February 11, 2008
Local player Darren “kingkramer” Kramer is the new South African Open poker champion after a busy weekend at the MonteCasino in Johannesburg in which he survived and entry field of 175 players that included veterans like Raymond Rahme and TonyG. The 24-year-old Cape Town player took the $140 575 lion’s share of a $500 000 […]
February 11, 2008
In last year’s police raids of Winnipeg club poker games a total of 57 players had their names taken by almost the same number of cops involved in the two busts. This week the first two players accused of being present in unauthorised common gaming houses were discharged without criminal record. To achieve this, the […]
February 10, 2008
The online poker software developer and network operator Absolute Poker has finalised a deal to acquire one of its largest skins, Vegas 247, for an undisclosed purchase price. Details are still sketchy, but blogs such as NetBet have been examining the rumoured deal for the past two weeks, revealing that affiliates were the first members […]
February 10, 2008
This weekend saw the South African Open main event unfold at the MonteCasino complex in Johannesburg, with an entry field of 175 players paying in the $3 500 buy-in for a crack at the main prikze opf $104 575, a substantial percentage of the total $ 500 000 prize-pool. Some of the international big names […]
February 9, 2008
The deal between the Austrian state gambling authority and Sweden’s Boss Media and state-run Svenske Spel to launch a new online poker room came to fruition this week on the Boss Media network. In starting Internet poker operations at Win2Day.com, the Austrian government becomes one of only two European governments (the other is Sweden) to […]
February 7, 2008
Titan Poker crowned Frenchman Yann Lelievre (25) as its Online Poker World Champion this week after he defeated some of the best online poker players across the globe in a three month challenge where Titan Poker players competed for the chance to participate in the World Challenge Main Event. To qualify, players needed to advance […]
February 6, 2008
The seventh edition of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series mega-tournament starts today (Wednesday February 6) offering 20 events and a collective guaranteed prize pool of $10 million. This is the first FTOPS for 2008, with the last series held in November, 2007. FTOPS VII will run from February 6 to February 17 and will […]
February 5, 2008
Four Titan Poker online players will be packing suntan lotion, safari gear and cameras for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to South Africa following a decision to send a 4 man team to compete in the South African Poker Open. Three of the players will travel from Canada to attend this exciting South African event, and the […]
February 3, 2008
Land and online poker pro Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott is taking a bold step into the public company arena, planning a GBP 3.2 million listing on Plus Markets in London, reports The Times. It’s a refreshing change to see an online gambling company going after a listing – since the bans on financial transactions with online […]
February 3, 2008
Online poker veteran Hollywood Poker has seriously upped the tournament ante on its monthly Grand Tournament offering, boosting the guarantee by a hefty 50 percent to $750 000. Management’s faith in the potential of the tournament has undoubtedly been bolstered by its growing popularity, which culminated in 846 entrants in the December event, generating a […]