June 7, 2014
US grinder Nick Kost scored his biggest career win yet, and his first World Series of Poker bracelet when he took down event 14, a $1,500 buy-in Limit Omaha Hi Low Split 8 or Better competition to claim the first prize of $283,275 in Las Vegas Friday. 1,036 players entered for the event, generating a […]
June 6, 2014
High profile poker pro Daniel Negreanu was denied his seventh World Series of Poker bracelet Thursday as events 12 and 13 concluded at the Rio in Las Vgeas. Event 12, a $1,500 buy-in Pot Limit Hold’Em contest which attracted an entry field of 557 and generated a prize pool of $751,950, was won by Greg […]
June 6, 2014
PokerNews’ media coverage of a Mid-Stakes Poker Tour event it was partly sponsoring at Sheldon Adelson’s Venetian land casino and resort in Las Vegas had to be aborted this week when the publication was without explanation denied access. Reporting on the incident, which set poker forums across the internet buzzing, PokerNews revealed that the event […]
June 6, 2014
It has not taken long for the Californian online gambling legalisation coalition formed between the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, Commerce Club, Hawaiian Gardens Casino, Bicycle Casino and The Rational Group – Pokerstars to respond to attempts by other tribal groups to draft an intrastate law banning “bad actors” from any legalisation moves in California […]
June 5, 2014
Justin Bonomo has spent years as an online and tournament poker professional, earning over $7 million during an at times controversial career, but until this week a World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet has eluded him. That all changed with his victory Wednesday in the $1,500 buy-in NLHE Six Handed competition at the Rio in […]
June 5, 2014
UK-based poker media and entertainment company 180Vita has announced the launch of PokerTube Vegas, a project which promises to provide video and written coverage of this year’s World Series of Poker currently underway at the Rio. The Betfair-powered venture will offer exclusive interview content from the Las Vegas venue, carried out by experienced poker interviewers […]
June 4, 2014
Millions of dollars continued to change hands at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas Tuesday as three more events concluded. The one to watch was Event 8, a $1,500 buy-in Million Maker competition that saw one of the biggest entry fields in WSOP history at 7,977, generating a prize pool worth $10,768,950 (see […]
June 4, 2014
Senator Edwin Erickson’s soon-to-launch bill seeking to legalise online poker in Pennsylvania (see previous reports) is to be supported in the state Assembly by a similar bill sponsored by Republican Representative Nicholas Miccarelli. It is understood that both bills will include anti-competitive “bad actor” clauses barring operators like Pokerstars who continued to supply US services […]
June 4, 2014
Predictions last week that the 13 California tribes encompassed by the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians and the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians have reached agreement on an intrastate online poker bill (see previous report) were confirmed Tuesday when the tribes communicated with Sen. Lou Correa and Assemblyman Reginald Jones-Sawyer. Our readers will recall […]
June 3, 2014
One of the pioneer online poker sites to accept Bitcoin as a currency, Satoshi Poker, has been acquired by new operator BurnTurn.eu for an undisclosed consideration. The Antiguan-licensed operator issued a statement Tuesday announcing that the acquisition of Satoshi Poker became effective on June 1 2014, and that the terms of sale give BurnTurn access […]