February 10, 2007
XBox360, Playstation 2, PSP and PC poker players don’t have too much longer to wait for Howard Lederer’s latest version of “World Championship Poker 2 : All In” According to producers Oxygen Games, this uprated iteration of the inaugural offering first launched in 2005 will be available on the shelves by the end of March […]
February 10, 2007
Las Vegas poker pro Bill Edler proved that expertise travels well when he took the World Heads Up Poker Champion title at the beautifully renovated Crystal Casino in Los Angeles this week, beating a series of top opponents drawn from a pool of 64 top players on the way. It took three days to decide […]
February 9, 2007
The British online gambling group Sportingbet.com has had to make some tough business decisions regarding its poker operations, culminating this week in the announcement that it will effectively be closing its Paradise Poker.com platform at a cost of some GBP55 million (US$107million). The company intends to transfer Paradise players to its existing Boss Media-managed Sportingbet […]
February 8, 2007
The independent, non-profit standards authority and player protection body requires that Poker seal holders such as PokerTime, are financially stable and have adequate reserves. The probity of the poker room’s management is scrutinised, together with player protection measures, payout times and financial facilities, games fairness, responsive support and general operational efficiency. An international framework is […]
February 8, 2007
The leading poker magazine Bluff was among the first major publications to study the recently released Global Player Survey from online gambling standards body eCOGRA this month, focusing on findings in the study relating to women poker players. Bluff zeros in on the fact that more women are playing online poker than ever. “Nearly 30 […]
February 8, 2007
Associated Press reports that World Series of Poker main event winner Jamie Gold has agreed to settle a dispute over half of the tournament’s $12 million grand prize. In a joint, signed statement released Tuesday to the AP, Gold and Los Angeles-based TV producer Bruce Crispin Leyser agreed the matter should be resolved “without litigation.” […]
February 8, 2007
The past few weeks have seen several major poker site launches, underlining yet again the confidence in this sector by large and well backed companies. Probably the highest profile launch was that of Playboy Gaming, although the bash put on in London by Playtech’s Tila Tequila Poker was mighty impressive, we’re told. Playboy’s investment in […]
February 8, 2007
Famous US candy company Hershey and WSOP organiser Harrah’s Entertainment have just clinched a sponsorship deal for the 2007 World Series of Poker that will give US poker players an opportunity to win 2 ‘Sweet Seats’ to the Main Event. In return Hershey gets publicity and the title “Hershey the Official Chocolate of the 2007 […]
February 8, 2007
Poker enthusiasts will be looking forward to the third season of Full Tilt’s Online Poker Series (FTOPS) following the announcement this week that the series will commence on February 9. With $3.4 million in total guaranteed prize pools, spread over 10 events, and $1.5 million assured for the no-limit hold’em main event on February 18, […]
February 8, 2007
The Everest Poker commissioned Jupiter Research project to conduct a Pan-European survey identifying the demographic and behavioural characteristics of the poker playing community in Europe has produced some interesting results. Nearly 2 000 consumers in France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Spain and Italy completed the survey online which is the first poker-specific survey on European players […]