June 16, 2016
Twenty-five-year old Florida poker professional and high stakes cash game exponent Sam Soverel has claimed his first World Series of Poker bracelet….and the main prize of $185,317…after besting a field of 1,106 entries which created a prize pool totalling $995,400 for the $1,000 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha event, enabling 166 entrants to cash. This was […]
June 16, 2016
Toronto-based social casino games developer Imperus Technologies, which supplies a free-to-play mobile poker app to Pokerstars, has announced that it is to integrate slots from games developer Akamon into the ‘Jackpot Poker by PokerStars’ app. This agreement is aligned with the co-branded and game distribution program strategy of Akamon, to which the company attributes 27 […]
June 16, 2016
The euphoria over Sen. John Bonacic’s achievement earlier this week in pushing an online poker legalisation bill through the New York state Senate on a vote of 53 vs. 5 (see previous reports) has quickly been replaced with a sense of pessimism over the measure’s chances in the state Assembly. On Wednesday Assemblyman Gary Pretlow, […]
June 16, 2016
Uncertainty created by unpublished proposed amendments temporarily stalled Assemblyman Adam Gray’s AB 2863 intrastate online poker legalisation bill in the Assembly Appropriations Committee hearing Wednesday, dashing hopes of rapid progress to a floor vote for now at least. On the bright side, it appears likely that the measure will be revisited within the next week […]
June 15, 2016
The $1,500 buy-in “Millionaire Maker” No-limit Hold ’em event at the World Series of Poker turned out to be a popular competition this week, attracting 7,190 professional and amateur players. Pro player Jason DeWitt – a 32-year-old from San Diego – won the event, and his second WSOP bracelet, after a strongly contested one-hour heads […]
June 15, 2016
The New York State Senate voted Tuesday to regulate and licence intrastate online poker, passing Sen. John Bonacic’s S. 5302 proposal on a 53 to 5 positive vote in an evening sitting. The bill allows the state’s 11 racetrack casinos to apply for 11 licenses to hold online poker games, and now moves to the […]
June 14, 2016
Top international poker pro Jason Mercier (29) has secured his fourth World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet after taking the honours in the $10,000 buy-in No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Lowball Championship at the Rio in Las Vegas. Mercier was awarded the main prize of $273,335 after he survived a field of 100 and a tough heads up […]
June 13, 2016
The respected US professional player Paul Volpe (35) has claimed his second World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet after besting a field of 490 other hopefuls to win the $1,500 buy-in Six-Max 8-Game competition, number 15 on the schedule. In addition to the coveted bracelet, Volpe collected a check for $149,943 after boasting pre-event that […]
June 13, 2016
The lines are being drawn in the political battle for online poker legalisation in California; last week a Pechanga-led tribal coalition expressed disagreement with certain clauses in the latest version of Assemblyman’s Adam Gray’s AB2863 (see previous report), and Friday saw an equally pointed response supporting the bill from an impressive alliance of 21 state […]
June 12, 2016
Rep Porter (45) has claimed his third gold World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet after taking down the $1,500 buy-in Razz event, emerging victorious from a field of 461 entries to pick up the $142,624 first-place prize. Porter started final table action facing some heavy hitters in the international game, including Daniel Negreanu, David Benyamine […]