February 11, 2010
The Alabama state government’s drive to suppress illegal gambling continued last weekend with a raid on a Pelham home conducted by a joint task force of Hoover and Pelham enforcement officials armed with a search warrant. The task force found 72 players in action and thousands of dollars on the tables which led to some […]
February 11, 2010
There was a time – and it wasn’t that long ago – that the achievement of a billion hands of poker by an online gambling site was a cause for celebration and publicity; that pales these days as Pokerstars, the world’s largest poker site, prepares for it’s imminent 40 billionth hand to be dealt. The […]
February 10, 2010
The Poker Pros Network announced late last year (see previous report) has gone live, with 35 poker pros ready and willing to provide still competition for poker fans wishing to hone their skills or win prizes by beating the professionals. The facilities are open 24/7 with a professional team that includes Poker Hall of Famers […]
February 10, 2010
Another three hour chapter in the Dwan 50 000 hand, million dollar Challenge against Patrik Antonius has passed into history, with Dwan stretching his overall lead in the Challenge by $314 828 after 883 hands of $200/$400 Pot-Limit Omaha action. Dwan now has a $1.3 million overall lead in the Challenge as success continued to […]
February 10, 2010
The 1.2 million member strong Poker Players Alliance was a prominent testifier at Tuesday’s California Senate Governmental Organization Committee hearings (see previous reports), suggesting to state officials that without the buy-in from the online poker community, efforts to regulate the game will be futile. The committee heard a wide range of evidence both for and […]
February 9, 2010
Nine tribes in California notified the state government Monday of their opposition to proposed intrastate Internet poker, reports the Desert Sun newspaper, which has been monioring developments on the issue. The tribes sent a joint letter to members of the Senate Governmental Organisation committee a day before its informational hearing on the proposed online poker […]
February 9, 2010
The fifteenth edition of the popular Full Tilt Online Poker Series kicks off on Wednesday this week with guaranteed prize pools totaling over $17 million available in a schedule of 27 different events, with six of these carrying million dollar-plus prize pools. Buy-ins range from $100 to $2 500 depending on the event. The NLHE […]
February 9, 2010
There will be some special high stakes action in the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) this year; sponsor Pokerstars.net has announced that the US event will include a special $25 000 buy-in High Roller Bounty Shootout to be held at the Venetian in Las Vegas on February 23rd. Played to a No Limit Texas Hold’em […]
February 9, 2010
Followers of the high risk, big win online poker pros who frequent Full Tilt Poker’s nosebleed tables are commenting this week on a change for the better in Patrik Antonius’s fortunes. The Finnish online and live tournament poker star has had a bad run at the tables recently, emerging as one of this year’s major […]
February 8, 2010
The clampdown by Mastercard and Visa – allegedly on grounds that some online gambling operators are falsely coding transactions as non-gambling activities – last week has received a fast response from Pokerstars, the world’s largest online poker site. In a statement from the poker company this week, it has clarified its position regarding credit card […]