January 16, 2008
VC Poker is the latest online poker website to join the million dollar plus club of operators offering big money, guaranteed prize-pool tournaments. The company has announced its new initiative, which features a $2 million guaranteed prize-pool scheduled for launch on March 2. The tournament structure provides three opportunities for no-deposit runs at the big […]
January 15, 2008
After ten preceding competitions over the past week, each with an abundance of action and big money (Howard Lederer walked away with a $1.25 million winner’s prize in event 9) the Main Event at the 2008 Aussie Millions commenced with the traditional “shuffle up and deal call” on Monday. The 215 player entry field for […]
January 15, 2008
Stereotyping by national characteristics is a risky and largely unscientific technique to size up an online poker opponent, but Everest poker had some fun with it over the weekend anyway, announcing that after extensive observations of its online poker room tournaments, promotions and live events, it has discovered that a player’s nationality can have a […]
January 15, 2008
The weekend saw another dramatic police raid on American citizens, this time in San Jose where Patricia McCoy and Cuthberto Cardenas were arrested and subsequently released on bail on accusations of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and fraudulently obtaining money under false pretenses. Local police alerted by neighbourhood complaints of excessive vehicular traffic […]
January 14, 2008
The 2008 Aussie Millions continues to produce exciting poker and big prizes at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia, this week producing the second highest ever winner’s prize. The star-studded turnout and major money has heightened anticipation that this year’s Main Event will be one to remember. Howard “The Professor” Lederer pocketed a cheque for […]
January 13, 2008
2008 is off to a running start for online poker website PKR.com, which has achieved the significant 10 000 simultaneous players level after only 18 months of operations. The 10 000 user barrier was breached on the evening of Sunday January 6 according to independent statistics. PKR, which boasts innovative and quality 3D graphics that […]
January 13, 2008
Absolute Poker was perhaps predictably in full damage control mode in responding over the weekend to the Kahnawake Gaming Commission findings on its cheating scandal (see previous reports) In a statement released to carefully selected media, the troubled site acknowledged “…the completeness and accuracy of the KGC conclusions.” Judging by initial reactions on player message […]
January 13, 2008
The pots are getting bigger at Betfair Poker. The site has added a new $100 000 guaranteed Sunday night tournament that will boost the monthly guarantees up to $4 million. “We already have some of the biggest cash games available on the Internet, and we want to be able to offer our customers regular higher […]
January 13, 2008
With little fanfare, and buried three clicks deep on an uncopyable .pdf file, the Kahnawake Gaming Commission announced its findings on the Absolute Poker cheating scandal on January 11, effectively bringing to a close one of the worst cheating incidents yet in Internet poker The statement starts with a brief overview of the history of […]
January 11, 2008
Online poker player ‘Saage’ from Finland has had a happy start to the New Year, and is over $225 000 richer following significant consecutive day wins in tournament play at Mansion Poker.com. Saage secured a first place finish in the December 30 Grand Tournament to pocket $203 040 at the online poker website, having won […]