May 19, 2009
The twelfth edition of Full Tilt Poker’s online series of poker (FTOPS) ended with a disappointingly low turnout for the main event, resulting in the guaranteed prize pool of $2.5 million having to be topped up by $200 000. Entries for the $535 buy-in event numbered 4 581, with the usual slew of top-rated international […]
May 18, 2009
One of the more interesting reads this weekend was an interview in Poker Daily News with Dan Stewart, the very clued-up owner of the independent online poker tracking website PokerScout.com. In the interview, Stewart makes some astute observations about the introduction of mini-tournaments running parallel with major competitions, and the negative effect this could be […]
May 14, 2009
The lifestyle expo that supports the annual World Series of Poker events is to have a remake this year. Out goes the old ‘Gaming Lifestyle Expo’ to be replaced by a more upbeat branding ‘PokerPalooza’. Commenting on the change, Ty Steward, marketing director for the WSOP, said: “It’s going to be part trade show, part […]
May 14, 2009
The online poker, multi-table, million dollar plus gauntlet thrown down by Tom ‘durrr’ Dwan and initially picked up by Patrik Antonius (see previous reports) requires that the winner be judged over a total of 50 000 hands, but at the rate the challenge is going, and given the hectic playing schedules of the two Internet […]
May 14, 2009
Hollywood actor Don Cheadle and poker pro Annie Duke, who have already raised millions of dollars for the needy in Africa through charity poker tournaments, plan a third edition of their Ante Up For Africa Tournament for this year’s World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. World Series of Poker organisers have confirmed that this […]
May 13, 2009
Kudos to online poker website PKR.com, which this week continued the tradition of gamblers supporting charities with a star-studded poker tournament in the UK. Celebrities and poker stars alike turned out for the ninth annual Omar Sharif One to One PKR poker tournament over the weekend, which was won by comedian Norman Pace’s wife Beverley. […]
May 13, 2009
With Congressman Frank’s new HR 2267 bid to legalise and regulate online gambling in the United States now launched and active, the Poker Players Alliance reminded players this week that their voice has been heard by the Obama administration. [More…] The reminder refers to a project instituted by then presidential candidate Obama in which a […]
May 12, 2009
The inaugural World Poker Tour Venice tourney has been won by by Swedish player Sven Ragnar Astrom following a tough heads up with fellow Swede Martin Jacobson. Despite a one million chip lead going into the heads up, the latter could not eliminate Anstrom and was eventually himself sent to the rail and a Euro […]
May 11, 2009
Online gambling software developer Cyberarts has scored something of a coup in the soon-to-opened French online gambling market by inking a deal with state monopoly Francaise des Jeux (FDJ) to provide an online poker product. According to reports in igamingfrance, the American company will have the online poker room up and running for real money […]
May 10, 2009
According to reports in the Austin American-Statesman, a bill seeking to legalise Texas poker proposed by San Antonio Democrat Representative Jose Menendez may not be approved this time around – the third failure of such a proposal to make it through the legislative system. The reason appears to be doubts that Republican governor Rick Perry […]