January 24, 2017
The threat that amendments to the federal Australian Interactive Gaming Act aimed at stopping in-play action could spill over into an online poker ban has motivated Aussie players to form an action group in support of the game. Titled Australian Online Poker Alliance, the group membership has reportedly grown rapidly in just a month since […]
January 24, 2017
In the latest Aussie Millions event – the A$1,150 buy-in No-limit Hold’em Accumulator, local poker pro Bridges Roe prevailed against a field of 721 to claim the main prize of A$160,725, despite starting the final day at the bottom of the chip counts. It was his second win in the Millions this year – in […]
January 22, 2017
Taiwan poker pro James Chen has emerged victorious in the $25,000 buy-in Aussie Millions Challenge event after besting a field of 133 at the Crown in Melbourne. Included in the field, in which only 14 cashes were available, were big names like Dan Shak, defending champion Chance Cornuth, Stephen Chidwick, Antoine Saout, Nick Petrangelo, Manig […]
January 21, 2017
Dan Bilzerian, the high profile Instagram legend, jet setting playboy and allegedly deadly online poker player who claims he accrued a $50 million fortune playing the game, is currently receiving some not-so-flattering internet and mainstream press coverage following an assessment of his capability by poker pro and coach Doug Polk. Polk, who runs tutorial site […]
January 20, 2017
Optimism that online poker may again be on the cards in New York state rose this week following reports of discussions between Assembly gambling committee chairman Rep. Gary Pretlow and the neighbouring New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement e-gaming regulator, which apparently created a positive impression. InfoPowa readers may recall that legalisation looked imminent last […]
January 20, 2017
The poker competition pitting four poker professionals against the Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science program Libratus (see previous reports) is reportedly not going well for the humans, with the AI player $471,600 ahead of its human opponents at the ten-day half way mark of the 20-day contest. With 40,340 hands played (about a third […]
January 19, 2017
AGTech has announced that it has secured the 5-year rights to operate all competitive play of Chinese card game Guan Dan, and has formed a partnership with the organisers of a Chinese poker championship in China. The five-year rights to Guan Dan were awarded by the Chess and Poker Games Administrative Centre under the General […]
January 19, 2017
The Poker Players Alliance’s energetic executive director, John Pappas, flew into Washington state this week to give evidence before a Washington state Senate committee on the benefits of online gambling legalisation. Washington has some of the most draconian anti-online gambling laws in the United States,but is re-examining the possibilities through the Senate Committee on Commerce, […]
January 19, 2017
Event six of the Aussie Millions poker festival currently running in Melbourne, Australia attracted a star-studded field of 516, creating a prize pool of A$528,900, the lion’s share of which went to Belgian pro Thomas Boivin, who had already claimed a cash of A$6,000 in an earlier event. Heads up, Boivin faced local pro Joel […]
January 18, 2017
Partypoker’s new live tour will kick off in Russia on March 24, 2017 at Sochi Casino and Resort in association with Club Poker Management. Online Day 1’s will start on partypoker on March 12, 2017. This stop of the tour boasts a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000 with $200,000 guaranteed for the eventual champion. “Hosting […]