October 22, 2008
This year’s fourth edition of the Ladbrokes European Online Championship of Poker (Leocop IV) promises to be bigger and better following an announcement this week by the UK gambling group that it is to add an extra $500 000 in prize money across the 16 events. The 2007 championship was a seven day festival of […]
October 22, 2008
Newly launched PokerSoftware.com is promising an independent and unbiased view on what’s hot and what’s not in the online poker milieu, taking on the task of researching, analysing and discussing tools to help players. In addition to detailed reviews of the various poker softwares deployed in the market, the site is loaded with professional video […]
October 22, 2008
Bluff Magazine has partnered with the Players Investment Company (PICClub.com) on a the latest online poker tournament venture branded the Bluff Poker Tour (BPT). The series will take the form of online poker tournaments modeled after the World Poker Tour. The BPT online poker tournaments will give players the opportunity to not only win cash […]
October 22, 2008
Having survived an entry field of 226 players and a tough final table, Brit online poker pro Andy Teng (23) found himself at an almost five-to-one chip disadvantage going into the heads up with expert opponent Jamie Brown this week as the eighth leg of Blue Square’s Grosvenor UK Poker Tour came to an end […]
October 22, 2008
The recent announcement that ex-MySpace exec Thomas Flahie had been appointed as interim Chief Financial Officer at Steve Lipscomb’s World Poker Tour Enterprises fits neatly into the poker firm’s latest strategy unveiled this week – a poker community using the MySpace website. The runaway success of social networking venues such as MySpace has prompted WPT […]
October 21, 2008
Respected and well-informed media resources such as Bloombergs and the Financial Times are speculating that another major deal in the online gambling industry may be imminent following the announcement earlier this week that William Hill and Playtech are to collaborate on William Hill Online.com The reports point to recent statements by online poker software and […]
October 21, 2008
World Poker Tour Enterprises could be about to shut down its troubled online poker operations at WPTonline.com following an advisory report to the SEC filed October 17 which announces that the firm’s 3 year poker network deal with turnkey provider and network Cryptologic is to be prematurely terminated on November 14 2008. Because the deal […]
October 20, 2008
Bwin Interactive subsidiary Ongame Network Limited has joined the increasingly competitive Italian online poker market by launching an Italian facing network driven by its new P5 software engine. “The Italian network is powered by the new P5 technology which offers unrivalled performance, reliability and speed – coupled with great graphics and usability. The P5 poker […]
October 20, 2008
The financial manager involved in the pioneering growth of social networking giant MySpace, Thomas Flahie, has been named as interim Chief Financial Officer by World Poker Tour Enterprises founder and CEO, Steve Lipscomb. Flahie has an impressive c.v., having previously served in financial management at Internet companies such as eLabour and Balance Bar. Announcing the […]
October 18, 2008
A 67-year-old retired real estate broker took home the honours and a $1.2 million main prize at the Fallsview Casino at Niagara Falls this week when he won the North American Poker Championship. Glen Witmer survived a field of 454 entrants which was whittled away over 7 tough days, competing in only his second major […]