Online poker news

WSOP main event final table decided
07/16/2007 - 4am in the morning Vegas time, and after 16 hours of poker against highly skilled opponents, the surviving ten members of World Series of Poker Day 6 are feeling the strain, sipping energy drinks or coffee and trying to hang in to become one of the final 9 who will gather on Tuesday after a rest day to decide once and for all who the 2007 WSOP champ will be.

Shoot 'Em Poker debuts on Verizon Wireless
07/16/2007 - On-the-go poker fans have a new game for their cellphones following the debut this week of Best Direction Inc's Shoot 'Em Poker for cell phones, now available on Verizon Wireless.

WSOP day 5 - Down to 36 players
07/16/2007 - Some of the most entertaining players in this year's Day 5 of the World Series of Poker Main Event were among the 76 contenders who had exited the race by the end of Day 5. Of the original field of 112, only 36 go through to Day 6 and sadly some of the competition's most exciting players were eliminated.

Mikkelsen takes day 4 WSOP
07/15/2007 - Friday saw the 337 survivors from the World Series of Poker Days 1 A through D, Days 2 A and B and Day 3 in the big payouts range and eager to get started in the Amazon Room at the Rio in Las Vegas.

Dasnish court deems poker legal
07/15/2007 - The Copenhagen Post reports that a Danish municipal court has ruled that poker tournaments do not contravene Danish gaming laws.

Absolute´s Bad Beat bonus hits again
07/15/2007 - Absolute Poker.com's innovative Bad Beat Jackpot continues to attract action and bail out bad beat victims, with the latest payout being to an online player who lost a Texas Hold Em hand with quad Aces, hitting the highest Bad Beat Jackpot yet and winning over $160 000 in cash.

WSOP day 3 humdinger
07/13/2007 - With a starter field still a-glitter with top names from around the planet Day 3 of the World Series of Poker Main Event was always going to be an exciting experience for the 797 survivors from Day 2A and Day 2B, who combined under the same roof for Day 3 on Thursday afternoon at the Rio in Las Vegas. Six former WSOP champions were still in the starter field - Carlos Mortensen, Scotty Nguyen, Huck Seed, Robert Varkonyi, Chris Ferguson, and Berry Johnston.

Day 2B refines main list further
07/12/2007 - Day 2B action ended late last (Wednesday) night at the World Series of Poker Main Event in the Amazon Room of the Rio in Las Vegas with a starting field of 1 303 reduced to 459 by the end of play.

Internet participation could have added 4000 more players to WSOP main event
07/12/2007 - With the recent release of World Series of Poker main event statistics there has been wide speculation both in Las Vegas and the US media generally on the impact that excluding WSOP registrations flowing from Internet poker tournaments may have had.

More pros fall as WSOP day 2A ends
07/11/2007 - Main event action over the past twenty four hours has included the completion of Day 2A, which started with a field of 1 037 players who prevailed in Days 1A and B, and played late into Tuesday night before the target of 350 survivors was reached. These players will combine with the survivors of Day 2B for the next leg of the main event on Thursday of this week.

betED launches no download poker room games
07/11/2007 - The well established Costa Rican online sportsbook and casino operation betEd.com has launched a Flash technology based online poker offering using the ThrillX Systems software supplier.

Pokerstars releases WCOOP schedule
07/11/2007 - The largest of the online poker sites, Poker Stars.com has released its schedule for the upcoming World Championship of Online Poker which starts in September.

Spectacular start to day 1D at WSOP
07/10/2007 - Former Senator and chairman Alfonse D'Amato of the pressure group Poker Players' Alliance was in Las Vegas to make the traditional "Shuffle Up and Deal" call that started Day 1D - the fourth and last Day One heat in this year's World Series of Poker.

Hellmuth joins Brunson in supporting WSOP Europe
07/10/2007 - Hall of Poker Famer and 11 WSOP bracelet holder and champ Phil Hellmuth will be joining the legendary Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson when the World Series of Poker hits the UK this September

Day 1C ends at WSOP
07/10/2007 - It was another late night for many of the 1 743 players who entered the Day 1C heat at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, which closed with 650 players still in the game and headed for Day 2 B.

Redbet online poker deal for Ongame network
07/10/2007 - Ongame Network, an online poker subsidiary of the Vienna-listed Bwin Internet gambling group has signed the British gaming house Redbet Limited to its network.

Celebblackjack launched
07/10/2007 - The popular and well established online gambling company CelebPoker.com has launched a new Internet gambling game this week branded CelebBlackjack.com. The game is offered in single deck blackjack and six deck blackjack.

Mikkelsen tops day 1B at WSOP
07/09/2007 - Day1B of the World Series of Poker main event in Las Vegas wound to a weary finale in the wee small hours after almost 15 hours of hard fought poker as a starting field of 1 545 players tried to survive for the next round. In a star-studded field were five former world champs (see previous InfoPowa report) and, for the first time, a blind competitor.

Day 1 B WSOP
07/08/2007 - The main event action at the World Series of Poker continued to climb as Day 1B attracted a field of 1 545, with a possible 1 600 or more players planned for Day 1 C.

Ante up for Africa raises $500000
07/07/2007 - The praiseworthy initiative by Annie Duke and movie star Don Cheadle to raise funds for the Darfur refugees in the Sudanese crisis (see previous InfoPowa reports) received a boost of $500 000 following the special "Ante Up For Africa" tournament held at the World Series of Poker this week.

