July 1, 2016
The euphoria over the passage out of committee stage of California’s online poker legalisation bill AB 2863 (see previous reports) started to fade as the week came to an end with no floor vote in the California Assembly and time running out. The Assembly adjourns today (Friday) and returns at the end of July for […]
June 30, 2016
The World Series of Poker is now well past the half way mark in Las Vegas, with three more winner bracelets awarded in big money events to Ankush Mandavia, Steven Wolansky and “Johnny World” Hennigan. 28-year-old Steven Wolansky, a professional player from Florida, secured his nineteenth WSOP cash, his third final table and his second […]
June 29, 2016
A young and relatively inexperienced (in poker) finance professor from the University of Arizona, Dr. Mitchell Towner is $1.12 million wealthier after besting a mammoth field of 6,927 to win his first World Series of Poker bracelet and the main prize in the $1,500 buy-in Monster Stack NLHE event. The massive field, which included many […]
June 28, 2016
German poker pro George Danzer (33) has reprised his previous WSOP season victory in the $10,000 buy-in Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split-8 or Better Championship event at the World Series of Poker, claiming his fourth winner’s bracelet and the main prize of $338,646. The event pulled in 136 entries, many of them notable names in […]
June 28, 2016
Another World Series of Poker bracelet has gone to the UK following 22-year-old Brit pro Phil “Grindation” McAllister’s victory in the $3,000 Shootout No-Limit Hold’em competition at the Rio in Las Vegas. The win adds another $267,720 to the $356,020 the young online and live tourney pro earned earlier this year with a third placing […]
June 28, 2016
With more than half the 69 scheduled events now completed in this year’s World Series of Poker, the organisers have posted statistics which indicate that the festival remains very popular with professional and amateur poker players, and is expected to deliver another record turnout by the time the main event concludes. However, entries to the […]
June 27, 2016
Online poker giant Pokerstars shocked Israeli real-money players this week with a notification that, effective June 27 it is to withhold services from players in that country. No explanation was given, other than a note that the decision followed a review of operations. The company assured players that their account balances are safe and secure […]
June 27, 2016
Aussie poker pro Martin Kozlov earned an impressive $655,709 over the weekend in winning the $10,000 buy-in Six Max NLHE event at the World Series of Poker, claiming his first bracelet….and in the process knocking out five-bracelet holder Chris “Jesus” Ferguson amid some raucous railbird behaviour from both pro and anti-Ferguson factions. Ferguson – a […]
June 26, 2016
The online publication Flushdraw took a closer look at the recently released Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates (FM3) poll, which purported to show that Californians are not in favour of legalised online poker, and expressed reservations over the accuracy of the findings. Our readers will recall that the FM3 study was commissioned by the […]
June 26, 2016
The $3,000 buy-in Six-Handed Limit Hold’em event at the World Series of Poker has been won by relative unknown Rafael Lebron despite some heavyweight competition that included last year’s WSOP main event champ Joe McKeehan, who started strong but only managed a fourth place finish. Also in the field was triple bracelet holder Matt Matros, […]