June 18, 2011
According to the Washington DC political newspaper The Hill, the latest attempt to federally legalise and regulate online poker in the United States could be launched as early as next week by Texas Republican Representative Joe Barton (see previous reports) Barton’s staff have reportedly been working overtime to ready the bill, which will propose the […]
June 17, 2011
Event 23, the $2,500 Eight-Game Mix produced a first gold bracelet for poker pro John Monette on the sixteenth day of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, where he bested 489 entrants to claim the winner’s prize of $278,144 on the third day of the event. On the final day Monette was one […]
June 17, 2011
Independent numbers released by Nielsen Media Research show that interest in US poker remains high, with a 35 percent increase in viewers for World Poker Tour televised matches broadcast on the Fox Sports Network. According to Nielsen, the WPT season IX’s household rating has jumped from .52 to .70, with an average number of weekly […]
June 16, 2011
Reaching the halfway mark, the 42nd World Series of Poker delivered more bracelets this week; another woman reached a final table; and organising officials reported that participation in the 2011 World Series of Poker tournament to date is up by 11 percent over last year despite predictions of doom following Black Friday. Diana Allen became […]
June 16, 2011
The Globe and Mail newspaper carried a cautionary tale about a would-be poker pro and his tax problems this week, illustrating the need for prospective pros to make sure they have put in place clear indications of their intention to play professionally. The newspaper reports that Toronto lawyer Steven Cohen decided to quit his $200,000-a-year […]
June 16, 2011
Bwin’s online poker blog has announced that the latest software update will soon see it change the number of players that can be seated at one of its cash game tables. From June 16, six competitors will be seated at each one of Bwin Poker’s short-handed tables while full-ring games will see nine. ?These changes […]
June 15, 2011
Seth Palansky, communications director, WSOP has indicated that participation in the 2011 World Series of Poker tournament to date is up 11 percent over last year despite legal wrangles surrounding the major U.S.-facing online poker sites. Registered players have reached 20 443 for 20 of the total 58 events so far and total prize money […]
June 15, 2011
Kim Nguyen just missed becoming one of the exclusive band of women who hold a WSOP winner’s bracelet this week, but had the consolation of a runner-up prize worth $131,900 after a spirited but unsuccessful one-and-a-half hour clash with Brit player Darren Woods, who took the bracelet for event 19 – the $2,500 Limit Hold’em […]
June 15, 2011
Ten years on from its initial introduction to poker players, the analytical tool PokerTracker has been updated and improved in the fourth version of the popular software, due for release soon. PokerTracker 4 has been designed around player suggestions and recommendations, according to material released by the company. Company executive Steven McLoughlin said of the […]
June 14, 2011
It appears that the woes of Full Tilt Poker keep mounting, with its legal and payment problems generated by Black Friday, and now the resurrection of litigation against its parent group. The long-running legal action by woman poker ace Clonie Gowen against Full Tilt Poker parent group Tiltware LLC resurfaced this week when a US […]