Is day one at WSOP an indicator of a reduced entry?
07/07/2007 - World Series of Poker organisers do not seem overly concerned that the player entries for Day 1A of the main event are down 40 percent this year at 1 300 hopefuls.

Schneider is US player of the year
07/07/2007 - Only 30 points made the difference when it came to winning the World Series of Poker Player of the Year this week. Tom Schneider took the title in a close run contest with Jeffrey Lisandro when neither player succeeded in the last event, number 54 the $5 000 No Limit Draw Lowball, which was won by Erik Seidel.

Million dollar guaranteed online poker tourney from Titan
07/06/2007 - Titan Poker.com, which already claims an investment of $6 million a month on promotions and tournaments, has announced a monster $1 million guaranteed promotion which it says is one of the largest online poker tournaments to be held this year.

Major upgrade at Ultimatebet
07/06/2007 - Ultimatebet has joined the growing ranks of online poker companies currently upgrading their websites, announcing the launch of its new design featuring an integrated blog and an intuitive interface.

WPT online poker sites is back
07/05/2007 - World Poker Tour's undertaking that it would launch a bigger and better online poker site (see previous InfoPowa reports) was realised this week when the company re-launched on Cryptologic's top quality poker software. The poker company initially tried developing a proprietary software for its online venture, but switched to Crypto in April 2007 as a precursor to the new site, which does not accept US players.

Mizrachi the Omaha king at WSOP
07/05/2007 - One of the top events in the World Series of Poker has to be the $10 000 Pot Limit Omaha, a competition that once again this year attracted top players

Another big money payday in WSOP event 49
07/04/2007 - With a starting field of 3 151 hopefuls - another new WSOP non-main event record - generating a prize pool of $4 301 115, the World Series of Poker event 49 - the $1 500 No Limit Hold 'Em competition - attracted major crowds and plenty of media attention this week.

Bad beat jackpot up at a quarter million
07/03/2007 - The recently introduced Absolute Poker.com Bad Beat Jackpot soared to $250 000 this week, making the poker action more attractive for players who fear this poker phenomenon. The Bad Beat Jackpot pays out to the table where a player loses a poker hand holding four eights (8888) or anything better, and a total of $78 000 has already been awarded from the original $100 000 offering.

WSOP plans for a large main event field
07/03/2007 - It appears that World Series of Poker organiser Harrah's Entertainment is planning for a large entry field at this year's main event starting Friday.

WSOP´s mobile poker launched
07/03/2007 - Poker players on the go who sign up for the World Series of Poker mobile poker game launched this week will be able to pit their skills against world renowned poker pros like Johnny Chan, Elizabeth Shannon, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Scotty Nguyen, Annie Duke and Michael Mizrachi in virtual heads-up play.

Betfair chosen as WSOP Europe sponsor
07/02/2007 - Betfair.com has been selected as the "Presenting Sponsor" of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe through 2011 and has signed a letter of intent on the project with WSOP owners Harrah's Entertainment.

Party Poker invests $12 millions in july tournaments
07/02/2007 - Party Poker.com seems determined to reestablish its title as the biggest online poker outfit on the planet with the news that it has once again upped the ante by guaranteeing to give away a record total of $12 million in prize pools this July.

Edler wins WSOP event 45
07/02/2007 - The biggest paychecks following the H.O.R.S.E. millions at the World Series of Poker this weekend was found in event 45, the popular $5 000 Six-Handed No Limit Hold 'Em which attracted a starting field of 728 players, shrinking to 77 at the end of the first day after some intense and fast-moving action.

Big money in Borgata poker tourney
07/02/2007 - Perhaps somewhat overshadowed by the frenetic action and big money going across the World Series of Poker tables at Harrah's Rio last week, the Borgata Poker Summer Open Championship nevertheless was a poker tournament of note.

Asia Pacific Poker Tour backed by Pokerstars
07/01/2007 - The world's largest online poker site, Isle of Man-based PokerStars.com has announced that it is to sponsor the Asia Pacific Poker Tour commencing with a $2 500 buy-in tournament in Manila, Philippines on August 24 - 26.

WSOP gearing up for Europe
07/01/2007 - World Series of Poker commissioner Jeffrey Pollack shared information on the planned WSOP Europe venture with the USA Today newspaper this weekend, detailing plans for the September 6 to 16 inaugural event in the UK.

Full Tilt online fantasy poker
07/01/2007 - Football fans, baseball fans and basketball fans all enjoy taking their interest in sports to a new level by competing in fantasy sports leagues. Fantasy players draft their dream team of professionals to represent them when they play against other fantasy owners. The better the 'professionals' play, the more points the fantasy team owner amasses.

Freddy Deeb wins WSOP H.O.R.S.E.
06/30/2007 - After a five day competition against some of the top players in world poker, Freddy Deeb is the 2007 World Series of Poker H.O.R.S.E. champion, winning out over 148 of the best poker players around, claiming the coveted Event 39 H.O.R.S.E. victor's bracelet....and giving his bank balance a boost with the main prize of $2 276 832.

Podcasts from PKR Poker
06/29/2007 - The increasingly popular digital technology of podcasting is to be deployed by online poker room PKR.com in an in-house development branded PKRcast.

H.O.R.S.E. enters the final stretch
06/28/2007 - Day 4 of event 39 at the World Series of Poker - the $50 000 buy-in World Championship H.O.R.S.E. competition - is reaching a climax, with the final table now set for the last great confrontation among the 8 players who have survived despite being challenged by some of the toughest and most skilled poker players on the planet.