February 21, 2010
Whilst it is true that the Australian government has not been exactly ferocious in enforced its laws against online gambling, the fact remains that the Interactive Gaming Act 2001 does make it an offence for any company in Australia or overseas to provide online casino games to any person who is ”physically present in Australia”. […]
February 20, 2010
Last year’s attempts to bring the legalisation of poker on to the ballot in Massachusetts may have failed (see previous report) but fans of the game have not given up on lobbying for a more sensible classification of poker as a game of skill. Tuesday next week will see a hearing in the Economic Development […]
February 20, 2010
Last week’s speculation on when Pokerstars.com would deliver its forty billionth hand of online poker (see previous report) was answered this week when the milestone event took place on the table Naef III. The biggest beneficiary was a player using the handle Senecady, who took home $24 000 for scooping the historic hand, a Pokerstars […]
February 20, 2010
The giant UK-based online betting exchange group Betfair is to sponsor the fourth season of the Amateur Poker Association and Tour (APAT), it announced this week. The Association boasts a membership of over 20 000, and its APAT event hosts 28 live tourneys in the United Kingdom and Ireland, along with three competitions in Europe. […]
February 20, 2010
There was speculation on the rapidly diminishing bankroll of Swedish high stakes online poker ace Isildur1 this week following a massive almost $900 000 downswing in his fortunes Many thought they saw confirmation of this the following day, when he returned to the nosebleeds, briefly playing and losing $16 000 on the $200/$400 PLO tables […]
February 19, 2010
37-year-old online and live poker professional David Benyamine has taken down Party Poker’s Premier League IV title at the M Resort in Las Vegas. Benyamine, a French poker ace who lives in Las Vegas, overcame a formidable final table that included Daniel Negreanu, Phil Laak, Roland De Wolfe, Luke Schwartz and online qualifier Giovanni Safina, […]
February 19, 2010
Just when it looked as if the unidentified Swedish high stakes online poker ace Isildur1 was recovering this week (see previous reports), he suffered a serious reversal of fortunes on the Full Tilt virtual tables Wednesday. Less than 24 hours after leaving a successful session up $869 000, the Swedish phenom was back at Full […]
February 19, 2010
The final table is set for Party Poker’s Premier League IV, after Daniel Negreanu saw off JC Tran, while Roland De Wolfe secured a final table berth after winning a titanic tussle with Team Party’s Ian Frazer in heads up matches. For each point a player earned during the preliminary heats, they get 10 000 […]
February 18, 2010
The Digital Journal reports that National A1 Advertising has sold the domain name Poker.org for $1 million to Pokercompany.com, in what is believed to be the highest value sale yet of a .org domain. Pokercompany.com currently owns other non -.com domains such as Craps.net, Blackjack.org and RakeBack.org. Digital Journal informs that the .org domain sale […]
February 18, 2010
Previous reports that the Merge Poker Network is somewhat dilatory with player payouts appeared to be confirmed this week when Mike Eloff, chief executive of Poker Nordica.com, publicly voiced his concerns regarding the network. In a statement he said was aimed at clarifying the situation, Eloff reminded players that his company does not carry out […]