November 5, 2014
A manager at the Natwest bank in Biggin Hill, England has pleaded guilty to fraud after stealing GBP 185,000 from the accounts of two elderly customers, Julie Amos (83) and Leslie Pilditch (92). The since-dismissed manager, 56-year-old Glenn Mason, exacerbated his crimes by his unauthorised use of the identities of two of his colleagues to […]
November 3, 2014
32-Year-old Irish poker pro Steve O’Dwyer took the 2014 ACOP ‘Macau Billionaire Poker’ Super High Roller title at the PokerStars LIVE Macau. O’Dwyer topped a 52-player field that built a US$6.2 million prize pool, overcoming a stacked final table to ultimately defeat Ryan Fee heads-up. This is O’Dwyer’s ninth career tournament title. He took the […]
November 3, 2014
In a week’s time the poker and mainstream media will be buzzing as the November Nine gather once again in Las Vegas to decide the winner of the $10,000 buy-in, multi-million dollar 2014 World Series of Poker main event. The final table of nine, distilled from an entry field of 6,683 players earlier this year, […]
November 1, 2014
The Equity Poker Network has announced the immediate departure of 5Dimes Group online poker sites in what it claims is an amicable severance. When we went to press Friday, 5Dimes had not commented, and it not known which network it will be using in the future. The two businesses part ways just days before EPN’s […]
November 1, 2014
Pokerstars and Full Tilt owner Amaya Gaming Group has announced that the two famous gaming brands have obtained a continuation license to allow uninterrupted service to consumer and business customers in the United Kingdom. The continuation license for PokerStars and Full Tilt was awarded by the UK Gambling Commission in recognition of the existing licenses […]
November 1, 2014
The 5th annual Punta Cana Poker Classic (PCPC) kicks off Tuesday November 3rd, 2014 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This year’s Main Event is a $1,500+$150 buy-in No Limit Texas Hold’em tournament with a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool. Also scheduled are a Second Chance, Open Face Chinese tournament […]
October 31, 2014
The online search giant Yahoo! has seized the initiative and launched a Texas Hold’em portal on its website, according to a report in the business publication Forbes. Yahoo marketers are currently advertising the Texas Hold’em poker game directly on the company’s fantasy football webpage, suggesting that it expects to see the same association with that […]
October 31, 2014
Further revving up players already concerned about the imposition of margins on foreign exchange financial transactions (see previous reports), online poker giant Pokerstars announced hikes in rake and tournament fees Thursday. Communications chief Eric Hollreiser revealed that a new rake structure will be introduced in two phases commencing November 4, 2014 and January 1, 2015, […]
October 29, 2014
The latest MPN blog discusses the use of third party tools at online poker tables, focusing particularly on the use of seating scripts and HUDs. Microgaming’s head of poker, Alex Scott, says that the MPN has a transparent approach to the use of trackers and HUDs, but whilst permitting them it also gives players the […]
October 28, 2014
Following his multi-million dollar litigation defeat against a major land casino that claimed he cheated at cards through edge-sorting (see previous reports) the world famous poker pro Phil Ivey has suffered an additional loss in having to close his Phil Ivey Poker.com coaching and social website. Hints that a closure may be on the cards […]