December 21, 2008
28-year-old poker pro David “Chino” Rheem has followed his 2008 World Series of Poker final table appearance with a major win, surviving a field of 497 and a tough final six table to win the Doyle Brunson 5 Diamond Classic. His reward was a winner’s check for $1 538 730, bringing his career winnings to […]
December 20, 2008
The Poker Players Alliance has commented on Party Gaming co-founder Anurag Dikshit’s personal $300 million settlement with the US Department of Justice, and on the Wire Act guilty plea which formed part of the deal. The PPA notes that this deal was a personal decision on the part of Dikshit in which he admitted breaking […]
December 19, 2008
The appearance of a new “club subscription” online poker site with a strange name two months ago (see previous report) had everyone guessing. Widespread publicity efforts by the new arrival identified one Tim Belisle of White Bear Lake, Minnesota as co-founder and president of the owner company of the same name, Zosoz LLC, which was […]
December 16, 2008
Pokermambo.com, an online poker site on the Entraction network, is to expand its operations into online casino and bingo activities, powered by the Växjö, Sweden-based software developer Play ‘n GO. Pokermambo is a joint venture between experienced gaming operator Goalventures and the Spanish sports media company Prime Time Sport in co-operation with Redbet. “When it […]
December 16, 2008
Two years ago, Mount Pleasant police in the Charleston area raided a home poker game, busting a number of players and making newspaper headlines (see previous report) Whilst some of those charged accepted the penalties, 5 players have consistently fought the prosecution and will soon have their day in court, having secured a court order […]
December 15, 2008
There’s a world record attempt in the offing at the Internet’s biggest poker website, Poker Stars.com, and it’s about to take place soon. PokerStars has announced that it intends to set a new official Guinness Book of World Records level by seating 35 000 players at 3 500 tables in a single online tournament. Given […]
December 14, 2008
It was one of those wearing-of-the-green type finals at the Ladbroke Poker Million in London this week, with a final table dominated by players from Ireland, and a big win for poker pro Marty Smyth. It was Smyth’s third final table in as many years, and this time he made sure he took the main […]
December 14, 2008
Italian player Salvatore Bonavena has been crowned the Pokerstars European Poker Tour Prague champion after a wild ride of fluctuating chip leads and a tough, hour-long heads up against fellow Italian Massimo Di Cicco. It was the first EPT honour to go to an Italian player. Bonavena survived an initial field of 570 entrants for […]
December 13, 2008
One of the more interesting industry articles this week is an interview with Tokwiro Enterprises’ chief operating officer Paul Leggett conducted by Bob Pajich on the respected Card Player website here: http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/article/5721/coo-of-absolute-poker-and-ultimatebet-opens-up In the interview, Leggett discusses in depth his trials and tribulations, having been recruited into Tokwiro early in 2008 to sort out the […]
December 12, 2008
Online poker sleuth Nat Arem, now famous for his contribution to uncovering major cheating scams at Absolute Poker and UltimateBet, has been on the investigative trail again, and this time the subject of his attention is the world’s second largest online poker website, Full Tilt Poker.com. Arem’s blog details meticulous enquiries the determined detective has […]