July 11, 2009
The weekend has seen more intense action in the World Series of Poker Main Event, with Day 4 whittling a starting field of 789 hopefuls down to just 407 in seven hours and three levels that included close on two hours of tense hand-for-hand play before the money bubble burst on the 649 elimination mark. […]
July 11, 2009
Just after noon on Friday, “Captain” Tom Franklin, a Gulfport, Mississippi professional player for the last two decades and a World Series of Poker veteran, gave the “Shuffle Up and Deal” call, triggering Day 3 of the WSOP Main Event, and setting to work the combined fields of 2 044 players. Almost thirteen hours and […]
July 10, 2009
Today (Friday, July 10th) sees the first time that surviving players from the various World Series of Poker Main Event heats come together on Day 3. Of the 6 494 original main event hopefuls going after a massive prize pool worth over $61 million, only 2 044 remain in the race. The last surviving 648 […]
July 9, 2009
The debate on the desirability of affiliates offering rakeback on Internet poker sites (see previous report) continues, with Karim Williams, the CEO of poker rakeback website Rake The Rakeback.com, entering the fray with the observation that questionable skins on poker networks, and not rakeback affiliates are at the root of problems with the practice. Earlier, […]
July 9, 2009
A mammoth 4-level Day 2B at the World Series of Poker Main Event came to an end just before 11pm Vegas time Wednesday with more than half of the original 2 924 entrants eliminated in eight scorching hours of intense poker. Day 2B represents the last of the heats, combining the survivors of Day 1C […]
July 9, 2009
Online gambling group Party Gaming’s agreement with Intralot SA three months ago to provide an Italian online poker operation (see previous report) came to fruition this week when the gambling group announced the launch of the new Intralot.it poker site. Following the receipt of certification from the Italian regulator, AAMS, the Intralot poker service is […]
July 8, 2009
Just short of 1 500 entrants started the World Series of Poker Main Event action around noon in Vegas Tuesday as Day 2B kicked off at the Rio, with many highly recognisable names among the packed tables. By 12.45am early Wednesday morning – just short of 12 hours and five levels later – the field […]
July 7, 2009
William Hill Online COO Peter Marcus has had to explain himself following comments he made earlier this week urging operators to eschew the use of rakebacks (see Weekly reports for July 3rd). Marcus had appealed to colleagues in the Internet poker sector to clamp down on the use of rakeback by affiliates and poker skins, […]
July 7, 2009
Day 1D of the $10 000 buy-in World Series of Poker main event started badly, as hundreds of players were turned away by apologetic officials after the last minute rush for registration took entry numbers over the maximum that could be seated. Later, WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack had a meeting with disgruntled players who were […]
July 6, 2009
The World Series of Poker achieved a major milestone Sunday, announcing that it had officially crossed the $1 billion mark in prize money awarded over its lifespan. Staring in 1970, the event has grown to the biggest poker competition on the planet, and this year celebrated its 40th anniversary. Official 2009 tournament figures will be […]