May 23, 2017
Part time poker player, Jason Baldridge, scored his second live tournament result when he won the $1,675 Main Event at Harrah’s New Orleansthis week, defeating a field of 758 entries to collect the season’s last gold ring, $227,412 and a seat in the WSOP Global Casino Championship. The 34-year-old from San Antonio, Texas is primarily […]
May 23, 2017
Amaya Inc’s PokerStars reported a new online poker tournament high this past Sunday, achieving record-breaking total prize pools of more than $39 million in a single day, almost 40 percent more than the $28 million guarantee. The Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) events delivered more than $29.5 million in prize pools and the High […]
May 23, 2017
On the back of its acquisition of the global and television and digital media rights to the World Series of Poker (see previous report), Poker Central has announced the launch of PokerGO. InfoPowa readers will recall in addition to the WSOP rights acquisition, a further agreement provides Poker Central the exclusive rights to stream any […]
May 23, 2017
GVC Holdings Plc have announced the appointment of professional poker player, WPT commentator and partypoker co-founder Mike Sexton as Chairman of partypoker. Well known, Sexton has spent the past 15 years with the World Poker Tour while also serving as a partypoker ambassador. As Chairman, Sexton will represent the global poker community and guide partypoker […]
May 23, 2017
Frenchman Hugo Larachiche has taken down the 2017 Winamax SISMIX Main Event, despatching four players in just 90 minutes and defeating Japan’s Kazuma Fujiyama in under ten hands of heads up play. Outlasting a field of 1078, 18 players went into the final day in a bid to win the MAD 1 million (Euro 88,000) […]
May 20, 2017
Online poker provider Pokerstars is all set to make this weekend one to remember for poker fans as it puts the final touches to what it claims will be the biggest day in online tournament poker history, with 1,275 tournaments and a total guaranteed prize pool of more than $28 million. The precedent-setting day will […]
May 20, 2017
Pokerstars pro Kevin Martin has taken home Cdn$100,000, a $30,000 home furnishing voucher and a new 2017 Toyota car after being unanimously elected the winner in the just-concluded Big Brother Canada Season 5 television show. It was Martin’s second run at the show; back in season 3 he delivered a strong performance but was the […]
May 19, 2017
Online poker operator 888Poker is adding to the international flavour of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas this year by sending a total of 27 players in eight national teams to compete in the tournament. The company’s 8-Team project will comprise teams drawn from the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Brazil and Sweden consisting […]
May 18, 2017
Breakout Gaming, an online sportsbook, casino, fantasy sport, financial betting and live dealer operator based in Costa Rica has launched an additional attraction for its player in the form of an online poker room powered by BetConstruct. Gian Perroni, chief gaming officer at Breakout, said: “We’re very excited to have added BetConstruct’s new poker product […]
May 18, 2017
PartyPoker has advised its Czech clients that it has abandoned its quest for a Czech online gambling licence, with parent group GVC Holdings citing its dissatisfaction with local licensing regulations, which the company claims are not compliant with European Union principles. The company has not closed the door completely, noting that in the event of […]