January 12, 2006
There was one Canadian college student with no tuition fee worries this week – he won more than US$ 1.3-million after seven days of poker in paradise. Steve Paul-Ambrose (22) emerged in first place Tuesday from a pool of more than 720 players in the Third Annual Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure at the Atlantis Casino […]
January 12, 2006
Bluff Magazine publisher Eric Morris, who developed the idea of Readers Choice Awards for the online gaming industry during his tenure as the top man at Gambling Online Magazine has extended the concept to the poker sector. Starting this week, Bluff will begin taking online voting for the first ever Bluff Magazine’s Annual Readers Choice […]
January 11, 2006
Software provider and portal operator CYOP Systems International Inc. has signed up with Action Poker Gaming Inc. for an online poker system powered by Las Vegas From Home poker software with access to Action’s growing network Action Poker Gaming Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Las Vegas From Home.com Entertainment Inc. The software includes […]
January 11, 2006
The online poker room, PokerHeaven.com has started running exclusive qualifiers for the 2006 British Poker Open, to be filmed in London in March. Founded in 2005 and featuring players of calibre such as Greg Raymer, Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson, Howard Lederer and Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliot the 2006 event promises to be even more popular and last […]
January 11, 2006
UK Betting, the British sports content and betting group gave Cryptologic gambling software subsidiary Wagerlogic a ringing endorsement this week when it extended its poker software license through to end 2009. The British gambling group will continue to use WagerLogic’s Internet poker software exclusively, and its casino software until 2008, on the ukbetting.com and totalbet.com […]
January 10, 2006
Leisure and Gaming’s VIP Poker.com has come up with the mother of all tourneys – it is hosting a one of a kind online poker event where the winner will receive an entry into the 4 most significant poker tournaments in the world. The winner in this event will be sponsored for the World Poker […]
January 10, 2006
It’s taken a while for Riverbelle, one of the most successful and established online casinos in the business to enter the poker sector, but owners Belle Rock group changed all that this week with the launch of Riverbelle Online Poker.com. Leveraging the group’s casino reputation, the new and innovative online poker room delivers features-rich facilities […]
January 10, 2006
This week saw the entertaining finale of the Boyle Poker.com Irish Poker Championships in Dublin, with a surprise win by Kieran Walsh, a young poker player from Cork, who walked away with Euro 150,000. It was no mean feat, considering the quality line-up of professional poker players included The Hendon Mob, Andy Black and Roy […]
January 5, 2006
The Times carried an interesting article this week on the changing gender balance in online poker, reporting that in the past year the number of female players has risen dramatically. Without quoting a source, the story reveals that more than a third of the tens of millions of online players are now women. In common […]
January 5, 2006
Earlier this year, pessimistic views on the staying power of the online poker phenomenon were soundly discounted by impressive trading numbers from leading online poker sites. Just before the holiday season, some business writers opined that sales of poker accessories would decline in line with decreasing interest in the game – they were proved wrong […]