September 27, 2009
Marching Romans in full armour, white horses drawing a gold chariot and Phil Hellmuth decked out as Julius Caesar, breastplate and all, had the crowds in London’s Leicester Square gaping Saturday as Vegas razzmatazz invaded the immediate environs of the Empire Casino. A movie premiere, perhaps? No, it was the start of the main event […]
September 26, 2009
Adding a unique interest to the World Series of Poker Europe in London this year was a successful attempt in aid of charity to set a new world record for continuous poker playing. Starting on Monday night, Brit poker pro Paul Zimbler played poker for 74 hours, 20 minutes and 21 seconds in the live-game […]
September 26, 2009
Big money attracts big players, and that was certainly in evidence at the World Poker Tour Borgata Open this week when 1 018 entrants signed up to compete for a main prize of $925 514. The televised tournament finally came down to a six man final table tussle that involved Oliver Busquet in the chip […]
September 26, 2009
IMG Sports & Entertainment and Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment, Inc. have announced a four-year contract extension for global representation of the World Series of Poker property. Through the new agreement, IMG will activate its global network to help guide the international expansion of the brand, including sponsorship, event management, licensing and television distribution. “We are looking […]
September 26, 2009
Playing against a field of 154 that included some of the top players on the planet, Finn tournament and Internet high stakes cash game player Jani “kiiski” Vilmunen took down the third event in the World Series of Poker Europe championship currently running for its third year in London when he beat Howard Lederer in […]
September 24, 2009
The UK-based 3D online poker site PKR.com took a competitive stride into the Apple-Mac user sector this week, announcing the release of a Mac compatible version of its popular software. PKR’s development team confirmed that Mac users are now able to download and run the poker client on Intel based Apple machines running Leopard or […]
September 24, 2009
World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour veteran Eric Cajelais finally cracked a major title event this week at the World Series of Poker Europe when he won the $2 500 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha event, achieving his first WSOP bracelet and a main prize worth GBP104 677. On his path to victory Cajelais […]
September 23, 2009
GameLogic Inc., the American company that introduced the PlayAway concept of online and land promotional gaming in the restrictive US gambling market, has launched a complementary product – Poker Play, a tournament-based poker system specifically developed for regulated U.S. casino and lottery operators. “The tremendous popularity of poker requires that the game be a part […]
September 23, 2009
Undeterred by its failure to get the legalisation of online poker on the Massachusetts political ballot this year (see previous report), the Poker Players Alliance has plans to use similar tactics in other US states. PPA executive director John Pappas says the Massachusetts reversal will not discourage the PPA going forward. Pappas said: “The way […]
September 22, 2009
Online and live tournament poker ace Yevgeni Timoshenko is on top of the world right now following his victory in the latest PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker main event. Born in the Ukraine but educated in the US, Timoshenko earned a massive $1 715 200 for his first placing after besting an entry field […]