March 14, 2010
Pitting his poker skills against a field of 332 other entrants, many of them big names in the game, US Air Force Academy graduate McLean Karr (28) triumphed in the Word Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star tourney in San Jose this weekend. Karr had secured a seat in the $5 000 buy-in event through […]
March 13, 2010
Global e-commerce payment provider Ukash has joined forces with online poker site PokerStars.com to offer players an alternative means of cashing up new gambling accounts, and first time European users are being offered a promotion to use it. First-time Ukash users in Europe can win a seat to the European Poker Tour’s San Remo event […]
March 12, 2010
Railbirds fascinated by the recent $2 million comeback of the enigmatic online poker phenom Isildur1 (see previous reports) watched him crash and burn in a spectacular losing session this week According to MarketPulse numbers, over 9 261 hands in a single session the still unidentified high stakes player went down $1.8 million, almost wiping out […]
March 12, 2010
Online poker information sites were debating the veracity of what appeared on the face of it to be a pretty tall story this week concerning a reported $500 000 win on an unidentified Internet poker site….by an 8 year old Indian boy! The story appears to have originated from a free-to-all blog on David Karp’s […]
March 11, 2010
It’s been a busy week for online poker software developers, it seems. Following the release of Playtech’s latest v.9.6 software (see previous report), GTechG2 has launched an upgrade as well. GTechG2, whose corporate stable includes Boss Media, Finsoft, Dynamite Idea and St Minver, has announced the release of version 7.3 of its online poker software, […]
March 11, 2010
The still unidentified Swedish high stakes online poker player Isildur1 has had the satisfaction of another successful session against his favourite targets Cole South and Brian Hastings on the Full Tilt nosebleed tables. In his latest confrontations with the two Cardrunner pros who caused him so much grief last year, the Swede first took on […]
March 10, 2010
The announcement by UB.com (Ultimatebet) this week that its Aruba Poker Classic is to be put on the backburner, at least for 2010, has triggered speculation that the superabundance of poker tournaments across the globe may be approaching market saturation. Ironically, the UB announcement notes that the 2009 edition of the well established tourney was […]
March 10, 2010
Titanpoker.com launched the new 9.6 version of its Playtech online poker software this week, claiming a slew of new features and functionalities, such as an updated Flash version (compatible for Mac users), an exciting variation of Stud poker called RAZZ, and five additional languages, including Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese and Romanian. Along with enhanced software […]
March 10, 2010
The legal action filed against the NBC by Vegas casino security officer Brandon McSmith, who claimed that his poker show concept was used in the television show “Face the Ace”, has been dismissed by the Eighth District Court in Nevada. Judge Michelle Leavitt dismissed the case on the basis that it didn’t state a claim, […]
March 10, 2010
The unconfirmed reports on the resignations this week of two key World Poker Tour Enterprises execs has created speculation over whether they jumped or were pushed by new owners Peerless Media – a subsidiary of Party Gaming plc. The confusion over the departure of Adam Pliska, the Company’s General Counsel and Secretary, and Rohin Malhotra, […]