November 18, 2014
The World Poker Tour 500 tourney held at Rob Yong’s Dusk Til Dawn venue in Nottingham, UK has been won by poker pro and accomplished internet player Eleanor ‘Elz442’ Gudger, who was sponsored by the PKR online card room. The event attracted an impressive field of 2,133 players, giving Gudger a GBP 140,000 first prize […]
November 17, 2014
US poker pro Dylan Wilkerson celebrated a key career victory this weekend when he claimed the $147,000 main prize in the World Poker Tour Emperors Palace Poker Classic hosted by that establishment in Johannesburg, South Africa. Over the three-day competition Wilkerson survived a starting field of 165 other hopefuls to enter the final day competing […]
November 15, 2014
World Series of Poker main event runner-up this year, Felix Stephensen, will see only half of his $5,147,911 (around 35 million Norwegian kronor) winnings once the Norwegian taxman has finished with him. Although Stephensen has lived in London for the past two-and-a-half years he remains a Norwegian and is subject to Norwegian taxes at just […]
November 15, 2014
In what appears to be deference to European nationally regulated markets, Pokerstars has announced a policy change which means that players resident in several specified regulated markets will no longer be offered the opportunity to buy into live tournaments through the Pokerstars client. The nations specifically identified by Pokerstars are Britain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark and […]
November 15, 2014
Station Casinos subsidiary Ultimate Gaming announced late Friday its decision to shutter the first online poker enterprise to launch on the Nevada legalised internet poker scene, Ultimate Poker.com, after just on eighteen months of operational activity The decision follows a similar withdrawal by the company from the New Jersey online market back in September this […]
November 14, 2014
The spectacular dismantling of a massive celebrity-littered poker and betting ring in New York last year (see previous reports) is to become the subject of a movie. Veteran television screen writer Aaron Sorkin has announced that he is to bring the story of the ring, most recently exploited by erstwhile organiser and poker princess Molly […]
November 13, 2014
Timing the announcement to coincide with the closing moments this week of the 2014 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, the organisers announced that next year’s rotational change to Europe will see Berlin hosting the tournament. A WSOP tweet advised: “Seems like a good time to tell you: 2015 WSOP Europe will be in […]
November 13, 2014
It’s been a good, bank account-boosting week for 21-year-old Florida professional poker player Ryan Van Sanford, who cleaned up in the World Poker Tour Bestbet Bounty Scramble in Jacksonville to claim a first prize worth $421,068. The $5,000 buy-in event featured forty players carrying a head bounty of $2,500 and a million dollar guaranteed prize […]
November 13, 2014
Effective January 1 2015, Playtech’s online poker wing, iPoker Network, is to introduce a new rake structure designed to better attract purely recreational players to its skins. Dubbed “Source Based Rake” the new structure is based on the idea that recreational, net-depositing players are currently undervalued, whilst the more predatory professionals generate significant rake but […]
November 13, 2014
The impatiently awaited entry into the New Jersey online gambling market of Pokerstars and Full Tilt has resulted in more recriminations this week. Commenting on the delays in licensing approval for new owners Amaya Gaming, New Jersey state senator and online gambling supporter Ray Lesniak took to Twitter this week, accusing New Jersey’s Republican governor […]