July 24, 2006
Jeff Madsen, a 21 year old film production student is fast becoming one of the legends of the World Series of Poker, with wins totalling $1.4 million and the record of the youngest player ever to win not just one WSOP bracelet, but two! Having carried off a bracelet and $660 948 earlier in the […]
July 24, 2006
With the World Series of Poker about to peak (the main event is centred on July 28) the next big poker championship, the 2006 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is shaping up, and this week Pokerstars announced the full schedule. Poker Stars is underwriting three prize pools at a minimum of $1 million, and […]
July 24, 2006
Drama and loud protest attended the $2000 No Limit Hold’em event at the World Series of Poker this week when European poker pro Harry Demetriou was escorted, and not quietly, from both the table and the venue of the event following a dispute over the rules. The player was escorted out after witnesses saw him […]
July 24, 2006
The massive Pokerstars online poker site showcased its influence and sheer financial clout this week by setting a new seat sponsorship record for the industry – 225 World Series of Poker seat sponsorships at $12 000 a pop given away in a single night of poker action. Each of the 255 winners gets a $12,000 […]
July 24, 2006
Online poker players at Doyles Room.com could find themselves at the same virtual table as one of the most popular poker pros in the game following this week’s announcement that six times World Series of Poker bracelet winner Men “The Master” Nguyen has signed on to endorse poker legend Doyle Brunson’s site. A four time […]
July 23, 2006
A Florida player looking forward to a little online poker action this week got a real charge out of the game when a nearby lightning strike sent a volt jolt through his machine. Eddie Wilkerson was in the process of registering for an online poker tournament from his home PC, unaware that a major storm […]
July 22, 2006
Players report that the popular online site owned by Danish poker champion Gus Hansen and licensed in Malta, Poker Champs.com, is closing it’s doors to U.S. players – possibly as a result of the Betonsports issue. Poker Champs U.S. players have apparently been receiving emails from the poker room advising them as follows: “As part […]
July 21, 2006
Online poker room Absolute Poker has launched AP Lady.com, a new online poker site designed specifically for the growing number of women players. “Poker is popular with women because it can be very social and it’s also a thinking game,” said Lacey Jones, one of Absolute Poker‘s professionals and participant in this year’s World Series […]
July 20, 2006
Journalist Jeff Haney writes in the Las Vegas Sun this week that he had a ringside seat at a collusion attempt during the WSOP and witnessed the cool and professional way inwhich it was handled. Haney was a player at the table where the incident took place during a 10-player no-limit Texas hold ’em “satellite” […]
July 20, 2006
A year old row over World Poker Tour release forms between pro players and Steve Lipscombe’s company surfaced in a Los Angeles federal district court this week when some of the top player names in the industry filed a lawsuit alleging that WPT unlawfully conspired to eliminate competition, and violated the intellectual property rights of […]