May 8, 2008
The latest version of the Full Tilt Poker Online Poker Series – number 8 in the series – commenced this week, with WPT champ David Chiu hosting the first event in the 24 contest program that runs through to May 18 and offers large prize-pools, attracting thousands of online poker fans. Several of the events […]
May 7, 2008
The Nasdaq-listed WPT Enterprises, Inc. has released its Q1 2008 results, showing a 10 percent increase in overall revenues over the same period last year, but a $2.8 million net loss for the quarter. Business highlights included the delivery of seven episodes of Season VI of the World Poker Tour television series; the premiere of […]
May 7, 2008
The inaugural Latin American Poker Tour organised by online poker giant Poker Stars.com ended in victory for the nineteen year old Dutch player Julien Nuijten this week. The Hollander prevailed over an entry field of 314 poker fans who travelled to Rio for the event, either stumping up the $2 500 buy-in, or winning entry […]
May 7, 2008
The tournament designers at popular online poker room DoylesRoom.com are promising interest, possible reward and the novelty of mixing it up with MTV celebrities from ‘The Real World’ in a forthcoming tournament. For a buy-in of under $28 DoylesRoom players will have the opportunity to compete and interact online with the celebrity contestants from the […]
May 6, 2008
The Isle of Man based online gambling software provider, Microgaming has signed three new licensees to the Microgaming Poker Network. JenningsBet.com, Sunderlands.co.uk (sunderlands.eu) and Eurofootball.bg are all expected to go live over the next few weeks, according to a company press release. The announcement follows an impressively outstanding response to Microgaming’s recently revamped poker software […]
May 6, 2008
Matthew Hilger, poker author, poker publisher, and poker pro, won the Full Tilt Poker $750 000 Guaranteed Poker Tournament over the holiday weekend, pocketing over $132 000 for his first placing. The win topped an rewarding tournament record this year, with 9 entries that yielded 3 top 100’s, 2 final tables, and finally the big […]
May 6, 2008
The handle ‘ZeeJustin’ used by top Internet poker player Justin Bonomo (22), is recognisable to most online poker players and could become more so following his agreement to join the professional player list at online poker site Bodog Poker. The young pro joins David Williams, Evelyn Ng, Josh Arieh and Jean-Robert Bellande on a team […]
May 6, 2008
The World Series of Poker timeframe represents a unique publicity opportunity where world interest is focused on the game of poker, and the one million members strong Poker Players Alliance intends to exploit it. The organisation announced this week that it will launch a voter registration effort during the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in […]
May 6, 2008
Las week’s report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal (see previous report) that Senator Jon Kyl was growing impatient with the protracted drafting process on regulations to support the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act elicited a tart response this week from the Poker Players Association. The Las Vegas director of the PPA, Ken Illgen minced no […]
May 5, 2008
Jez San’s burgeoning PKR.com online poker company scored another marketing coup over the holiday weekend when it laid on a night of glam, glitz and celebrity by hosting an afterparty for the attendees of the Professional Footballer’s Association Awards. The initiative is another interesting involvement by an online gambling company in events in the wider […]