January 14, 2010
The Poker Channel, Europe’s largest gaming TV network, has announced that it has scheduled over 20 hours of live poker over 3 days this week, more than any other European broadcaster. The coverage starts with The World Cup of Poker Grand Final coverage, which will air live in the UK on Wednesday night, 13th January. […]
January 14, 2010
Research by a sociology doctoral student at the prestigious Cornell college in the United States is making the headlines, mainly because its conclusions appear to present a dichotomy: The more hands players win, the less money they’re likely to collect, especially when it comes to novice players. But research report author Kyl Siler says this […]
January 13, 2010
The Isle of Man-based online gambling software developer and poker network, Microgaming has advised members of its Microgaming Poker Network that it intends to bring the practice of datamining on the network to a halt. The company has taken immediate measures to back up its intention, including moves to stop the storage of hand histories […]
January 13, 2010
Ten Everest Poker players were celebrating in Vienna this week, and with good cause; they are the beneficiaries of major sponsorships worth $100 000 apiece in the company’s imaginative “Live the Dream” marketing initiative, which came to a close in the romantic Austrian city. The promo attracted over 50 000 international players, a spokesman confirmed, […]
January 12, 2010
The Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure main event ended in fine style in the Bahamas Monday, providing railbirds with some thrilling action as the relatively unknown Harrison Gimbel – a 19-year-old Internet pro from Florida – triumphed to take the glory, the trophy and a $2.2 million pay day. In doing so Gimbel became the youngest PCA […]
January 11, 2010
The Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure will be decided Monday when eight survivors of an original field of 1 529 players sit down at midday Vegas time to decide who gets the really big money. Sunday’s day 5 action (see previous report) saw the last 24 players still in the running whittled down in only six hours […]
January 11, 2010
The Pokerstars $10 000 buy-in Caribbean Adventure main event moved into its fourth day Saturday, with tournament officials releasing some interesting statistics on the 2010 epic. The record field of 1 529 entrants hail from 57 countries, with 739 players from the United States, 164 from Canada, 100 from Germany, 60 from Holland, 56 from […]
January 8, 2010
With Day 1B numbers in, Pokerstars has reported a large entry field for the $10 000 buy-in 2010 Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure online poker tournament now playing out in the Bahamas. In 2009 the event attracted 1 347 players and delivered a main prize of $3 million, making it one of the biggest poker tournaments outside […]
January 8, 2010
Reports from the UK indicate that the extreme weather conditions being experienced this winter have had one positive industry effect – more people are staying home and entertaining themselves with online gambling. With freezing temperatures and deep snow in many parts of the British Isles causing cancelled sports event and keeping folks at home, online […]
January 6, 2010
The first Full Tilt Online Series of Poker tournament for 2010 and the new decade has been announced, and will take place between February 10 and February 21. FTOPS XV will provide 27 events featuring various gamestyles and over $17 million in guaranteed prizes. Full Tilt has also confirmed that Mini FTOPS events for lower […]