May 20, 2010
Poker professional Phil “The Unabomber” Laak is looking to set a new world record for the most hours of poker played in a single sitting. The attempt will take place at the luxurious Bellagio Poker Room in Las Vegas, starting on June 2, when Laak will go after the world record of 78 straight hours […]
May 19, 2010
Ryan Fair, a poker pro from Florida, is $1 162 350 wealthier as the latest Pokerstars Spring Championship of Online Poker main event champion following the completion of the event yesterday (Monday). It’s the biggest win yet for Fair, whose career stats include cashes at several major live tournaments. The steep buy-in of $10 300 […]
May 18, 2010
After a couple of semi-successful fixes, the encryption flaw at the Cereus Poker Network (see previous reports) has now been resolved. The poker information site Poker Table Ratings, which uncovered the flaw in the first place and has been assisting Cereus in finding the right solution, has announced: “We can confirm that SSL is now […]
May 16, 2010
36-year-old Theo Jorgensen of Copenhagen in Denmark in the World Poker Tour’s latest ace, emerging best of 247 entrants in this week’s Grand Prix de Paris $10 000 buy-in Main Event at the prestigious Aviation Club de France. Along with the respect for the win, a WPT bracelet and the trophy, the Danish pro collected […]
May 16, 2010
The Cereus online poker network owned by Tokwiro Enterprises and comprising the Absolute Poker and Ultimatebet operations, continues to wrestle with an encryption problem on its gaming software. After an exploitable flaw was discovered by the poker information site Poker Table Ratings.com, management moved quickly last week to install a quick-fix, consulting with independent hackers […]
May 16, 2010
Steve Lipscomb is an instantly recognisable name in the gambling industry, associated for many years with the World Poker Tour and its globally televised tourneys, but now branching out into an equally exciting sector of the economy – the wildcat oil business. Lipscomb’s new venture caught the eye of the LA Business Journal this week, […]
May 16, 2010
One of the speakers to stand out at the recently completed GIGSE conference in Montreal was the gregarious state senator from California, Roderick Wright, who is proving to be a strong proponent of legalised, intrastate poker. The senator seized the opportunity to let the industry know that he is currently drafting state legislation seeking to […]
May 14, 2010
Online poker network Cake Poker.com is to partner with the white label sports book provider EveryMatrix in an enterprise to jointly market services to consumer facing gaming sites globally. Stian Hornsletten, CEO of OddsMatrix, said this week: “Since Cake and EveryMartix operate complimentary businesses within the online gaming marketplace and have a similar approach tpo […]
May 13, 2010
The online poker site owned by the UK-based Dusk Till Dawn poker room and hitherto powered by Cryptologic has switched to GTechG2-Boss Media software for both online casino and poker room operations. Owned by DTD Limited and headed by Rob Yong, Dusk Till Dawn Poker.com is a well established and long running site offering both […]
May 13, 2010
Washington State resident Lee Rousso remains a thorn in the side of the gambling enforcement authorities in the north-west Pacific state, where draconian laws make playing poker on the internet a serious criminal offence with heavy penalties. On May 27 the determined lawyer will again present his case, this time to the Washington Supreme Court, […]