July 8, 2011
Lawyers on the inside of takeover negotiations between a group of as yet unidentified European investors and the beleaguered online poker operator Full Tilt Poker have been leaking information this week, disclosing Thursday that the talks are going well and an agreement is in sight. And it has been confirmed that wild rumours published by […]
July 7, 2011
In his third runner-up finish in this year’s World Series of Poker, Phil Hellmuth just failed to achieve a record twelfth WSOP bracelet in the early hours of Thursday morning, falling to the superior skill and cards of Brian Rast to finish second in the 2011 $50,000 buy-in Poker Player’s Championship. Rast’s first prize was […]
July 7, 2011
One of two competing intrastate online poker legalisation bills – SB40 authored by state Senator Lou Correa and supported by COPA – has widened its licensing possibilities following the latest amendments, reports The Capitol Weekly newspaper. But it has also introduced penalties for playing on unlicensed online poker sites, including seizure of equipment belonging to […]
July 7, 2011
Following the news earlier this week that Senator Jay Rockefeller from West Virginia supported legalised online poker another influential US politician has come out in support of the pastime. Presidential candidate and former two-term Republican New Mexico governor Gary Johnson appears to have identified poker players as a powerful demographic in his run for the […]
July 7, 2011
Revelations on the high stakes poker antics of top Hollywood stars (see previous report) continued this week, with Star magazine and RadarOnline.com reporting that actor Ben Affleck (35) once lost $400 000 on a single hand to Ron Meyer, president of Universal Studios. The publications have claimed that Affleck was just one of many actors […]
July 7, 2011
With 5 weeks of action almost completed in 57 events, fears are fading that US enforcement actions in the online poker environment might negatively impact the World Series of Poker this year. With the main event still to come, tournament officials have reported that so far there have been 68,807 entries in 57 events – […]
July 5, 2011
Latest reports from the independent online poker monitor PokerScout indicate that European operators have recently been receiving increased traffic, probably from the embattled Full Tilt Poker.com. Ladbrokes Poker has reported a 100 percent boost to its player acquisition stats in the period immediately following Alderney’s suspension of the Full Tilt licence last week, and PokerStars […]
July 5, 2011
The French gaming regulatory authority ARJEL has joined the growing list of licensing jurisdictions who have suspended Full Tilt’s licence. In a statement released today (Monday) the regulatory body cited various reasons for the suspension: – prompted by U.S. Federal action against the founder / owners and the subsequent freeze of the company’s bank accounts, […]
July 5, 2011
Excitement is building in Las Vegas as the last two competitions before the main event play out, and both amateur and professional poker players prepare themselves for the most prestigious contest in world poker, where the biggest money, most players, highest concentration of star-power and greatest arena for the demonstration of poker talent all await […]
July 4, 2011
In a move interpreted as a concerted effort to go after online poker players left stranded by Alderney’s suspension of the Full Tilt Poker licensing, Party Poker.com has announced that all of its multi-table tournaments are now rake free with all fees eliminated. The unprecedented move gives players real value for money – all deposits […]