March 9, 2007
Per Widerstrom, the CEO of the Expekt.com Limited sportsbook, casino, bingo and poker group is a man with a mission – he intends to directly challenge the Scandinavian dominance of the Swedish government’s Svenska Spel poker operation. Widerstrom says the market will witness the start of this in the near future, when his company launches […]
March 9, 2007
Germany’s “green city” Dortmund is the venue for the next European Poker Tour event which starts in the city today (Friday) The organisers report that the Euro 5 000 buy-in tournament has been fully sold out for the past two weeks, generating a prizepool of Euro 2.35 million which ensures that the top player in […]
March 8, 2007
There’s big bucks from the Barona land casino, and the iconic presence of country and western singer Kenny Rogers behind a new online poker site powered by Poker Creations and due for launch next (April) month. The Rogers presence is strong on the trial site for The Gambler Poker Club currently up on the Internet, […]
March 7, 2007
This weekend’s PokerStars Sunday Million was plagued by technical glitches that delayed the start-time, but the company made good on the wait by contributing an additional $100 000 to the prizepool, which pulled in 6 672 entrants hunting down a total of $1 434 400 with the added money. Both the run-up and the final […]
March 7, 2007
In a hand that lasted only 29 seconds, online player Rosiepod took down one of the largest ever pots on Betfair Poker. Having made a King High Flush after the flop, Rosiepod called several aggressive bluffs from her opponent Sincero which ended with each player contributing over $100 000 to the pot in a recent […]
March 7, 2007
London-based Gutshot Poker has become the latest online poker venue to join the burgeoning Microgaming Poker Network, which now boasts over 40 quality poker rooms and steadily increasing player liquidity and tournament activity. Founded in 2001 by UK poker players, for poker players, Gutshot’s daily updated magazine format is widely known as being among the […]
March 2, 2007
Day 5 of the WPT LA Poker Classic has seen the emergence of the ultimate six survivors from a starting field of 791 at the Commerce Casino near Los Angeles, and the scene is set for an epic final table struggle for the $2.4 million main prize. JC Tran ( chipcount $3.47M), Paul Wasicka ($3.39M), […]
March 2, 2007
After a week of speculation it turns out that the new home for online poker sites Straightflush.com and BetUS.com is the Cake Network…and US pokerheads will be pleased to find out that this operation welcomes American players. Players can get up to 33 percent rakeback on the Cake/Sportsbook.com Network, which will undoubtedly experience in boost […]
February 28, 2007
The final table awaits only six of the 18 survivors still remaining in the WPT LA Poker Classic currently nearing its climax at the Commerce Casino near Los Angeles. As Day 4 drew to a close J.C. Tran was the man, with a significant three-to-one chip lead over his nearest rivals Jacob Fernandez and Jason […]
February 28, 2007
Online gambling websites Heypoker.com, Finansbet.com and 360Bet.com are being switched from B2B Poker to another network by Swedish parent group 360 Holdings, according to a company announcement this week. Citing player liquidity, profitability and a need for mobile facilities as reasons for the switch, 360 said that it will now join the Austrian public company […]