July 15, 2012
There is clearly something wrong with the financial systems in use at Lock Poker and possibly the Revolution Poker Network, and it’s frustrating and angering players who are reporting on a variety of internet message boards that their deposits are leaving their online accounts but are not being reflected in their poker credit balances. This […]
July 15, 2012
Online gamblers, and especially poker players, have been left holding the baby in a number of recent operator failures at companies like Full Tilt Poker, Everleaf, Purple Lounge and 5050Poker, severely denting player trust in apparently powerless or out-of-touch regulators as well as online gambling operators. Over the weekend the poker information portal Pokerfuse took […]
July 15, 2012
The cash bubble at the 43rd World Series of Poker main event popped Friday night, guaranteeing a minimum pay-out of $19,227 for the 666 survivors at that point, and sending home cash-less 24-year-old David Kelley of Mercer Island, Washington, who finished 667th but gets a free seat in next year’s main event. Just short of […]
July 13, 2012
Timothy Louis (39), a dealer from New Orleans who was involved in the Big One for One Drop epic, was honoured as Dealer of the Year when Day 3 of the 2012 World Series of Poker main event started Thursday in Las Vegas when a field of 1,698 players – survivors of the first five […]
July 11, 2012
The 2,044 combined survivors of the World Series of Poker main event Days 1 A and B reassembled Tuesday to continue the fight to remain in the competition, with William John holding the chip lead on 266,700. Unfortunately it was not to be his day, and he was eliminated by Mark Demirdjan as play progressed. […]
July 11, 2012
Yesterday’s report that Howard Lederer and Rafe Furst had submitted motions for the dismissal of Black Friday civil claims against them initiated by the Department of Justice has been followed by reports that Full Tilt shareholder Christopher ‘Jesus” Ferguson and online poker operator Pokerstars have launched similar motions. Telamonian Ajax Trust, a bank account in […]
July 10, 2012
There will a super-abundance of top players going forward from Day 1C – the final entry day for the World Series of Poker main event, which completed in the early hours of Tuesday local time. Among the former champions, veteran Doyle Brunson survived to continue into Day 2 as did Joe Cada, Johnny Chan (WSOP […]
July 10, 2012
The exchange of opinions around the severity of the sentence to be imposed on former Absolute Poker financial exec and Black Friday indictee, Brent Beckley appear to be continuing, judging by the latest submission filed by US Justice officials on July 3rd. Our readers will recall that Beckley pleaded guilty, but that Judge Lewis Kaplan […]
July 10, 2012
Barry Denson, a Brit former part-time soldier who earlier this year vowed to beat the poker playing endurance record of 115 consecutive hours set by Phil Laak (see previous reports) has delivered on his promise, playing for 120 hours and 20 minutes at the G Casino in Manchester last week and earning GBP 850 for […]
July 10, 2012
Dominik Nitsche, a 21-year-old internet poker pro from Minden in Germany, may still be in the early stages of his career but he has already amassed impressive career earnings of over $3.5 million in internet and live tournament competitions. Early Monday morning he secured his biggest win yet, taking down World Series of Poker event […]