June 23, 2009
Former US Senator Alphonse D’Amato, chairman of the Poker Players Alliance appropriately chose the current 40th Anniversary World Series of Poker to announce National Poker Week, which will take place from July 19 to 25 this (2009) year. The PPA executive, who represents the over one million members of the PPA, was in Las Vegas […]
June 22, 2009
Event #38 at the World Series of Poker – the $2 000 buy-in Limit Hold’em competition – has passed into the history book after a spirited two hour heads up out of all proportion to the disparate chip stacks of the final two players. The 446-strong entry field generated a prize pool of $811 720 […]
June 21, 2009
Jeff Lissandro has done it again! The Australian-born poker pro has won his second World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet this (2009) year, firmly positioning himself among the top seven card stud exponents in world poker. It was a tough competition, with 164 entrants going after $1 541 600 in prizes for Event 37 – […]
June 20, 2009
26-year-old Las Vegas professional player Eric Baldwin took home his first World Series of Poker bracelet and the main prize of $521 932 in Event 34 – the $1 500 buy-in No Limit Hold’em competition, besting an entry field of 2 095 players that included aces like the UK’s Roland De Wolfe and Internet and […]
June 20, 2009
Despite the distraction of the ongoing World Series of Poker, Patrik Antonius and Tom ‘durrr’ Dwan managed to get it together for a significant session of over 4 500 hands this week, with some massive pots changing hands. In 15 hours of non-stop multi-table online action the two went at it, with 13 pots over […]
June 19, 2009
According to reports in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the Israeli Poker Association has run into police opposition on its proposal to hold a Texas Hold ‘Em tournament at the end of June. Apparently the police objection is based on its assertion that poker is a forbidden game that attracts criminal elements. The Israeli Poker Association […]
June 19, 2009
Online poker operators may want to keep a watchful eye on a competition that a Minnesota-based webmaster is trying to get off the ground – it’s goal is to find the most poker bot-friendly websites. PokerbotBasics.com is inviting internet Texas-Hold’Em sites from across the web to compete in a contest for the most pokerbot-friendly site […]
June 19, 2009
Angel Guillen, a 26-year-old pro and online player from Mexico City won his first WSOP bracelet in Event 32 – the $2 000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em after a tense six hour heads up duel with Mika Paasonen of Finland at the World Series of Poker. Both players had prevailed through three hard days of tournament […]
June 18, 2009
After weeks of reports of delayed payments and allegations that the Ongame network had terminated its contract, the Stryyke Poker company has switched to the Cake Poker network. In an email to players this week, Stryyke management wrote: “Please be advised that starting the 19th of June, Stryyke will be running a new updated Poker […]
June 18, 2009
The Isle of Man-based online gambling software provider Microgaming has revealed that it is powering Maria Poker, the Unibet gambling group’s newest brand which launched online today at Mariapoker.com. Maria Poker offers feminine focused gaming as the sister site to Maria Bingo, a successful bingo portal acquired by Unibet in 2007. Petter Nylander, CEO of […]