Pokerzone to cover WSOP finals

July 13, 2006

A news team from the UK Pokerzone television channel will be in Las Vegas to record the final events leading to the main game at the World Series of Poker, where one of the 9 final table players is likely to walk away with over $10 million – the richest sports prize in the world […]

Brunson´s dream team gets a WSOP bracelet

July 12, 2006

In a big win for Team Brunson, Max Pescatori of Milan, Italy finished first in the $2,500 No Limit Hold’em World Series of Poker event, taking home a paycheck of $682,389. This win, combined with previous truimphs, pushes Pescatori over the one million dollar mark with lifetime winnings of $1 544 801. Pescatori’s win gives […]

Top WSOP lady crowned

July 12, 2006

Mary Jones is the latest World Series of Poker champ to take home a barrow full of money and that coveted champion’s bracelet. 1128 international women players signed up for the $1000 Ladies’ No Limit Hold’em event, and it took over 17 hours on day one alone to whittle the field down to 26 survivors. […]

Poker GS 2 knows it´s stuff

July 11, 2006

This poker playing robot follows the words of a famous country and western poker ballad – it knows when to hold ’em; knows when to fold ’em; knows when to walk away and knows when to run. VNUnet reports that US boffins at Carnegie Mellon University claim to have created a smart learning program that […]

Monkeying around with WSOP?

July 11, 2006

In a “rumour mill” exercise that sounds remarkably like a viral marketing project, the poker site PokerShare.com is being touted as the first company to enter a chimpanzee in the the august tournaments of the World Series of Poker. Unlikely as it may seem that WSOP would consider such a distraction (unless they’re in on […]

Bigger and better online poker tournaments the order of the day

July 11, 2006

Two weeks back, we looked at the value of routine but major weekend poker tournaments being held online on a regular basis, and following reader interest a further turn around the main sites was undertaken this week. PokerStars $1 000 000 Guaranteed Sunday tourney has as the title suggests a million dollar prize pool which […]

Team Bodog gets its first gold bracelet

July 11, 2006

Team Bodog pro David Williams, the 26-year-old Texan who rocketed into stardom two years ago with his memorable runner-up finish at the 2004 World Series of Poker, has captured his first bracelet in poker’s showcase event. Williams bested a field of 478 players to take the top prize in Event No. 10 of the 2006 […]

PokerShare spokesman confirms this story is no monkey business

July 11, 2006

The earlier bulletin reporting the rumour that PokerShare intended to enter a poker-trained chimpanzee in the manin World Series of Poker event has been confirmed by a company spokesman. Alex Van Klaveren of GameShare, the Gibraltar-based parent group for PokerShare responded thus to an enquiry about the rumour: “Thanks for your email. Your sources are […]

Brunson´s A-Team

July 9, 2006

Team Brunson, a collection of some of the best players in poker, has been introduced at this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Harrah’s Rio Suites in Las Vegas, Nevada. Captain Todd Brunson, professional poker player and son of poker legend Doyle ‘Texas Dolly’ Brunson, personally handpicked each team member and the dream […]

Futurebet skins in trouble again

July 9, 2006

With the PurePoker debacle barely forgotten, Futurebet was under the critical spotlight yet again this week after complaints on leading poker message boards such as 2+2 of slowpay from FB poker rooms on the Ongame network like Bayou, Carnival and Players Edge. Many players have allegedly been waiting for 30+ days, with the old story […]