October 18, 2011
Vancouver Canucks hockey goalie Roberto Luongo is under fire for appearing in television commercials for the BC Lotteries online poker product, with critics saying that as a top sports role model he should not be endorsing online gambling. “The ads showcase Luongo playing poker, with the suggestion that if you go online at Playnow.com, you […]
October 18, 2011
The latest Pokerstars Latin American Poker Tour leg, held in Medellin, Colombia this week, attracted a record LAPT main event entry field of 681 players – well up on previous record holder Chile which pulled in 621 hopefuls. Argentinian pro Julian Menendez bested the field after three tough days of poker action at the Allegro […]
October 17, 2011
Party Poker.com and Matchroom Sport will be bringing a three poker discipline tournament dubbed The PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker Mixed Game Championship to the Playboy Club London in Mayfair from November 13 to 17, 2011. The $25K buy-in event is open to 12 players who will play in three disciplines of poker ? No-Limit Hold?em, […]
October 17, 2011
Moving the World Series of Poker Europe to larger premises in Cannes, France has clearly paid off for the organisers, who reported over the weekend that total entries to the main event had reached an unaudited 593 – 71 percent higher than the registration list for the same event last year in London, and up […]
October 16, 2011
With one more starting flight still uncounted, it looks as if entries into this year’s Euro 10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Europe main event are set to break records in Cannes, France. A slew of big names were on the 310-name registration list for Day 1 A, including Phil Hellmuth and Tom Dwan (neither […]
October 16, 2011
Tristan ‘cre8tive’ Wade (26), a respected online player and poker blogger, claimed the fourth gold winner’s bracelet to be awarded at this year’s World Series of Poker Europe, currently running in Cannes, France. Wade took down the Euro 3,200 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Shootout, besting a field of 256 that included notables like Johnny Chan, […]
October 15, 2011
A jail sentence handed out to a UK poker player who made serious threats against the staff of an unidentified internet poker operation may serve as a cautionary tale for others; no matter what the provocation, keep your cool. The Darlington & Stockton News reports that Michael Gallagher (35), a currently jobless poker player, was […]
October 14, 2011
In the US, the game of poker has been dealt another blow, this time by major television broadcaster NBC. The corporate has removed the popular National Heads Up Poker Championship from its 2012 calendar. The story was broken earlier this week by the online poker information site Wicked Chops.com, which quoted NBC sports senior director […]
October 13, 2011
With the November climax to this year’s World Series of Poker main event just around the corner, the Nevada regulators have given their stamp of approval for state bookmakers to accept five new proposition bets on the competition. Following an application by WSOP owner Caesars Entertainment, the gaming control board has approved the following: * […]
October 13, 2011
Three Italians and a Frenchman have been arrested in Cannes, the French city which is currently hosting the World Series of Poker Europe, on fraud charges…fortunately not in any way connected with the WSOP tournament. French police reported Thursday that the quartet used invisible ink to cheat at live poker at the Les Princes casino, […]