March 25, 2015
The name Dzmitry Urbanovich is on most everyone’s lips at the European Poker Tour Malta, where the nineteen-year-old Polish pro has been cleaning up big time in a number of events. We reported earlier this week on Urbanovich’s biggest victory – a Euro 572,300 win in the Euro 25,000 buy-in High Roller competition, but since […]
March 25, 2015
The US states of Nevada and Delaware began sharing their players in an historic online poker development Tuesday after months of interstate negotiations on the project. Both states have enjoyed legalised online poker for more than a year, and it is hoped that building a larger and wider player pool will boost attraction for players. […]
March 25, 2015
A new study by the University of Nottingham has concluded that success in poker is more likely to involve skill than chance, lending its weight to a growing body of expert opinion that this is the case. Researchers at the university, working with colleagues from Erasmus University Rotterdam and VU University Amsterdam, noted that players […]
March 24, 2015
When it comes to numbers, University of Newcastle accounting professor Jim “The Doctor” Psaros (56) showed his opponents in the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour main event a thing or two Monday when he bested a field of 444 other players to win the main prize of A$183,000 after two final table chops. His victory […]
March 23, 2015
The inaugural Global Poker Masters World Cup of Poker championship this week attracted plenty of attention as eight teams representing major poker playing nations in Europe fought hard for supremacy until Italy claimed the honours. The Italian team of Rocco Palumbo, Giuliano Bendinelli, Dario Sammartino, Mustapha Kanit and Andrea Dato swept all before them to […]
March 22, 2015
Unconfirmed reports from usually reliable sources like Nevada gambling journalist Jon Ralston have suggested that land casino billionaire and anti-online gambling crusader Sheldon Adelson is the behind-the-scenes driver of a new Nevada political proposal that seeks to restrict any state player-sharing agreement with other states to online poker only. Whilst that may be conjecture, what […]
March 21, 2015
Polish poker pro Dzmitry Urbanovich ensured the inaugural European Poker Tour Malta caught attention Friday, winning the Euro 25,000 buy-in High Roller competition against stiff opposition to claim a main prize of Euro 572,300. The event attracted 68 entries and 20 reentries, generating a prize pool of Euro 2.15 million, which enabled 13 players to […]
March 21, 2015
Montreal-based online gambling group Amaya Gaming Inc. announced Friday that it has received licenses from the UK Gambling Commission for PokerStars.com and Full Tilt to operate online poker and other gaming within the United Kingdom. Since late 2014, the brands had been operating under temporary continuation licenses, having previously been white- listed under Isle of […]
March 20, 2015
Californian software engineer and enthusiastic poker fan, Ravee Mathi Sundar, is having a great week, competing on two major tournament final tables and finishing fifth on one and top dog on the other. Sundar started out on his winning way last week with a $168,260 sixth placing in the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting […]