January 17, 2017
Tuesday at the 2017 Aussie Millions Poker Championship in Melbourne, Australia saw the culmination of events 2, 3 and 4. Taiwan’s James Chen bested Australian Rainer Quel heads up to win the first championship ring of the series in which he defeated a field of 48 players in Event 2: $2,500 H.O.R.S.E. earning the top […]
January 17, 2017
Poker Central, POKER PROductions and the Aria Resort & Casino have released details on the 2017 Super High Roller Bowl taking place 28-31 May. The tournament, which is projecting a prize pool of $15 million with a buy-in of $300,000, features seven 7-handed tables and is capped at 50 seats. ARIA will reserve 15 seats […]
January 17, 2017
Local Aussie pro Robert Raymond scored a well-earned A$320,830 this week by taking down the first event in the latest iteration of the popular Aussie Millions annual live tournament series. The Melbourne-based player bested a field of 1,565 entries – 245 up on last year’s equivalent – to end up in the heads up with […]
January 16, 2017
Two online poker companies are at loggerheads in India over the use of the Spartan Poker – SpartanPoker brand name. Pokerguru, which owns the brand SpartanPoker.com, has threatened to sue the Indian Poker Championship over its use of the title Spartan Poker, and recently published a notification that it is not associated with the IPC […]
January 16, 2017
Virginia state Senator Louise Lucas is nothing if not tenacious…for the third year running she has introduced a bill to the state Senate seeking to legalise poker as a game predominantly one of skill, hoping to ride the crest of the daily fantasy sports legalisation achieved early last year (see previous report). Her bill SB1400 […]
January 15, 2017
The inaugural PokerStars Championship Bahamas saw two big winners crowned this weekend when Christian Harder won the main event for $429,664 and Luc Greenwood took home $779,268 after taking down the $25,750 High Roller event. Both events attracted some of the best international players in the business, creating competitive and exciting poker for the railbirds. […]
January 13, 2017
Australian online punters will see another quality online gambling operator leave their shores on January 16 when 888Poker executes its decision to withdraw from the market due to federal legislative amendments to the Interactive Gaming Act and the threat of stiff enforcement action with harsh penalties for unlicensed operators. Players have been informed that they […]
January 13, 2017
US poker pro Bryn Kenney (30) has started the new year on fire, scoring his second big win this week by taking down the $25,000 buy-in PokerStars Championship Bahamas High Roller for $392,876 after besting a field of 59. Earlier, he was victorious in the $50,000 buy-in High Roller at the same festival, defeating a […]
January 13, 2017
Despite legalisation laws and the availability of licenses for online poker in Croatia, international operators have shunned the country due to bureaucratic and technical shortcomings, but the first licence has been issued this year to local land gambling firm SuperSport. The company’s local presence and land licensing makes it eligible for an online licence, although […]
January 11, 2017
World Poker Tour (WPT) has acquired all the assets of WPTDeepStacks for an undisclosed consideration. WPT formed a partnership with The DeepStacks Poker Tour mid-2014, replacing the existing WPT Regional and DeepStacks Poker Tour brands in the United States and Europe. The growth of WPTDeepStacks since then has led to the WPTDeepStacks tour generating over […]