January 22, 2008
Cake online poker network has welcomed a new poker room to its ranks in the shape of MarathonBet.com. Marathon is described as one of the largest sports betting operations in Eastern Europe and CIS countries and is launching an online poker room as part of plans to offer new services to users. Support and security […]
January 22, 2008
Last weekends big-name regular tournaments continued to pack ’em in, with major action occurring across the Internet on Sunday, and major companies like Full Tilt, Poker Stars and Party Poker all passing pre-tournament guarantees. And one player at Full Tilt’s One Million Dollar Guaranteed won a significant $206 000. Poker Stars Sunday Million continued to […]
January 22, 2008
In an interview with the American newspaper USA Today this week, World Poker Tour chief Steve Lipscomb revealed that his company has partnered with Stats LLC to produce the poker industry’s first sports-style database. Stats LLC provides data collection and analysis for 85 leagues, including the NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball. “In poker, we […]
January 22, 2008
On March 2nd this year online poker operator bet365 will join the elite mega guaranteed poker tournament club with the launch their first $ 2 million guaranteed poker tournament. Players can either buy straight in to the main event or win a chance at the big time through bet365’s satellite structure, which includes ‘Sit & […]
January 22, 2008
uJogo, a rewards-based poker site, has positioned its allegedly legal poker product on the major community website Facebook following extensive research into the advantages and obstacles that may be encountered. uJogo paid research firm TNS to conduct the study, which revealed that here are about 30 million adults who play roughly three hours of free […]
January 21, 2008
The Aussie Millions Main Event culminated in an exciting two hour heads up contest over the weekend, with Alexander Kostritsyn taking home the title and a cheque for $1 650 000, beating veteran and multiple WSOP bracelet Erik Seidel who enjoyed a million dollar payday for his second placing. The two men were part of […]
January 21, 2008
It was a disappointing end to a great competition for 22 year old Oklahoma player Jason Potter this week when the young poker pro was robbed at knifepoint of his winnings. Potter had cashed in his Aussie Millions poker tournament cheque for $30 000 and was walking back to his hotel in the early hours […]
January 19, 2008
Day 3 of the Aussie Millions Main Event has ended with 22 survivors moving to the next level and a chance at the $1.65 million winner’s prize and other paydays as the money bubble was reached with the 80th elimination at the Crown Casino in Melbourne. The 98 players from Day 2 started the day […]
January 18, 2008
PokerHeaven.com player Juha-Rauno Lampila has won the first major European tournament of 2008 – the Helsinki Freezeout. Lampila managed to hold off a strong and largely experienced field of 200 players to take the title, a winner’s purse of Euro 160 825 and a 5th spot in the latest European rankings. After building a big […]
January 18, 2008
VC Poker’s in-house managed Action Point loyalty point redemption store is being replaced by a brand new offering from independent provider Initial Poker following an agreement this week. The launch of the new store is expected to take place within the next 12 weeks, and will also be available to VC Poker licensee operators. Initial […]