October 17, 2007
World Series of Poker ace Richard Lee will have to pay a heavy price for his alleged involvement in the promotion of illegal gambling in San Antonio – $2.2 million – as part of a plea bargain he has reached with San Antonio prosecutors, reports local media this week. Lee pleaded “no contest” Tuesday to […]
October 17, 2007
In a historic day that marked the evolution of Traktor Poker, or Tuo La Ji, from traditional folk game to an officially recognised Sport by the China Leisure Sports Administrative Center (CLSAC), the World Poker Tour (WPT) China National Traktor Poker Tour (see previous reports) crowned its first Provincial Champions this week in Lanzhou, Gansu […]
October 16, 2007
It’s taken two weeks, during which rumour and debate has swirled around the poker sites and fora, but this week PokerStars has acted on allegations of irregularities in the activities of ‘TheV0id’, who won over a million dollars in prize money during the recent World Championship of Online Poker main event. And the news is […]
October 13, 2007
Poker aces like Howard Lederer and Crandell Addington will be sharing their thoughts with some intellectual powerhouses this week at Harvard University’s newly formed Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS) panel. On the table: How poker skills translate into life skills, the first in a series of several such explorations planned by the Society. Also […]
October 11, 2007
282 of the world’s top players took to the felt in Baden, Austria in the Poker Stars European Poker Tour – Baden Euro 8 000 Main Event last week, generating a Euro 2 143 200 prize pool and the eventual winner a major bank account boosting top prize of Euro 670 800. Among the many […]
October 11, 2007
The United States IRS proposal to impose a withholding tax of 25 percent of tournament winnings of over $5 000 (see previous reports) has apparently been abandoned…..undoubtedly a source of relief for pro poker players. Wally Chalmers, Vice President of the American Gaming Association said this week that the proposal was abandoned after an assessment […]
October 11, 2007
In a move which confounded persistent rumours that it was going to sign up with Playtech, the major online betting group Mansion has announced instead that it has joined the Ongame Network. Ongame boasts one of the largest global poker platforms with over 30 000 concurrent players at peak times and Mansion players will have […]
October 10, 2007
Online gambling software developer Playtech has reported a new and significant addition to its i-Poker network in the form of Gibraltar gaming company bet365, owned by Hillside (Gibraltar) Ltd. Already an online casino operator using the Playtech software platform since 2005, bet365 has now successfully migrated and integrated its online poker operations into the i-Poker […]
October 10, 2007
Things are looking up for the Malta and Sweden based 24hPoker group with its announcement that two well known betting firms have joined its poker network. In a complicated deal, 24hPoker has announced that the Irish-based Betdaq betting exchange is to join its poker network, and subject to conditions will be granted an option to […]
October 10, 2007
Reports from the Associated Press news agency this week describe an online poker promotional website which has apparently misused the logo and identity of the University of Massachusetts to attract traffic, causing a ruckus and a demand from the college that the site be taken down. UMasspoker.com contains the trademarked UMass-Amherst lettering and Minuteman athletic […]