January 14, 2016
Poker entrepreneur Alex Dreyfus’ much-publicised Global Poker League took a big step forward Wednesday with the release by Mediarex Sports & Entertainment of team titles and managers of the 12 participating franchises. Last week Dreyfus gave an appetiser when he revealed that Chris Moneymaker would captain the Las Vegas Moneymakers (see previous report) and this […]
January 14, 2016
The independent online poker monitor Pokerscout reports that the second boycott of Pokerstars by players aggrieved at changes to the operator’s loyalty program has potentially been as unsuccessful as the first. Our readers will recall that high stakes players on 2+2, WeArePokerPlayers.com and Tiltbook made a second attempt to persuade Pokerstars to relent early in […]
January 12, 2016
Antonio ‘The Magician’ Esfandiari found himself out on his ear at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure main event Monday after he was seen urinating into a vessel at the table. Tournament officials disqualified him from further participation in the event, where he had built a stack of $100,000 Esfandiari, famous for winning millions in a Big […]
January 11, 2016
Greek professional poker player Georgios Sotiropoulos scored another notable victory over the weekend when he bested a field of 851 to claim the honours and the $308,220 main prize in the $2,200 buy-in Latin American Poker Tour Bahamas main event. The field included big names like Andre Akkari, Ole Schemion, Jeff Rossiter and Mike Leah, […]
January 11, 2016
Poker pro Steve O’Dwyer has started his year with a bang, earning almost $1.9 million in the first week and a half of 2016 thanks to events in the Philippines (see previous report) and now the Bahamas. In his latest triumph O’Dwyer took down the $50,000 buy-in single day Super High Roller NLHE competition in […]
January 10, 2016
After two third place finishes in Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure high roller competitions back in 2011 and 2015, Bryn Kenney’s Caribbean treasure ship finally came in over the weekend when he bested a field of 58 talented competitors to claim a bank account boosting $1,687,800 first prize in this year’s $100,000 buy-in PAC Super High Roller. […]
January 7, 2016
The well-established Pokerstars.tv service is poised for wider availability following the launch of its new free app designed for streaming on Apple TV. Pokerstars.tv provides 24-hour, extensive coverage of the company’s epic live international tournaments such as the European Poker Tour and the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, along with other poker-related content, and has proved popular […]
January 6, 2016
The first Pokerstars Sunday Millions tournament of the new year has produced encouraging results, with 6,479 players registering to create a $1,349,000 prize pool. Swedish player “Noaceforme” bested them all, but a four-way chop agreement late in the game meant that his first prize of $205,308.36 was diluted to a still-respectable $169,260.23. At the four-handed […]
January 6, 2016
Poker entrepreneur extraordinary Alexander Dreyfus appears to be making good progress on his Global Poker League project, announcing this week that the legendary Chris Moneymaker will be the first franchise holder, and the launch of a new game titled HoldemX, which ‘connects the world of video games, social/casual poker and eSports’. The Global Poker League […]
January 6, 2016
Players angered and disappointed by the changes to the Pokerstars loyalty program (see previous reports) launched a second boycott initiative on the first day of the new year with the intention of maintaining the stay away until Friday. Organised by WeArePokerPlayers.com, Tiltbook, Gypsy Team, and several high-stakes players, the boycott was described on the 2+2 […]