August 3, 2008
Last year’s enforcement action in which a Westmoreland, PA lawyer, Larry Burns, was busted for organising poker games (see previous report) had a sequel this week when the state Attorney General’s office applied for an order from the courts to confiscate $40 000, citing the money claimed as proceeds from an ‘illegal’ activity. The monies […]
August 2, 2008
New research by Card Player magazine, using its “World Tracker” global poker tournament tracking system, reveals that, per capita, Denmark has the most successful tournament players in the world. Much like the Olympics, Card Player has used an extensive list of qualifying tournaments (including WSOP, WPT, and EPT events) to arrive at its assessments, tra […]
August 1, 2008
Poker in the Park will be making a return to Leicester Square in Central London for a two-day poker extravaganza on August 15th-16th, with lead sponsor PKR Poker working with Bluff Magazine Europe to present a major poker consumer event. The organisers expect to draw 25 000 poker enthusiasts who will enjoy free poker tournaments, […]
July 30, 2008
It seems that online poker site UltimateBet.com has had the last word in its sponsorship dispute with Poker News over actress and WSOP Main Event player Tiffany Michelle (24). The poker company has announced that Michelle has agreed to join its Star Players Team. The two companies and Michelle tangled over a World Series of […]
July 30, 2008
Global poker fans with a yen for something really different in the way of a poker playing break are being offered qualifying satellites for a major South African event at iPoker network websites like Titan Poker.com until August 23rd. Situated in southern Africa in close proximity to wild game and scenic view venues, the fantasy […]
July 29, 2008
Good to its word last week, when it promised further developments within days, the Kahnawake Gaming Commission has issued another statement on the continuing furore over multi-million dollar cheating at the UltimateBet and Absolute Poker online poker websites. The statement advises that an independent monitor has been appointed to investigate KGC Licensee, Tokwiro Ent., parent […]
July 25, 2008
According to a piece in the U.S. entertainment magazine “Variety,” poker fans may have another movie on their passion in prospect to entertain them despite the poor box office performance of this year’s “Deal” production. The magazine reports that “Deal” director Gill Cates Jr. is to direct a documentary provisionally entitled “Pass the Sugar” that […]
July 25, 2008
Grabbing the attention of players, affiliates and competitors alike as the week ended was an announcement from Paul Leggett, CEO of both UltimateBet and Absolute Poker, that the two sites are to merge into one large online poker network branded Cereus Poker. Claiming that the merge will result in the world’s third largest poker network […]
July 24, 2008
The popularity of the televised poker show “High Stakes Poker” was confirmed again this week by an announcement from Game Show Network that the cash-game spectacular will be screened again this year – its fifth season. HSP boasts one of the highest ratings on the network, and is expected to begin filming new episodes in […]
July 24, 2008
The cheating scandals that have engulfed the Absolute Poker and UltimateBet online poker operations sprang back to prominence this week as the Kahnawake Gaming Commission issued a statement in an apparent riposte to comments made on the issue earlier by the chairman of the Poker Players Alliance And player-detectives on the huge 2+2 poker message […]