June 5, 2008
Event 2 of the 2008 World Series of Poker currently underway at the Rio in Las Vegas was decided this week, with 27 year old Grant Hinkle winning the $1 500 buy-in No Limit Hold ’em competition that saw a record 3929 entries and one of the longest running non-main events in WSOP history. The […]
June 4, 2008
The organisers of the annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, Harrah’s Entertainment, have named the Nevada Cancer Institute as the official charity of the world’s greatest poker championship for the third consecutive year. “Nevada Cancer Institute is a wonderful community partner for the World Series of Poker,” WSOP commissioner Jeffrey Pollack said in […]
June 4, 2008
The Asian Poker Tour has followed a successful APT Milan tournament with the news that it is to boost the guarantee on the prize-pool for its next outing in Macau to $1.5 million. The hike in the guarantee will ensure that the winner’s prize for the Macau event will be around half a million dollars […]
June 4, 2008
Ladbrokes Poker md Edward Ihre says, “The site has undergone a complete overhaul. We’re a major player in Europe and know we need to continue to stay one step ahead of the game. The site is now more contemporary with a lot of great new content including step by step guides for both beginners and […]
June 4, 2008
The Washington publication Politico carried an interesting story on poker this week, commenting on how many politicians in both the Republican and Democrat camps enjoy a little relaxation by playing the popular game. One of the most interesting facets of the article was remarks made by former Senator Alphonse D’Amato, chairman of the million member […]
June 3, 2008
The first Event of this year’s 39th World Series of Poker is over, meeting expectations in terms of the number and quality of players, prize-pool and most of all a great display of poker talent and action. The final table of the $10 000 buy-in World Championship Pot-Limit Hold’em tournament lasted nine hours, ending in […]
June 2, 2008
The $10 000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold’em tourney – Event 1 at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas – entered its third day over the weekend with a final table comprised of some of the toughest poker players in the business. With Andy Bloch the chipleader by a significant margin, the table featured […]
June 1, 2008
The marching band sounds of “Viva Las Vegas” and Doyle Brunson’s “Shuffle and Deal” call for Event 1 in the 39th World Series of Poker (see previous report) have faded into history as the initially 352 player field for the $10 000 buy-in World Championship Pot-Limit Hold’em tournament has been whittled down to 70 players […]
June 1, 2008
The PKR.com online poker site marketers have come up with a novel promotion to tap into the excitement that the annual World Series of Poker in Vegas always generates – fantasy WSOP. With virtually all the big names in poker gravitating toward the gambling mecca to compete in poker’s biggest championship, it makes sense to […]
May 31, 2008
Playtech-powered Titan Poker.com, the biggest online poker room on the iPoker network, dealt its billionth hand on May 27, sending Finnish player “wootrigged” home with a prize of $55 000. The other five players playing at the same table received $5 000 each for participating in hand number 1 000 000 000. Titan Poker’s Billionth […]