May 11, 2007
There’s a tough weekend for poker tournament fans and players ahead as the erstwhile World Poker Tour’s Grand Prix de Paris and Betfair’s Masters of Europe events unfold in Paris and London respectively. After fierce competition since May 6, the final table has been decided for the Euro 10 000 buy-in Grand Prix de Paris, […]
May 11, 2007
The Des Moines Register reports that a 19-year-old University of Iowa student has been charged by local police with four gambling offenses on allegations that he was hosting illegal Texas Hold’em poker games with pots of around $800. Police officials said that Jonathon Koch’s Iowa City house was “devoted to illegal gambling” and that he […]
May 11, 2007
Shares in the Scandinavian focused online poker provider 24hPoker Holdings AB took a 19 percent dip this week on weak first quarter results. The Swedish company’s net income slumped to around SKR100 000 from SKR 9.1million in the same period last year as fewer active customers used its online poker network. 24hPoker Holding AB is […]
May 10, 2007
Would be World Series of Poker champions will have an opportunity to be coached by some of the top names (and former champions) in the game before this year’s epic starts. With a projected 10 000 contestants and expensive buy-ins, participants may want to take every route they can to improve their chances, and the […]
May 10, 2007
Old opponents clashed again in the final heads up of the current edition of the Party Poker Open 3 tournament, held in London recently….and this time yesterday’s loser was the winner. When 45 year old former betting shop owner Anthony “The Booky” Hardy and fellow poker pro Ian Woodley faced off in the heads up […]
May 9, 2007
Revised payout schedules announced by the organisers of the World Series of Poker 2007 will mean a slightly lower main event winner’s check, but a wider distribution of cash to participating players. The new schedule has a flatter structure which Howard Greenbaum, regional vice president of specialty gaming for Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. says will “….keep […]
May 9, 2007
WPT Enterprises, Inc. has announced financial results for the first quarter ended April 1, 2007. Highlights for the quarter include the delivery of five episodes of Season V of the World Poker Tour (WPT) television series and the signing of a Professional Poker Tour (PPT) Season I agreement in Finland, which represents the first executed […]
May 9, 2007
Bluff Europe, a European edition of the most popular poker magazine on the market is due to appear in British newstands from June 1st. Circulation will embrace Britain, Scandinavia, Continental Europe and Russia. Casino and club poker players will still be able to grab their copy of Bluff Europe at their favourite poker parlours, and […]
May 9, 2007
Dog-in-the-manger tactics from competitors who themselves are not all operational has again stalled the big opening of Rob Yong’s Dusk Til Dawn land poker club in Nottingham, UK. Originally scheduled to open in November 2006, delays have plagued Dusk Till Dawn which has been on the drawing board since April 2005. The luxury venue will […]
May 8, 2007
British viewers have a poker treat in store following an agreement between Gala Casinos and ITV4 which will result in all six festival events in the Great British Poker Tour being televised later this year. Television production firm Presentable, which claims to have started the worldwide boom in television poker back in 1999 with Late […]