June 20, 2007
The English Midlands city of Birmingham has been chosen as the venue Sky Poker’s first ever offline poker tournament, with the city’s Broadway Casino as the venue. 100 of the top Sky Poker online players have been exclusively invited to travel to Birmingham to enjoy the tournament, meet fellow Sky Poker players and play for […]
June 20, 2007
One of the larger prize-pools in the World Series of Poker – that for the $2 000 No Limit Hold ‘Em played over the weekend – was chased by an impressive 1 800 entrants. Among them were Joe Tehan, Evelyn Ng, Greg ‘FBT’ Mueller, Erik Seidel, Lee Watkinson, Cliff Josephy, Mark Seif, Jennifer Tilly, Barry […]
June 19, 2007
The giant of online poker, Poker Stars.com is making a major contribution to the numbers of players registering independently for the World Series of Poker main event early next month. By the time the big event opens, Poker Stars will have awarded 220 packages worth $12 000 apiece in its Mega Satellite tournament – a […]
June 19, 2007
Reykjavik police burst in on a public poker tournament in Iceland last weekend, bringing the entertainment to a halt on allegations against the organiser of profiting from gambling. Central to the police allegation is the fact that the 150 players in the tournament had paid the equivalent of $64 as a buy-in, although the tournament’s […]
June 18, 2007
To broaden the coverage of Celebpoker.com in Europe, a new EU gaming Licence has been acquired that will allow a Swedish version of the well established site to be presented to Scandinavian players, claims an announcement from the company this week. The “EU licence” is believed to be a Gibraltar registration for the Boss Media-powered […]
June 18, 2007
The Isle of Man-based online gambling software provider Microgaming has added Pax Poker.com to its +40 site Internet poker network. Pax is owned by the Malta registered and regulated online gambling group Bravo Poker Limited, and was founded by Einar Bolsted’s talented and experienced team which made such a success of the Scandinavian targeted Poker […]
June 18, 2007
640 entrants signed up for the $5 000 No Limit Hold ‘Em competition in the World Series of Poker over the weekend at the Rio in Las Vegas, creating a seriously large prize-pool that would eventually cough up a main prize worth $730 740 after three days of hard and competitive poker. By the second […]
June 18, 2007
Remember the excitement and publicity surrounding the advent of the Pokerdome just last year? The $12 million, hi-tech poker venue in Las Vegas looked set to revolutionise poker competitions with interesting high-tech innovations. Design features aimed at increasing spectator appeal were built in, like LED displays for the dealer button and players’ pulse rates monitored […]
June 15, 2007
The UK Poker Clubs Association was poised to carry out its April threat to litigate against government moves to regulate it as we went to press this week. The Financial Times reported that the clubs, representing 72 000 players across 14 organisations intend to lodge an application for a judicial review in the High Court […]
June 15, 2007
Two months ago Florida state House and Senate lawmakers approved Bill 752 which permits casinos in the state to raise stakes offered in poker ring games and tournaments and allows more flexibility to operators (see previous report). The bill went to the governor’s office for consideration, but apparently Governor Charlie Crist declined to sign it. […]