October 9, 2011
Perhaps understandably, the Australian mainstream media seems to repeatedly attribute anti online gambling enforcement triumphs in the United States to the cooperation of one-time high-flying Aussie e-processor Daniel Tvetzkoff. Black Friday is the latest example, with top Australian newspapers like the Sydney Morning Herald and the Brisbane Times speculating that Tzvetkoff’s disclosures to save himself […]
October 8, 2011
One of the hot button issues among online poker players has always been the possibility that website operators or software providers are using bots (robotic software play) to increase site player liquidity; an unfair practice, many feel. These sensitivities surfaced again this week when poker players at William Hill and Paddy Poker on the iPoker […]
October 8, 2011
Philipp Gruissem is on something of a heater in live tournament play, it seems; his 28th placing in the last WSOP main event won him $242,636, and after continuing to pick up some big money cashes in his “home” environment of online games, he went on to win the Euro 10 000 buy-in EPT Barcelona […]
October 7, 2011
The respected online poker information website PokerUpdate is reporting a potentially exciting new US poker joint venture between veteran European internet gambling group Sportingbet plc and Foxwoods Resort Casino, a land gambling enterprise owned by the Mashantucket Pequot tribe. The site references its report to the publication EGR, and claims that Sportingbet is expected shortly […]
October 7, 2011
Russian online poker player 17AXA experienced the euphoria of a major win on the Pokerstars Sunday Million earlier this week, but lost almost all of it barely three days later when he tangled with the big dogs on the high stakes tables at the same site. The Russian’s sad losses were perhaps a reminder that […]
October 7, 2011
Despite starting the final table with a chip stack well below leaders Martin Adeniya and Mattias Bergstrom (see previous report) the 26-year-old German online and live tournament poker pro Benny Spindler managed to claw his way back into contention to ultimately win the European Poker Tour London main event Thursday. Adeniya, who held the chip […]
October 7, 2011
Entraction founder Per Hildebrand has a new challenge these days, as an investor, chairman and sales executive with the online superfast poker provider Instadeal, which operates out of Malta. Partnered by technical chief and CEO Stefan Olsson, Hildebrand has launched and is steering the marketing effort of the enterprise, which is based on the concept […]
October 6, 2011
After six long, gruelling days the Pokerstars European Poker Tournament London main event reached a final table Wednesday with Brit player Martins Adeniya holding the chip lead on 4.73 million, over a million ahead of nearest rival Mattias Bergstrom of Sweden. Other final survivors of the 691-player entry field are Benny Spindler and Andre Klebanov […]
October 6, 2011
Poker players from pros to recreational aces will be making their way to Cannes in France this weekend for the fifth edition of the World Series of Poker Europe, with organisers anticipating the biggest event yet. The tournament begins on October 7 with a schedule that includes: Oct. 7: 6-Handed Hold’em with a buy-in of […]
October 6, 2011
Earlier this week we directed readers to the website ISPT.com and an impressive vid advertising a massive live-electronic poker tournament scheduled initially for the iconic Wembley Stadium in London, carrying a $30 million dollar guaranteed prize pool. This massive inaugural International Stadiums Poker Tournament project is interesting for several reasons; it?s sheer scale, the novelty of […]