June 28, 2012
Hollywood celebrity Pam Anderson is back in the business, according to a press release Wednesday, which reports that the staris involved in the launch of the new BamPoker app on Facebook. Our readers will recall that back in late 2006 Anderson fronted for PamelaPoker.com, an online poker site that lasted about four months before falling […]
June 27, 2012
An impressive 2,949 players took their seats three days ago at the Word Series of Poker, settling in to compete for a share of the $2,654,100 prize pool in event 44 – $1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em. By Day 3 that field had been reduced to Italian player Rocco Polumbo and his final table adversaries Nelson […]
June 24, 2012
Attractive poker pro Beth Shak had stress of a different kind to deal with this week in clashes with former husband and wealthy New York hedge fund manager Daniel Shak, according to the New York Post. The two divorced 3 years ago, but Daniel now claims that an allegedly hidden treasure house of 1,200 pairs […]
June 24, 2012
With this year’s World Series of Poker now almost two-thirds complete, three more winners? bracelets were claimed as the weekend began, with Dung Nguyen winning event 38, Jan-Peter Jachtmann event 39 and Ronnie Bardah number 40. Nguyen revealed after his victory in the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em competition that he had not planned on joining […]
June 24, 2012
On the legalisation front in the United States it appears increasingly as if all the running is being made by individual states, with Nevada, New Jersey and now Delaware way out in front and Sen. Rod Wright’s California initiative mired in conflicting views from self-interested tribal and other groups. At least six other states are […]
June 24, 2012
If you were an online casino operator trying to drum up business with an “acquired” player database, you would be unlikely to associate yourself with a brand that carries an historically dubious background, yet that is what the Merge poker site Walker Poker was doing this week. Players reported receiving unwanted spam emails from the […]
June 23, 2012
It was third time lucky for Brit poker pro Craig McCorkell in event 36 – $3,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Shootout at the World Series of Poker Thursday. The 26-year-old Londoner was on his third final table in an eight event run at this year’s series, and managed to snatch the game from Jeremiah Fitzpatrick in […]
June 23, 2012
The $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop charity tournament attracted two more major players this week when Phil Ivey and hedge fund manager David Einhorn threw their hats into the ring following the withdrawal of Tony Guoga. Internationally famous Phil Ivey needs little introduction, whilst Einhorn is the founder and president of Greenlight […]
June 23, 2012
39-year-old Texan poker pro David Baker finally topped a World Series of Poker career that has seen him make 26 cashes with one that also carried a winner’s bracelet Friday. Baker bested 476 other entrants to win event 37 – $2,500 buy-in Eight Game Mix and claim the top prize of $271,312 and the coveted […]
June 22, 2012
Playtech’s iPoker Network has followed press releases on its launch of fast-fold product Sprint Poker (see previous report) with a more controversial advisory on a policy change designed to divide player liquidity by grading operators on their active and new player numbers, with some virtual tables only available to top-tier rooms. The rumours of a […]