May 26, 2008
Don Cheadle and Annie Duke are not the only stars to turn out for charity poker, judging by reports from InStyle and other celebrity publications recently. Cannes was the venue for a charity event arranged by the Partouche group’s Palm Beach Casino which featured Hollywood luminaries such as Goldie Hawn, Salma Hayek, Tim Robbins, Woody […]
May 26, 2008
The second tourney in this years recently introduced Latin American Poker Tour took place in San Jose, Costa Rica this week and was won by a 24 year old Hungarian player, Valdemar Kwaysser, following a heads up with Max Steinberg. The young Hungarian collected a $274 103 paycheck for his victory. Kwaysser knocked out numerous […]
May 23, 2008
The million member Poker Players Alliance and poker superstar Daniel Negreanu combined this week to announce a new member service – professional poker tips from the master himself. Negreanu is to write a weekly poker coaching column that will be sent on a regular basis to those PPA members who sign on for the material. […]
May 23, 2008
The largest online poker operation in the world, Poker Stars.com is applying its years of gaming and tournament expertise in a new direction this week, announcing that it is managing a land poker room in the world’s biggest gambling centre – the island of Macau off the coast of China. Poker Stars has teamed up […]
May 23, 2008
Almost halfway through the year, the cheating accusations involving online poker site UltimateBet.com (see previous reports) have still to be brought to a satisfactory conclusion, and this week simmering player anger was again evident on leading Internet message boards such as 2+2 and Casinomeister. The incident has worrying similarities with a major cheating scandal at […]
May 23, 2008
International poker pro Daniel Negreanu reveals the secrets that have led to his $10 million in tournament winnings this week with the launch of his interactive virtual training platform at PokerVT.com. Publicity material promises that the poker ace will unveil his “Small Ball” strategy and open the rest of his Texas Hold’em playbook for the […]
May 23, 2008
The novel idea of combining the excitement and skill of two great games – poker and golf – worked out well for a Michigan car salesman this week when he beat the pros to win the inaugural World Series of Golf. Andrew Johnson won the $10 000 buy-in event against 80 entrants that included some […]
May 21, 2008
Poker Room.com are pulling out all the stops this week with the announcement of a special 25th edition of the Grand Tournament and the launch of 23 new games on Casino Room.com. To celebrate the 25th edition of the Grand Tournament, PokerRoom.com is pumping up the guarantee in May to $1 million. The Grand Tournaments […]
May 21, 2008
The current (eighth) season of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series ended on a high note this week with the much anticipated Main Event hosted by poker pro Jennifer Harman. With a $2 million guaranteed prize-pool, the event attracted 4 748 hopefuls, among them many seasoned pros and big names in the game more than […]
May 20, 2008
John Tabatabai has become the latest rising young poker star to join Betfair’s poker player team. The 23 year old takes his place alongside Sorel Mizzi and Annette Obrestad as Team Betfair continues to build an impressive team roster. Originally from Cardiff but now living in London, Tabatabai’s passion before poker was chess, where he […]