October 17, 2007
World Series of Poker ace Richard Lee will have to pay a heavy price for his alleged involvement in the promotion of illegal gambling in San Antonio – $2.2 million – as part of a plea bargain he has reached with San Antonio prosecutors, reports local media this week. Lee pleaded “no contest” Tuesday to […]
October 17, 2007
Playing a canny but low profile game, and starting with one of the lower chip stacks, poker pro Markus Lehmann did not at first look like a winner at the World Poker Tour Spanish Championship in Barcelona this week….but the Austrian came from behind to show them how it was done, taking home the Euro […]
October 16, 2007
It’s taken two weeks, during which rumour and debate has swirled around the poker sites and fora, but this week PokerStars has acted on allegations of irregularities in the activities of ‘TheV0id’, who won over a million dollars in prize money during the recent World Championship of Online Poker main event. And the news is […]
October 13, 2007
Poker aces like Howard Lederer and Crandell Addington will be sharing their thoughts with some intellectual powerhouses this week at Harvard University’s newly formed Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS) panel. On the table: How poker skills translate into life skills, the first in a series of several such explorations planned by the Society. Also […]
October 11, 2007
In a move which confounded persistent rumours that it was going to sign up with Playtech, the major online betting group Mansion has announced instead that it has joined the Ongame Network. Ongame boasts one of the largest global poker platforms with over 30 000 concurrent players at peak times and Mansion players will have […]
October 11, 2007
The United States IRS proposal to impose a withholding tax of 25 percent of tournament winnings of over $5 000 (see previous reports) has apparently been abandoned…..undoubtedly a source of relief for pro poker players. Wally Chalmers, Vice President of the American Gaming Association said this week that the proposal was abandoned after an assessment […]
October 11, 2007
282 of the world’s top players took to the felt in Baden, Austria in the Poker Stars European Poker Tour – Baden Euro 8 000 Main Event last week, generating a Euro 2 143 200 prize pool and the eventual winner a major bank account boosting top prize of Euro 670 800. Among the many […]
October 10, 2007
The merger between online poker firms 24hPoker.com and Martinspoker.com reported in bulletins several weeks back has been confirmed, with the combined companies now falling under the new Casablanca Gaming Group operating out of Malta. Peter Anstrom, CEO of 24hPoker which has recently announced staff cuts, said that going forward Casablanca will operate his company’s online […]
October 10, 2007
Montana resident and online poker player “MCBill” probably feels like he’s struck gold this week after winning access to a possible over $100 million in online poker tournament prize pool money. Absolute Poker revealed that the online poker player hailing from Helena, Montana has won the 5th Absolute Dream Package on October 7th. MCBill beat […]
October 10, 2007
The 39th World Series of Poker 2008 poker championships will be held at the Rio in Las Vegas again, according to an announcement from Harrah’s Entertainment this week which gives the dates as May 30 through July 17, 2008. “The team is still hard at work on the schedule of events for next year,” said […]