January 22, 2008
On March 2nd this year online poker operator bet365 will join the elite mega guaranteed poker tournament club with the launch their first $ 2 million guaranteed poker tournament. Players can either buy straight in to the main event or win a chance at the big time through bet365’s satellite structure, which includes ‘Sit & […]
January 22, 2008
In an interview with the American newspaper USA Today this week, World Poker Tour chief Steve Lipscomb revealed that his company has partnered with Stats LLC to produce the poker industry’s first sports-style database. Stats LLC provides data collection and analysis for 85 leagues, including the NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball. “In poker, we […]
January 22, 2008
Last weekends big-name regular tournaments continued to pack ’em in, with major action occurring across the Internet on Sunday, and major companies like Full Tilt, Poker Stars and Party Poker all passing pre-tournament guarantees. And one player at Full Tilt’s One Million Dollar Guaranteed won a significant $206 000. Poker Stars Sunday Million continued to […]
January 22, 2008
Cake online poker network has welcomed a new poker room to its ranks in the shape of MarathonBet.com. Marathon is described as one of the largest sports betting operations in Eastern Europe and CIS countries and is launching an online poker room as part of plans to offer new services to users. Support and security […]
January 22, 2008
Online betting and poker group Paddy Power Poker.com has announced the full timetable for the 2008 Irish Open including start times for all festival events. The Super Satellite to the Main Event will be the first event of the festival and will take place at 6pm on Wednesday 19th March. The Euro 3 Million Guaranteed […]
January 21, 2008
It was a disappointing end to a great competition for 22 year old Oklahoma player Jason Potter this week when the young poker pro was robbed at knifepoint of his winnings. Potter had cashed in his Aussie Millions poker tournament cheque for $30 000 and was walking back to his hotel in the early hours […]
January 21, 2008
The Aussie Millions Main Event culminated in an exciting two hour heads up contest over the weekend, with Alexander Kostritsyn taking home the title and a cheque for $1 650 000, beating veteran and multiple WSOP bracelet Erik Seidel who enjoyed a million dollar payday for his second placing. The two men were part of […]
January 19, 2008
Day 3 of the Aussie Millions Main Event has ended with 22 survivors moving to the next level and a chance at the $1.65 million winner’s prize and other paydays as the money bubble was reached with the 80th elimination at the Crown Casino in Melbourne. The 98 players from Day 2 started the day […]
January 18, 2008
Further to the report earlier this week titled “CLOSE RELATIONSHIP IS NOT A MERGER” we can now advise that Boss Media is the poker software and network chosen for the planned new Win2Day online poker website. Österreichische Lotterien and Casinos Austria will go live with the new poker room during the 1st quarter 2008 using […]
January 18, 2008
One of the frustrations online gamblers would rather do without are power cuts which kick the player off the Internet, and in South Africa the phenomenon is becoming increasingly frequent, thanks to an inefficient utility company and its rolling blackouts. Increasing numbers of regular Internet users are having to buy backup power systems that allow […]