June 10, 2010
The independent online poker statistics monitor Pokerscout has commenced following Italian site performances as the market in that country continues to burgeon. In real money players, involving both tournament and cash game action, the People’s Network owned and operated by Italy gambling giant Microgame, made an impressive entrance in the number 10 slot and is […]
June 10, 2010
The agreement between Denmark’s state gambling company Danske Spil and online gambling giant PartyGaming signed in January this (2010) year (see previous reports) may have been temporarily derailed by a ruling from the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement following a complaint by rival industry company Playtech. Announcing the deal back in mid-January, Party Gaming […]
June 9, 2010
A New York professional poker player and fan of the game suffered what appeared to be a heart attack and died on his way to the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas this week, reports the New York Post. Paul “Smalls” Kitsos, (55), a one-time Greek basketball player, fashion industry businessman and professional poker […]
June 9, 2010
It’s all happening at the 41st World Series of Poker with a number of key events running concurrently and keeping the railbirds running from venue to venue Tuesday night. Event 13 – the $1 000 buy-in NLHE – had played down to a final table of nine when we went to press at 11pm Tuesday […]
June 8, 2010
Two Day 2 events were going full-on as we went to press press, with plenty of action and heavy late night (Las Vegas time) attrition rates. In event 13 – the $1,000 buy-in NLHE competition – an original field of 3 042 entrants had been eroded down to only 108 players by 11pm Las Vegas […]
June 8, 2010
Poker pro Phil ‘Unabomber’ Laak (37) has successfully completed his attempt on the world record for continuous poker play, convincingly breaking all previous records with a hard-to-beat 115 hour benchmark. His well documented success will be sent to the Guinness Book of Records for official recognition, he announced after ending the initiative Monday. Laak started […]
June 8, 2010
Internet high stakes player Tom ‘durrr’ Dwan has missed out on his latest attempt to win a World Series of Poker 2010 victor’s bracelet, finishing the $1 500 buy-in NLHE competition as runner up to New Zealand software designer turned poker hero Simon Watt. Mike Matusow confirmed strong rumours that Dwan stood to win millions […]
June 6, 2010
Phil ‘Unabomber’ Laak (37) has achieved his target of 80 hours and then some to convincingly overturn the world poker playing endurance record of 78 hours, 45 minutes set last September in London by Paul Zimbler. Not content with entering the Guinness Book of Records at that level, Laak told bystanders that he would continue […]
June 6, 2010
The action continued Saturday at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas as the hotly contested $1 500 No Limit Hold’Em event came to a close with Canada’s Pascal LeFrancois holding off a heads up challenge from Max Steinberg to win the event and the $568 974 main prize. On the last day only […]
June 5, 2010
There will be other opportunities over the next three weeks of World Series of Poker events, but for now poker maven Phil Hellmuth will be disappointed with his 15th placing in the $1 500 NLHE competition, which denied him his 12th bracelet and another all-time record. Eliminated on Day 3 by Scott Vener, Hellmuth was […]