September 30, 2014
Topping a field of 33 entrants in the $50 000 Aria High Roller III, Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur Roger Sippl pocketed a cool $776 160 after besting Martin de Knijff in heads-up battle. Aria High Roller III final payouts finished up: 1. Roger Sippl $776,160 2. Martin De Knijff $404,250 3. Aaron Been $242,550 4. […]
September 30, 2014
According to finance publication tijd.be, professional poker players whose earnings are deemed to fall in the top tax bracket may be subjected to a 75 percent tax on earnings. While the casual poker player is exempt from paying tax, if their earnings are deemed exceptional, around twenty Belgian poker professionals have reportedly been identified by […]
September 30, 2014
Marco Trucco will succeed Barbara Beltrami as country manager for PokerStars Italy, effective from middle October 2014. Beltrami, who has held the position for six years, is reportedly taking on the position of senior project manager for PokerStars Southern Europe. Trucco currently serves as gaming director of Gala Coral’s Eurobet, prior to which, he was […]
September 26, 2014
A post from Michael Josem of PokerStars’ Communications Team on the twoplustwo poker forum, in response to numerous reports of affiliate cuts, said: “PokerStars has agreements with thousands of third-party websites (‘affiliates’) to market our services to new players and encourage them to play at PokerStars. “PokerStars routinely reviews its agreements with these affiliates to […]
September 26, 2014
Initial forum posts suggest that PokerStars Partners is terminating certain affiliate accounts. The common thread during discussion is “too many old players generating revenue to justify the affiliates monthly payment”. Some claim they weren’t given a reason at all in the formal notice from Amaya Gaming, while others report they have been given an ultimatum […]
September 21, 2014
American poker professional, 27-year-old Darren Elias “The End Boss”, took down the 2014 WPT Borgata Open Poker Main Event Season XIII, besting a large field of 1226 with a total prize pool of $3 924 426. Elias collected a career-high payday of $843 744 and a seat in the WPT World Championships after taking out […]
September 20, 2014
PokerStars.fr has notified UK customers of the migration of their accounts to PokerStars UK on October 1, 2014. This measure reportedly also applies to PokerStars.com accounts. The company explains that all gaming services available to players in the United Kingdom must be licensed in the UK due to new regulation (UK Gambling Licensing and Advertising […]
September 19, 2014
Almost a year to the month that Malta’s Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LGA) suspended Everleaf Poker Network’s licence, the regulator has informed the arrest and appearance before Magistrate Doreen Clarke of one of the directors and the Key Official of remote gaming firm Everleaf. Michael Zwi Oros was charged for misappropriation of players’ funds and […]
September 18, 2014
Iranian-born Mohammad Moeini (44) defeated Brandon Newsome in heads-up play to win the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event Biloxi title, a WSOPC gold ring, $106 101 and a seat in the WSOP National Championships. Moeini, an investor and hotel owner, bested a field of 301 entrants to cash for the fifth time in […]
September 17, 2014
Hungary’s Gaming Supervision Department, which forms part of the Country’s National Tax and Customs Administration, added numerous PokerStars domains to its blacklist this week but seems to have overlooked Amaya Gaming Group’s Full Tilt business at this stage. Other recent additions allsport365.com, PokerStars and partypoker.com will be blocked by internet service providers along with Sportingbet, […]