February 14, 2007
In the current hostile climate toward online gambling generated by the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, website operators need more than ever to operate with care and professionalism. Those two qualities were not much in evidence this week when a Canadian online poker information site succeeded in drawing attention to itself, probably with an eye […]
February 14, 2007
Ultimate Bet’s ambitious plans to televise its Ultimate Poker Challenge over weekends at the famous Binion’s Casino in downtown Las Vegas have been impacted by the paucity of advertising from online poker sites feeling the heat of the UIGEA. Poker News reports that posted notices at Binions and on the web advise that all future […]
February 13, 2007
The respected poker publication Poker News has proved extraordinarily professional and patient in trying to uncover a 2 million chip mystery which occurred during the final stages of the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas. At a very late stage of the competition, an additional 2 million chips mysteriously and perhaps […]
February 13, 2007
The usually ebullient poker pro TonyG was in an uncharacteristically negative mood this week when he notified players using his online poker site that he could no longer continue to accept US players. Notices on the site, emails to US players and posts on his blog reflected the pro’s reluctance to take the lock-out route, […]
February 13, 2007
Adding spice to this weekend’s Sunday Specials in online poker was the third series of Full Tilt’s Online Poker Series, and a fifty percent add-on by Party Poker to its already popular guarantee. The Poker Stars Guaranteed Sunday Million continued to lead the field with a starting lineup of 6 786 players, all in the […]
February 12, 2007
The ambitions of American poker players to have their game of choice classified as a “game of skill” to circumvent the current US assault on Internet gambling received a sobering shock this week when a top American gambling administrator told a journalist working for the Las Vegas Sun “…they don’t have a chance in hell.” […]
February 11, 2007
Sweden defied huge odds to pull off a spectacular triumph at the PartyPoker.com Poker Nations Cup in Cardiff. The winning team,captained by Bo Sehlstedt, included 2006 WSOP bracelet winners Anders Henriksson and Mats Rahm, as well as Johan Storakers, William Thorsson and online qualifier Hans Isoz. The team scooped $100 000 in a televised tournament […]
February 10, 2007
Las Vegas poker pro Bill Edler proved that expertise travels well when he took the World Heads Up Poker Champion title at the beautifully renovated Crystal Casino in Los Angeles this week, beating a series of top opponents drawn from a pool of 64 top players on the way. It took three days to decide […]
February 10, 2007
XBox360, Playstation 2, PSP and PC poker players don’t have too much longer to wait for Howard Lederer’s latest version of “World Championship Poker 2 : All In” According to producers Oxygen Games, this uprated iteration of the inaugural offering first launched in 2005 will be available on the shelves by the end of March […]
February 10, 2007
Five of the world’s top poker stars have agreed to play in the Asian Poker Classic, the largest poker tournament yet staged in India,scheduled for the spectacular coastal resort of Goa from March 1-5, 2007. The $1 million guaranteed jackpot combined with a minimum $250 000 overlay makes this tournament one of the most attractive […]