December 11, 2014
The at times fractious relationship between online poker room Poker Host and the Equity Poker Network has come to a rather abrupt end. In a media statement Wednesday the network confirmed the end of the relationship at midnight on December 9, advising that Poker Host has found a new home and emphasizing that the two […]
December 11, 2014
It’s been a bad week at the online high stakes tables for international poker ace Phil ‘Polarizing’ Ivey, who achieved the dubious honour of biggest loser, according to the nosebleed games monitor High Stakes Data Base. Ivey returned to the virtual tables this week after a short absence and suffered a reversal of his impressive […]
December 11, 2014
888Poker is hoping to boost its online recreational player numbers in New Jersey through a new partnership with World Tavern Poker, an organisation that runs tournaments at restaurants, bars, bowling alleys and VFW halls. There are over 150,000 WTP members across the United States, and businesses contract with the organisation to attract extra custom by […]
December 10, 2014
The principality of Andorra, a tiny nation of 85,000 people wedged between France and Spain in some spectacularly beautiful mountain country, could be the next European regulator and licenser of online gambling. Andorran lawmakers are currently working on a comprehensive review of the country’s gambling legislation which specifically includes the regulation of online poker, and […]
December 10, 2014
Four days of hard poker saw Frenchman Laurent Polito take the PMU .fr World Poker Tour National (WPTN) Paris title and a pay check of Euro 140 000. Polito bested a field of 682 beating out Carlo Savinelli in a brief heads-up while notching up a record second WPTN Paris title, the first of which […]
December 10, 2014
Cincinnati poker professional Jake Bazeley took down the WSOP Harrah’s Cherokee Main Event this week, his first WSOP-related victory. The 31-year-old earned earned $239 096, a Circuit gold ring and a seat in the season-ending National Championship. Play moved quickly in the third and final day of play with the field narrowing from 12 to […]
December 9, 2014
British professional poker player Alex Goulder is Euro 105,000 wealthier following his victory this week in the Euro 2,000 buy-in World Poker Tour National Prague Main Event after besting a field of 250 other competitors. The final day of the event saw World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Simeon Naydenov in the lead at […]
December 8, 2014
In support of its decision to augment online poker services with a player option to use sports betting facilities and/or casino games (see previous reports), Pokerstars has publicised a new responsible gambling code to cater for the additional product offerings. The company’s responsible gaming manager, Jeanne David, announced the new code in a blog statement […]
December 7, 2014
The $100,000 buy-in World Poker Tour Alpha8 competition in St.Kitts was won by international poker pro and double WSOP bracelet winner Jason Mercier over the weekend, boosting his career earnings by $727,000. 15 entrants generated a prize pool of almost $1.5 million for the event, which saw Mercier, Kathy Lehne and Tony Giglietti cash after […]
December 6, 2014
The Las Vegas illegal sports betting case against high profile poker player and gambler Paul Phua would appear to have been significantly strengthened by the decision of five of the eight defendants to plead guilty this week. Our readers will recall that Phua and seven others were busted by the FBI for allegedly running an […]