February 10, 2007
The Las Vegas poker sector was left wondering at the choice of identical timeframes this week when super gambling giants The Venetian and Wynns competitively announced new poker tournaments scheduled for later this (February) month. The Venetian’s ‘Deep Stack Extravaganza,’ and the ‘Wynn Classic’, whilst having different formats have both been scheduled to take place […]
February 10, 2007
The organisers of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour were flushed with success this week following a better than expected response to the tournament which showed just how popular this concept is. The demand on the inaugural Bolton leg of the competition has persuaded Grosvenor to extend all future events to four, instead of three days. […]
February 9, 2007
The British online gambling group Sportingbet.com has had to make some tough business decisions regarding its poker operations, culminating this week in the announcement that it will effectively be closing its Paradise Poker.com platform at a cost of some GBP55 million (US$107million). The company intends to transfer Paradise players to its existing Boss Media-managed Sportingbet […]
February 8, 2007
The Everest Poker commissioned Jupiter Research project to conduct a Pan-European survey identifying the demographic and behavioural characteristics of the poker playing community in Europe has produced some interesting results. Nearly 2 000 consumers in France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Spain and Italy completed the survey online which is the first poker-specific survey on European players […]
February 8, 2007
Poker enthusiasts will be looking forward to the third season of Full Tilt’s Online Poker Series (FTOPS) following the announcement this week that the series will commence on February 9. With $3.4 million in total guaranteed prize pools, spread over 10 events, and $1.5 million assured for the no-limit hold’em main event on February 18, […]
February 8, 2007
Famous US candy company Hershey and WSOP organiser Harrah’s Entertainment have just clinched a sponsorship deal for the 2007 World Series of Poker that will give US poker players an opportunity to win 2 ‘Sweet Seats’ to the Main Event. In return Hershey gets publicity and the title “Hershey the Official Chocolate of the 2007 […]
February 8, 2007
The past few weeks have seen several major poker site launches, underlining yet again the confidence in this sector by large and well backed companies. Probably the highest profile launch was that of Playboy Gaming, although the bash put on in London by Playtech’s Tila Tequila Poker was mighty impressive, we’re told. Playboy’s investment in […]
February 8, 2007
Associated Press reports that World Series of Poker main event winner Jamie Gold has agreed to settle a dispute over half of the tournament’s $12 million grand prize. In a joint, signed statement released Tuesday to the AP, Gold and Los Angeles-based TV producer Bruce Crispin Leyser agreed the matter should be resolved “without litigation.” […]
February 8, 2007
The leading poker magazine Bluff was among the first major publications to study the recently released Global Player Survey from online gambling standards body eCOGRA this month, focusing on findings in the study relating to women poker players. Bluff zeros in on the fact that more women are playing online poker than ever. “Nearly 30 […]
February 8, 2007
The independent, non-profit standards authority and player protection body requires that Poker seal holders such as PokerTime, are financially stable and have adequate reserves. The probity of the poker room’s management is scrutinised, together with player protection measures, payout times and financial facilities, games fairness, responsive support and general operational efficiency. An international framework is […]