July 7, 2013
Former World Series of Poker main event champions Greg Merson, Joe Cada and Pius Heinz were among the 943 first flight players who started the Main Event rolling Saturday, a field slightly smaller than expected or was achieved last year, but the organisers remain confident that the 7,000 player level will be breached by the […]
July 6, 2013
The key event in the annual World Series of Poker currently unfolding in Las Vegas – the Main Event – starts today (Saturday) as the first of three starting days which are expected to attract thousands of aspiring champions with the necessary $10,000 buy-in cash. It’s ‘the’ prestigious event that attracts almost all the serious […]
July 6, 2013
Caesars Interactive Entertainment chief exec Mitch Garber brought readers of the Las Vegas Review Journal up to date on his company’s intentions in an interview with the respected publication over the Independence Day long weekend. Garber, the 48-year-old former boss of Party Gaming, says his company remains committed to launching an online poker site licensed […]
July 6, 2013
Online poker’s decline in the ring-fenced French i-gaming market continued in the first half of 2013, a meeting of European regulators was told by French regulator ARJEL as the week closed. The Agence France Presse news agency reports that regulators were informed that French licensed online poker operators’ turnover slipped 14 percent y-o-y to Euro […]
July 6, 2013
Matt Ashton, a 25-year-old professional player from Liverpool in the United Kingdom and a respected grinder on the internet poker scene, has claimed Britain’s second bracelet in the current World Series of Poker tournament, besting a field chock full of top players in the prestigious $50,000 buy-in Players Championship. It was Ashton’s third final table […]
July 5, 2013
Film maker Scott Bell has given an update on his daunting project to screen a factual documentary on the UltimateBet and Absolute Poker scandal, saying that late August is now the likely release date for the full story on internet poker’s biggest ever cheating scam. In a project update detailed here: http://www.doubleheadpictures.com/2013/07/02/project-status-update-lockdown/ Bell explains that […]
July 5, 2013
Piquing the interest of 2013 World Series of Poker observers this year was a report in the publication The Spokesman-Review that a player in event 1 of the Las Vegas tournament poker festival may have sourced his buy-in from an unconventional source – a $25,000 heist at the Lancer Lanes Casino in Clarkston, Washington. The […]
July 5, 2013
German amateur player Nikolaus Tiechart is $730,736 better off today following his victory in the $2,500 buy-in event 56 at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas – a NLHE competition that attracted 1,736 entrants. “The bracelet, for me, is a dream,” said the delighted German, who plays “for fun” and is a retired […]
July 5, 2013
The major UK online and land gambling group William Hill plc is about to launch an Italian market-focused online poker site powered by Playtech and part of the Italian iPoker dedicated network, which reportedly has secured an almost 16 percent market-share in the region. The betting giant has been active in the Italian market since […]
July 4, 2013
Industry observers will be looking forward to seeing the final result of the much anticipated PartyPoker rebrand, the subject of much speculation since leaks revealed that it will involve a new orange corporate colour and a revamped logo; both a ‘clear break’ from the past. The launch by parent group Bwin.Party Digital is apparently planned […]