October 30, 2012
33-year-old Las Vegas player Jeremy Ausmus, who entered the 2012 World Series of Poker main event final table as the low stack, has had his hopes for the main prize dashed, busted out in fifth position by Jesse Sylvia. The pain will be assuaged by a $2,155,313 fifth prize, but Ausmus was clearly disappointed by […]
October 30, 2012
The reconvened final table of the 2012 World Series of Poker main event (see previous reports) exploded into action Monday with three eliminations during the first few hours, and the final table’s only foreigner not much later. Resuming with 1 hour, 9 minutes left in Level 34, with antes of 40,000 and blinds at 150,000 […]
October 29, 2012
The keenly-anticipated 43rd World Series of Poker Main Event final table is set to kick-off at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino later today having taken a break to accommodate television scheduling from the final table decider which was played in July. Nine finalists comprising eight Americans and one Hungarian will take to the felt […]
October 29, 2012
After commencing operation in the online poker industry earlier this year, the multi-platform cashier enterprise Muchos Poker reports that business is booming. The company’s big advantage is that it can be used across as many as ten different online poker network software platforms, easily integrating into the systems and making possible financial transactions through a […]
October 29, 2012
Antigua and Barbuda, the Caribbean island that has for so long fought the United States position on internet gambling through the World Trade Organisation (see previous reports) has come out strongly against the federal online poker legalisation bill proposed by Senators Harry Reid and Jon Kyl. The Washington DC political publication The Hill reported over […]
October 28, 2012
World Series of Poker staff will be busy at the Rio in Las Vegas this weekend making final preparations for the climax of this year’s edition of the 43rd 2012 World Series of Poker – the final table of the main event. It’s been three months since the nine survivors of the 6,598 players from […]
October 28, 2012
The US-friendly Merge poker network has confirmed exchanges on internet poker message boards speculating that it is to discontinue player-to-player financial transactions with effect from November 1 2012. The move, which short-circuits a useful informal facility used by many US players to receive payment via players based outside America, is unlikely to be popular. Some […]
October 27, 2012
German poker pro Dominik Nitsche boosted his bank balance this week with a $206,153 victory in the inaugural World Poker Tour South Africa main event at the Emperors Palace in Johannesburg, South Africa. His prize includes a $25,000 seat in the WPT Championships. Nitsche (22) largely dominated the event, which attracted 230 players, including international […]
October 27, 2012
With the Full Tilt Poker relaunch just around the corner on November 6, new owners Pokerstars has gone for a winning formula in promoting the site on television in Europe. The new television commercials reprise the successful style previously used by FTP, featuring prominent online players and a slick, hard-hitting professional presentation. Check out the […]
October 27, 2012
It’s been a bumper week for some nosebleed poker players on the Pokerstars high stakes virtual tables, with millions of dollars changing hands, reports the High Stakes Database site. Top earners this week have been Finnish ace Ilari Sahamies, who profited by over $803 000; Ben Sulsky, who despite losing big to Sahamies still ended […]