May 2, 2012
PokerScout reports a dip in the IGT Poker Network (formerly Entraction) of 8 percent which it attributes to the suspension of Media Corp’s Purple Lounge operation The independent poker monitor reported 800 average cash game players on the network, down from 1200 players monitored in February. Other notable year-over-year changes reported include its top three […]
May 2, 2012
The poker information site Diamond Flush Poker had the drop on other publications Tuesday with its exclusive story on new internet poker plans by French-owned Groupe Bernard Tapie in the wake of its failure to acquire Full Tilt Poker recently. Citing a leaked email (which just goes to show you can’t trust everyone with confidential […]
May 1, 2012
ESPN reports that Chad Elie, a payment processor implicated in the Black Friday indictments against individuals and three major online poker sites in the United States, pleaded guilty in a US court Monday to conspiring to commit bank fraud and operating an illegal gambling business. Originally scheduled to go on trial on April 9, Elie […]
May 1, 2012
After five days and a heads up against strongly supported French pro Lucille Cailly, US poker pro Mohsin Charania emerged as the winner of the Pokerstars European Poker Tour Grand Final main event this week, taking home Euro 1,350,000 after a two-way chop with the runner-up that left a worthwhile Euro 200,000 on the table […]
May 1, 2012
The World Series of Poker has further extended its international reach with the announcement Monday that it is to run a five bracelet WSOP tournament in Melbourne, Australia next year. In addition to the principal annual tournament in Las Vegas, WSOP has been successfully operating a European version of the poker epic in recent years. […]
April 30, 2012
One of poker’s legendary names passed away Sunday morning after a long illness. Famous in poker circles as “Amarillo Slim”, Thomas Preston junior was 83 years old and died surrounded by his family. Along with veterans like Doyle Brunson, Amarillo Slim was playing poker, making money and dodging the law at cash games around the […]
April 29, 2012
California Sen. Rod Wright’s online gambling legalisation proposal SB1463 has been lambasted by the Tribal Alliance of Sovereign Indian Nations in a critique sent to state Senate president pro tempore Darrell Steinberg. The Alliance, which represents nine federally acknowledged Southern Californian tribes, notes in its communication that it is “strongly opposed” to the measure in […]
April 27, 2012
Travelling from the other side of the world, two South Africans confronted one another in the heads up of the $2,700 buy-in Asia Poker Tour Philippines main event, which concluded in Manila this week. Divan Le Roux and fellow South African Conrad Coetzer bested a field of 54 entrants and a final table of ten […]
April 27, 2012
Tara Leigh Patrick (40) – better known as television and movie actress and model Carmen Electra (who can forget those slo-mo beach runs on Bay Watch!) has signed an agreement to front the popular Texas Hold’em social game offered by Pokerist. A statement from the company reveals that the beautiful former Bay Watch babe will […]
April 27, 2012
New software developments on the cards for online poker room PKR.com have been released through a teaser video on YouTube. The “advance preview” reel shows key features scheduled for inclusion in the website’s software updates that include a tiled windows option that aids multi-tabling, a hand replay tool allowing players to go back and review […]