’s longest running televised tournament and from this month through to June 29, players can qualify exclusively for a package worth $20 000 to play in one of the 12 televised 6 seat […]
February 27, 2008
Hands-On Mobile, Inc., the developers of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Texas Hold ‘Em 2 mobile poker game has been recognised by players and mobile operators for its innovations in connected gaming since launching the WPT offering in October 2007. WPT Texas Hold ‘Em 2 was recognised in two categories by AT&T in its “Best […]
February 26, 2008
The US legislation requiring political lobbying companies to declare budgets given to them by interested parties threw up more revealing information….and big money, this week. Covington and Burling LLP took in almost $1.1 million from the National Football League in 2007 to lobby the federal government. The firm lobbied on various pieces of legislation including […]
February 25, 2008
This weekend’s final table for the Pokerstars European Poker Tour Copenhagen championship met expectations for skill and excitement, with the survivors from a third day field of 39 players going after a slice of the giant $4 156 270 prize-pool generated by a total entry field of 460 hopefuls. That field had seen the likes […]
February 23, 2008
The Poker Players’ Alliance reports that Seattle lawyer Lee Roussos has been given a court date for his challenge to the constitutionality of the Washington state ban on Internet gambling, which makes offenders liable to Class 3 felony penalities normally reserved for serious personal crimes. Rousso has informed the PPA that his long-awaited and state-delayed […]
February 23, 2008
Prominent online poker message board 2+2.com was abuzz this week as pokerheads speculated on the identity of high-stakes gambler ‘seda1′. The reason for the interest is a widely discussed 6 hour online session of $500/$1 000 No-Limit Hold’em against international ace Phil Ivey that left “seda1” with a $600 000 deficit. Remarkably, that first session […]
February 23, 2008
Holding true to your principles can be rewarded with reason and practicality, two disgruntled Canadian poker fans found this week when a judge discharged the duo without a criminal record, following a police sting operation last year. Neil Faderson and Rellen Orcullo were arrested along with 55 others after a May 2007 police raid on […]
February 22, 2008
The influential US state of California could be the scene of an in-depth study into online poker if state legislator Assemblyman Lloyd Levine has his way. The politician has launched bill AB 2026 which calls for a study to be conducted by the California Gambling Control Commission (CGCC) into the legality of the pastime if […]
February 22, 2008
Gibraltar-based 888.com has launched a major online poker tournament branded the World Poker Crown.com that offers a guaranteed prize pool of $3 million, a third of which will go to the ultimate winner. The group’s Pacific Poker subsidiary is the vehicle for the tournament, which will begin on February 20 and run until May 10. […]