December 23, 2014
Veteran poker ace Mukul Pahuja delivered an impressive display of poker skill and talent Monday to take down the last of this year’s World Series of Poker Circuit events at Harrahs Atlantic City. The $1,675 buy-in Main Event pulled in 460 entries to generate a prize pool worth $690,000, which was fiercely contested over a […]
December 23, 2014
Spain has emerged victorious from the Pokerstars World Cup of Poker online competition which this year – its tenth anniversary – saw players from 96 nations commence battle at the end of November, working through a series of levels and groups until a winner was decided. The NLHE tournament this year was based on free-to-play […]
December 22, 2014
Overall online poker revenues declined 7 percent last week as big money promos from industry leader Pokerstars saw cash game traffic at the company’s sites noticeably ease 13 percent. Pokerstars continued to dominate the market with a seven day cash-game player average of just on 19,500, with 888Poker a poor rival in second place at […]
December 21, 2014
The weekend saw a second major tournament play out at the Bellagio in Las Vegas when Mohsin Charania bested a final table full of talent to win the World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic for the second time and claim the first prize of $1,477,890. The 586-strong entry field was full of respected […]
December 21, 2014
Top poker pro Andrew Lichtenberger showed once again what a consummate poker ace he is at the Bellagio over the weekend, claiming the main prize of $2,104,245 after taking down the World Poker Tour Alpha8 Las Vegas. His victory over Tom Marchese in a hard-fought heads up was the highlight of an endurance test of […]
December 20, 2014
The horror-violence movie “Poker Night” launched to rather negative reviews in Los Angeles this week, following availability on VOD and iTunes earlier this month. Set in small-town Warsaw, Ind., but filmed in British Columbia, the movie is about a young cop who is invited to join a poker evening group comprising a selection of older […]
December 20, 2014
The charming and historic Mediterranean island of Malta is becoming a popular venue for live poker tournaments, with the Pokerstars European Poker Tour the latest to select the island for an event. EPT has unveiled a 67-tournament schedule titled the EPT Malta Festival that looks set to appeal to a wide range of players, with […]
December 19, 2014
Full Tilt is well advanced in planning for the first Mini Full Tilt Online Poker Series of 2015, which kicks off on January 4th next year and runs through January 18. The online tournament – the company’s 17th miniFTOPS – will feature a total guaranteed prize pool of $1.25 million and a schedule of varied […]
December 19, 2014
Amaya Gaming online gambling subsidiary Full Tilt has unveiled news for its UK players that are unlikely to go down well – a 20 percent reduction of reward points effective from December 16. Th switch means that UK poker fans will receive eight points per dollar raked instead of 10 points per dollar raked, with […]
December 18, 2014
Russian poker pro Andrey Zaichenko has claimed the honours in the Euro 10,000 buy-in European Poker Tour Prague High Roller competition, besting a field of 309 ( that included 76 re-entries) and taking home Euro 487,180 after agreeing a chop at the three-handed stage of the game. The record registration list generated a prize pool […]