July 3, 2008
It has taken 20 years but Ireland’s Andy Black finally captured a major title by winning the 2008 PartyPoker.com Premier League and the $250 000 first prize this week. The 42 year-old from Dublin burst into tears after defeating England’s Roland De Wolfe heads-up in the event that pits 12 of the world’s top pros […]
July 3, 2008
Irish poker pro Martin Smyth emerged the winner of Event 50, the $10 000 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha competition at the World Series of Poker this week, surviving a field of 381 players who generated an event prize-pool of some $3.5 million. Among the players he bested was Michael Mizrachi, Kido Pham, Billy Argyros, Richard […]
July 3, 2008
Dublin-based online poker developer CryptoLogic Limited launched two new features to its Internet poker software line-up this week: the ability for players to host their own tournaments, and a new advanced sorting and filtering tool that allows players to customise their own settings for cash games and tournaments. Starting today (July 3 2008), the new […]
July 3, 2008
GigaMedia subsidiary Everest Gaming, which operates the popular online poker website Everest Poker.com, has opened a European office in central London. Although Everest Poker has had regional marketing staff located throughout Europe for some time, the London office will become the hub for Everest Gaming’s marketing initiatives across Europe. Staff numbers are expected to double […]
July 2, 2008
The Sacramento poker pro J.C. Tran has finally achieved a personal goal by winning Event 49, the $1 500 buy-in No Limit Hold’em contest at the World Series of Poker this week, surviving an original entry field of 2 718 players and a tough international final table. The WPT Player of the Year joined a […]
July 2, 2008
Jeffrey Pollack, the World Series of Poker commissioner employed by organisers Harrah’s Entertainment, revealed this week that the World Series of Poker’s European championship will increase its action from three events to four, and that arrangements have been made for ESPN to broadcast eight hours of original coverage in the U.S. and distribute the tournament […]
July 2, 2008
With the individual World Series of Poker tournaments for 2008 now drawing to a close, interest in the Main Event and the support it garners this year is increasing. The key question is how the television-inspired delay until November 9 of the Main Event final table will impact public interest. A combined $111 million was […]
July 1, 2008
A good sized group of festive Brazilians celebrated 25-year-old South American player Alexandre Gomes’s win in Event 48, the $2 000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em competition at the World Series of Poker this week. His victory marked the first WSOP win for a South American in the 39 year history of the tournament. The young Brazilian […]
July 1, 2008
Five days on in Event 45, the $50 000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. World Championship (see previous InfoPowa updates) we have a winner. Scotty Nguyen added a fifth World Series of Poker bracelet to his impressive collection this week in winning one of the biggest events in the WSOP series, in the process scoring a healthy return […]
July 1, 2008
With all the big money prizes making the headlines at this year’s World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, it is perhaps easy to overlook regular online action at websites like Full Tilt and Pokerstars. Putting events into perspective this week was an interesting article in Poker News, reporting on major happenings during the month […]