June 27, 2014
Liverpool and Uruguay football striker Luis Suarez is being made to pay dearly for a biting incident – allegedly his third – that occurred in a World Cup football match this year (see previous reports). In addition to FIFA penalties that include a GBP 66,000 fine, a nine-game international football ban and a four month […]
June 26, 2014
Jacksonville online poker pro Jesse McEuen (34) has seen hard times over the past three years since Black Friday, arriving in Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker with his car, a dog and the bare minimum in cash. With a little financial boost from his friend and fellow poker pro John Kabbaj, that […]
June 25, 2014
Online poker operator 888poker is reportedly considering the future of its brand ambassador, Liverpool football star Luis Suarez, only a month after signing him up. The reason is sprawled across most mainstream media this week – the discipline-challenged soccer star faces allegations that whilst playing for Uruguay against Italy in the World Cup he bit […]
June 25, 2014
It was fifth time lucky for Denver poker pro Will Givens Tuesday – after achieving four WSOP cashes he finally managed to survive a star-studded field of 1,840 other players to win through to his second final table, and then leverage that into a win worth $306,634…and his first WSOP bracelet. Event 45 was a […]
June 25, 2014
Full Tilt Poker has introduced Jackpot Sit & Go Tournaments, giving those with a big poker appetite but limited time to play the chance to quickly hit a jackpot. The concept pits players against just two opponents with a variable prize pool of up to $20,000 at the $10 buy-in level. As soon as players […]
June 25, 2014
The independent online poker monitor Pokerscout reports that the World Cup football currently unfolding in Brazil is having a subduing effect on cash game traffic at online poker sites – especially during big matches. The monitor cites as an example the clash between Germany and Portugal on June 16, when traffic at most sites declined […]
June 25, 2014
Event 44 at the World Series of Poker featured an epic 7-hour heads up that took evenly matched survivors Jordan Morgan (30) and Evan McNiff (28) into an exhausting additional fourth day of action before the winner was decided. Day 3 of the event – a $1,500buy-in NLHE competition that pulled in 1,914 entrants and […]
June 24, 2014
Mark Buser, the director of social gaming for Pokerstars, has departed the company for reasons that are not yet clear after only a year in post. The company has confirmed that it has launched a search for a replacement for the widely experienced Buser, who boasted a c.v. with management positions at leading companies like […]
June 23, 2014
New Hampshire poker pro Michael Drummond will no doubt be celebrating this morning following his big win Sunday in taking down event 42 at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, a $5,000 buy-in PLO Six Handed contest that pitted him against 451 other entrants vying for a share in the $2,124,400 prize pool. […]
June 23, 2014
A week ago Pokerstars pro Dale “Daleroxxu” Philip, a Scots professional player who lives in Thailand and travelled as a playing ambassador for Pokerstars, stirred up the message boards by tweeting that he had been dropped from Team Pokerstars over a non-poker incident in Marbella, where he had been representing the company. It appears that […]