June 4, 2012
The first four months of 2012 have not been entirely happy ones for the online poker business in Italy, which has seen a decline in gross gaming revenues from cash games of almost 26.6 percent, according to the latest numbers from the Italian regulator AAMS. The picture on the tournament side has been a little […]
June 3, 2012
Most poker fans would agree that World Series of Poker veteran and highly respected poker pro Andy Bloch (42) is one of the most deserving of a winner’s bracelet in the world’s biggest poker tournament, yet the cards have thus far decreed that it was not to be. That all changed over the weekend when […]
June 2, 2012
Bally Technologies and International Game Technology are hoping to blaze the trail to Nevada online poker legalisation next week when their applications for licenses in the gambling state come up for consideration by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. If the two companies clear that hurdle the applications will go to the Nevada Gaming Commission for […]
June 2, 2012
Las Vegas-based poker pro Daniel Negreanu had no luck with the number five this week, losing out on his attempt to win a fifth World Series of Poker bracelet when he was eliminated in the fifth spot of Event 5, the $1,500 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold?em tournament. His fifth placing was, however accompanied by a consolatory […]
June 2, 2012
The 43rd World Series of Poker currently ongoing at the Rio in Las Vegas has seen the award of another winner’s bracelet, this one to another Floridian, Cory Zeidman, who has been playing in WSOP tournaments since 1997. Playing with skill and discipline, Zeidman dismissed an impressive list of poker celebrities to take down Event […]
June 2, 2012
Las Vegas-based testing agency BMM International is expanding its operations, quadrupling the size of its offices and embarking on a 100 software engineer recruiting initiative, massively boosting its current staff of 50. Spokesperson Wendy Anderson said this week that the company moved to Las Vegas from Australia a decade ago and hopes to be approved […]
May 31, 2012
Former school teacher turned live and online poker pro Brent Hanks claimed the first of the World Series of Poker open event winner bracelets Wednesday after besting an entry field of 2,101 in event 2, the $1,500 buy-in NLHE competition. Hanks’s monetary reward for his victory was $517,725 – his biggest win to date and […]
May 30, 2012
The first of the 2012 World Series of Poker winners’ bracelets has been claimed by California blackjack dealer Chiab Saechao, who won the $500 buy-in Casino Employees event Tuesday. The competition attracted 732 entrants, generating a main prize for Saechao of $70,859 after he bested Florida dealer Patricia Baker in the heads up. Baker took […]
May 30, 2012
Whilst state politicians debate and manouevre around the issue of online poker legalisation, Californian respondents to a new survey commissioned by the LA Times newspaper and USC Dornsife College appear almost equally divided on the issue, with 47 percent saying that they would favour such a development if, as lawmakers promise, it could raise $200 […]
May 29, 2012
Merge Poker Network skin GR88.com has announced that rakeback will again be available to players effective June 1 at a rate of up to 35 percent. ?We weren?t happy that we weren?t able to offer new players a rakeback option anymore,? said a GR88 spokesman, ?So we?re very glad that the Merge poker network has […]