December 19, 2011
Economics student Edoardo Alescio (23) emerged the dark horse of Season X when he took down the WPT Venice title along with a handsome paycheck. The amateur poker player from Oderzo refused to throw in the towel in heads-up play against US poker pro Steve O’Dwyer who held a 2:1 chip lead over the young […]
December 17, 2011
The world’s largest online poker provider, Pokerstars, showed again this week that it is in touch with player concerns by announcing further protections for player funds. Pokerstars has always segregated its players’ funds away from business assets, but its new plan formalises the process and introduces an independent third party element for greater protection. In […]
December 16, 2011
Bodog Poker may have dismissed criticism of its anonymous tables concept, along with the HHmithy hack of its security systems, but the furore and concerns over collusion appear to have prompted the company to take some remedial action. UK chief exec Patrik Selin revealed this week that the company will include in its upcoming software […]
December 16, 2011
Has a deal been concluded between Groupe Bernard Tapie, the French company bidding for the embattled Full Tilt Poker, and the US Department of Justice? Subject:Poker, which appears to have insider sources, claims that it has, clearing the way for the takeover to progress…and yet neither FTP, GBT or the DoJ would comment when approached […]
December 15, 2011
The Ongame poker network may have ?for sale? signs up, but that has not slowed it down in its pursuit of a licence for the liberalised Danish online gambling market set to open up in January 2012. A press release from the network Thursday advised that two new operators have joined Ongame ? Bet24 and […]
December 15, 2011
Groupe Bernard Tapie, the prospective buyer of Full Tilt Poker?s non-US internet poker empire, gave evidence this week that its ambitions to expand European operations are not just boasts; the group filed an application for a licence in the soon-to-open Spanish online market. The first to carry the story was the Spanish language information site […]
December 15, 2011
The controversial and widely publicised rejection of legalised online poker in the US by land casino mogul Sheldon Adelson (see previous report) has been followed by a wish list from an influential Las Vegas media publisher, Brian Greenspun. Greenspun is president and editor of the respected Nevada newspaper the Las Vegas Sun, and in a […]
December 14, 2011
Tuesday saw Pokerstars achieve its 72nd billionth hand of poker, with six players sharing $100 000 in special bonuses and the winner of the hand, a player from the Czech Republic, taking home the pot and an additional $24,300. The hand fell on a $0.02/$0.05 NL 6-max table, where low roller ‘Kozlicek_x’ won the hand […]
December 14, 2011
The independent online poker monitor Pokerscout’s latest weekly statistics showcase a more buoyant week, with traffic overall up 3.8 percent, and Pokerstars soaring 9.3 percent, making the 9.5 percent decline in Bodog Poker traffic all the more noticeable. The sudden decline in Bodog’s fortunes – down from 11th in the rankings to 14th – immediately […]
December 13, 2011
Viktor Blom, the youthful, talented but at times reckless Swedish online poker pro perhaps better known as Isildur1, is off on another roller coast ride of big wins and losses, lighting up the internet poker railbird forums. In just three days over the weekend, Blom piled on the wins, earning $1.4 million after an absence […]