December 10, 2008
The recent fiasco of bumbling Nuevo Vallarta gaming officials ruining a PokerStars LAPT Mexico tournament (see previous report) could have a happier ending, it appears from a PokerStars statement. Customer relations-smart PokerStars has announced that the 89 players who still held chips at the time the Latin American Poker Tour event was screwed up by […]
December 9, 2008
Poker skills clearly run in the family of World Series of Poker bracelet holder Donnacha O’Dea – the poker ace’s son Eoghan took down the iPoker European Championship of Online Poker this week, earning himself $315 000 for an outstanding first place win after surviving an initial field of 1 283 players, who were sponsored […]
December 9, 2008
Sportingbet’s Paradise Poker.com has been around since the start of the online poker boom some years back, and has experienced fluctuating fortunes as a business, with especially hard times befalling it as a result of the UIGEA and a withdrawal from the US market. This week the site gave notice that it is still competitive […]
December 9, 2008
Players in the recently completed PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour reconvened for some charity action this week in the APPT Tournament of Champions. The invitation-only, single-table, ten player tournament featured winners from the APPT like Martin Rowe, complemented by internationally recognised and respected poker pros, including Vanessa Rousso; 2007 APPT Macau High Rollers champion Eric […]
December 9, 2008
The fascinating website HighStakesDB reports that a new record in chip stacks was set this week, with Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond enjoying massive success in the 6-max games on Full Tilt Poker.com. At one point during a remarkable session over the weekend, Galfond was sitting on a stack of $1.5 million at a $500/$1000 NLHE 6-max […]
December 9, 2008
The Las Vegas Review-Journal carried a thought-provoking piece by columnist Jane Ann Morrison this week, examining the impact of the recent Washington Post and 60 Minutes programs on the Absolute Poker and UltimateBet cheating scandals. Morrison opines that the widespread publicity generated by the “double whammy” in print and television coverage improved the odds of […]
December 8, 2008
The Asia Pacific Poker Tour’s Grand Final tourney ended in victory for 34-year-old Sydney insurance worker Martin Rowe this weekend, giving his bank account a Australian $1 million (about US$643 000) boost for surviving a 477 player entry list that included WSOP champs Peter Eastgate and Chris Moneymaker, and winning the popular event after a […]
December 7, 2008
242 avid poker players, including a few internationally known names, face a weekend of disappointment following official intervention in the Poker Stars.com Latin American Poker Tour event at the Marival Resorts and Suites in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico Friday. Despite having a favourable ruling from the Mexican Ministry of the Interior (SEGOB) allowing the tournament to […]
December 6, 2008
The Poker Players Alliance, an organisation dedicated to the political protection of the rights of Americans to play poker online, named Dianna Donofrio as its Nevada State Director this week. “The PPA is fortunate to have over one million dedicated members, and even more fortunate that Dianna is one of them,” said former New York […]
December 6, 2008
Woman gamblers with a penchant for poker can up their game at Harrah’s New Orleans this weekend, where the first free seminar of the Women’s Ultimate Poker Academy will he led by poker pro Barbara Enright. The WUPA is the brainchild of Lisa Adams and Lauren Failla, and is a women-only poker training academy taught […]