July 11, 2014
The World Poker Tour’s inaugural WPT500 tournament at the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas is being lauded as a success following 3,599 player registrations that boosted the prize pool in the $500 buy-in competition to $1.8 million. After seven days of hard-charging poker the event concluded Thursday with Los Angeles grinder and biotech […]
July 11, 2014
Betcoin Poker, an online poker site that permits players to use Bitcoin virtual currency, has widened the playing options for its players by opening access to sit and go and multi-table tournament action on the Winning Poker network. The site hitherto kept its player pool divorced from the network, although it uses Winner’s software, and […]
July 11, 2014
If Brazilian Senator Ciro Nogueira has his way, online poker could be legalised in the booming Brazilian gambling market, opening up another exciting regional opportunity for the industry. The Senator has drafted a bill to regulate and tax online sports betting, casino, poker and bingo and proposes a 10 percent of GGR tax rate for […]
July 11, 2014
Two online poker intrastate legalisation bills that have been languishing at committee stage for months could be running out of time, reports the publication California Gambler. The reason is the absolute state legislative deadline of August 31, which could mean that bills not passed by Senate and House by that date are scrapped and have […]
July 10, 2014
Day 2c, the last of the separate fields competing in the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker main event, is in the record books, with top international online and live tourney poker pro Phil Ivey holding the chip lead ahead of 1,864 survivors of the various entry flights to the event, in which 6,683 players […]
July 10, 2014
A planned interactive gaming system that could house online poker websites for multiple casinos, potentially increasing the player pool in Nevada, has been initially approved by the Nevada Gaming Control Board and is now before the Nevada Gaming Commission for final approval towards the end of July. The Las Vegas Review Journal reports that the […]
July 9, 2014
With the last of the three starting flights – Day 1c – now in the record books with 2,571 survivors, there are now 4,504 main event competitors still active and plenty of poker ahead. On Tuesday the 1,933 survivors of the first two starting flights on days 1a and 1b were back at the tables […]
July 9, 2014
Overall statistics released Tuesday by the organisers of the World Series of Poker – the 45th edition of poker’s most prestigious annual tournament – indicate that player entries represent a new record. With the three main event starting day registrations now closed, the organisers have been able to compile totals for the entire tournament, which […]
July 8, 2014
Italian online poker fans have two more choices following the debut of Paddy Power and Novus Poker in the dedicated market. Paddy Power has added an online poker room to its Italian sports betting and casino site after two years in the market. Italian players can access the new offering on the Italian iPoker network. […]
July 8, 2014
Hopes that this year’s World Series of Poker main event would attract a record entry list have not been realised following the release Monday of the official entry figures on the last registration date for Day 1c entrants. Day 1c recorded 3,768 entries, bringing total registrations for the $10,000 buy-in event to 6,683, generating a […]