December 9, 2017
According to BBC reports Friday a total of GBP 9.5 million recovered from internet poker fraudster Raymond Bitar, former chief of online poker company Full Tilt Poker, has been shared with US authorities by the island government of Guernsey. In 2013 Bitar pleaded guilty to prejudicing Full Tilt customers to the tune of $350 million, […]
December 8, 2017
Aussie professional poker player Brendon Rubie has triumphed in the A$5,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Circuit Sydney Challenge, besting a field of 228 that included some of Australia’s best players. Rubie was rewarded with the main prize of A$271,952, the lion’s share of a prize pool worth almost A$1.1 million. The final table action […]
December 8, 2017
PartyPoker’s $5,300 buy-in Millions Online poker tournament has been won by professional player Jonathan Van Fleet, who boosted his already impressive career earnings of almost $10 million with the main prize of $1,027,000. The event attracted a field of 1,047 entries, easily overtaking the guaranteed prize pool by boosting it to $5,135,000 – the biggest […]
December 6, 2017
The Chengdu Pandas team has bested eleven other teams from across China in the inaugural Global Poker League China, winning the one million Chinese Yuan (approx. $151,000) champions prize. After battling through series of tough competitions, the Pandas found themselves facing the Hong Kong Treasure Ships in the best-of-three finals featuring six-max, heads-up and “2v2” […]
December 6, 2017
Marius Pertea (37), a general manager from the Romanian city of Buzau, is Euro 90,925 wealthier after winning the main event of the 2017 Unibet Open Poker main event in Bucharest, Romania. The Euro 1,100 buy-in event celebrated the tenth anniversary of the Unibet Open and attracted 502 entries, creating a Euro 486,940 prize pool […]
December 4, 2017
The Poker Players Alliance has reacted to the latest attempt by Sens. Lindsey Graham and Diane Feinstein to discredit the Office of Legal Counsel’s 2011 opinion that the Wire Act of 1961 applies only to sports betting (see previous report). In a public statement the Alliance’s executive director John Pappas commented: “If they were handing […]
December 4, 2017
The $100,000 buy-in Five Diamond World Poker Classic lived up to its reputation for quality poker and big money over the weekend when Daniel Negreanu and Dan Smith provided an exciting heads up finale with a main prize of $1.4 million at stake. The super high roller event took place at the Bellagio and attracted […]
December 4, 2017
The Star Poker Room in Sydney hosted the first of 13 events in the World Series of Poker Circuit, with a record 1,357 entrants taking their seats; six days later it was local player Johan Lees who claimed the main prize of $105,416. However, during final table action it appeared that Matthew Velcic would be […]
December 1, 2017
Costa Rica-based online poker company Breakout Gaming has announced the launch of its new online poker site, Breakout Poker.com. Building on the success of its recently launched Breakout Casino (see previous report), Breakout has completed the development of the new poker site, which is a member of the GG Network. The launch statement claims that […]
December 1, 2017
Online poker provider PartyPoker has come up with a clever idea; a proprietary cyber currency titled MY PP LIVE $$$ that will give online satellite winners the wherewithal to enter its live events. Starting in 2018, players will be able to win daily and weekly satellites for the currency, which can then be used for […]