April 12, 2011
The bid to boost tourism and revenues from online betting through the legalisation of online and live poker in Hawaii is dead, defeated by a legislative deadline, reports Associated Press. The bill proposing the concept failed to get a public hearing in the Legislature by last Friday’s deadline, and therefore failed to advance, effectively taking […]
April 12, 2011
Ryan Bennett and Francois Piette have alleged that they developed groundbreaking concepts that were shared with the principals of Yummy Interactive, who went on to found the Cake Poker Network. Bennett and Piette further claim that they were guaranteed a 20 percent share in any resulting company in exchange for their ideas and marketing expertise […]
April 11, 2011
Canadian poker pro Ben ?NeverScaredB? Wilinofsky (22) took home the top prize of Euro 825,000 this weekend in the main event of the Pokerstars European Poker Tour Berlin NLHE championship – his first major live tourney victory. 773 players entered for the event, playing down over several days to an international final table of Wilinofsky; […]
April 8, 2011
The next ‘mini’ edition of the Full Tilt Online Series of Poker will start on May 8, with 45 events running through May 22 and carrying a guaranteed $12.5 million in prizes. If the last ‘big brother’ FTOPS is anything to go by, that prize pool will be significantly oversubscribed as thousands of poker heads […]
April 8, 2011
Today (Friday) should reveal whether the US Congress has allowed Washington DC to enter the intrastate online poker field by default through missing the midnight Thursday deadline for objections. In 2010 the Washington DC city council approved a budget that included provision for the district’s lottery to operate an online poker website (see previous reports). […]
April 7, 2011
The USO, which provides volunteer celebrity entertainers for shows in war zones where US troops are active, has assembled an all-star poker team to teach the grunts how to play successfully and enjoy the excitement and entertainment of the game. Posts on Twitter from the organisation advised this week that Howard Lederer, Annie Duke, Tom […]
April 7, 2011
Caesar’s Entertainment plans to use its World Series of Poker arm to re-create…or perhaps change the outcome…of great moments in the 42 years of the annual tournament?s history. The planned inaugural WSOP Rematches will relive history by bringing previous champions and challengers together again live at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino during the 42nd […]
April 7, 2011
Steve Wynn, the owner of Wynn Resorts and a central figure in that company?s recently announced partnership deal with online gambling giant Pokerstars, has expanded on his change of heart from being an opponent of online poker to a supporter of the industry. Speaking to Nathan Vardi of Forbes Magazine this week, Wynn said that […]
April 7, 2011
Full Tilt Poker launched new features in its latest software update this week which include: – Private Tournaments – players can now create their own private tournaments, restricting entry to whomever they would like to participate. One of seven quick tournament templates can be selected with settings automatically configured. Templates include tournament types such as […]
April 7, 2011
Malta-licenced AWH Poker announced its imminent migration from the Boss Media Network (IPN) to the Merge Network, this week. A press release from the online poker room communicates “AWH will now be able to accept players from the U.S and Canada and will be offering players a unique and revolutionary VIP system that continuously rewards […]