Online poker news

Ex WSOP tournament director hits the ground running with DG Holdings
06/12/2007 - The marketing rights for poker software owned by international investment group DG Holdings have been awarded to Doing Poker.net in a deal signed this week following the recent arrival at DG Holdings of ex-WSOP tournament director Bob Daily

Third Absolute Dream package goes to Copenhagen student
06/10/2007 - A 26 year old Copenhagen student using the handle "Gentlemen8" has become the third winner of Absolute Poker.com's Third Absolute Dream Package, claiming a coveted online poker prize package that's already dramatically changed the lives of two other online poker players in two different countries.

Durkee surprises with WSOP event 10 win
06/10/2007 - With a starting field of 1 531 entrants, event 10 - the $2 000 No Limit Hold 'Em competition - at the World Series of Poker currently running in Vegas was always going to be a tough contest, with highly experienced players like Internet poker expert Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo going full-on after the $566 916 main prize.

Trading up for WSOP
06/10/2007 - Kudos to Casino City reporter Aaron Todd, who made the mainstream press headlines in Boston this week with an entertaining story that helped him attract attention to what he considers an ineffective law, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. In pursuing a personal project to trade up from a 60 cent check to a $10 000 World Series of Poker Main Event seat, Todd was able to use his website Sixty Cent Main Event.com to criticise the UIGEA, saying: "It's like Prohibition was for alcohol. They should tax and regulate it, not prohibit it."

27 year old LA stock trader wins WSOP event 8
06/09/2007 - Another huge WSOP winner's check was cut this week, this time for 27 year old Los Angeles stock trader Michael Chu, who took home an impressive $585 744 and a WSOP bracelet after taking down an entry field of 844 competitors in Event 8 - the $1000 No Limit Hold 'Em (w/rebuys)

Boutin hits the big bucks
06/08/2007 - The biggest prizes to date were handed out in the World Series of Poker $5 000 Pot Limit Omaha Hold 'Em competition, and the aces were out in force to claim them. 145 entrants started in the contest with ambitions to pocket the main $825 956 prize before 2 days of hectic poker decided the final table. The large purses up for grabs attracted a good turnout of railbirds.

Super Styczynski sweeps up WSOP 6 winner´s prize
06/08/2007 - World Series of Poker event number 6 - the $1,500 Limit Hold 'Em - saw a starting field of 910 poker enthusiasts, all with their eyes on the main prize of $280 715 this week.

Star studded WSOP 5 ends
06/07/2007 - Event number 5 in the World Series of Poker - the $2 500 Pot Limit Omaha & 7 Card Stud Hi / Lo competition - proved to be one of the most star-studded this week, with many big names like Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow, Scotty Nguyen, Huck Seed, Jeff Lisandro, Bill Gazes, Paul Darden, Greg 'Fossilman' Raymer, Andy Black, Jennifer Harman, Robert Mizrachi, Cyndy Violette, Chris Ferguson, Chau Giang Mel Judah and Annie Duke going after the $214 347 main prize.

New UK poker TV show
06/07/2007 - Brit poker fans will have another poker-focused television show soon following the announcement by Sky Poker that it will shortly screen a new program titled Poker Week.

Bluff Magazine now available at UK newstands
06/07/2007 - Since June 1st, the new UK edition of popular US poker magazine Bluff has been selling like hotcakes from UK newstands, pushing circulation beyond 34 000 throughout Europe. In July, that number will increase by a further 15 000 as a German language version of the magazine launches.

Wexler´s poker bill detailed
06/07/2007 - A much anticipated bill designed to exempt poker and other games of skill from the provisions of the anti-online gambling Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act will be introduced this week by Florida Congressman Robert A. Wexler.

Spegel wins WSOP event 4
06/06/2007 - Generating plenty of action this week at the World Series of Poker was the three day event number 4 - the $1,500 Pot Limit Hold 'Em which attracted 780 entrants, many of them highly experienced and professional poker players.

Poker persecution in Winnipeg
06/06/2007 - Canadian media reports this week told of three Winnipeg clubs busted for illegally profiting from Texas Hold'em poker games by taking a rake, or cut of the money.

O´Leary wins WSOP event 3
06/05/2007 - Ciarin O'Leary blended the luck of the Irish with the skill of a patient and skilled player to prevail in event 3 at the World Series of Poker at the Rio in Las Vegas - the $1 500 No Limit Hold 'Em.

Rap dealer wins WSOP poker title
06/05/2007 - Eric Narciso, a 24 year old Vegas dealer at Orleans Casino is the latest champion in a World Series of Poker Casino Employees competition that attracted 1 038 entries.

Vegas spectatculars do little to dent regular sunday online poker tourneys
06/05/2007 - The popularity of the big regular Sunday online poker tournaments was undiminished by the high profile poker activity at the World Series of Poker in Vegas this weekend, with good turnouts reported by the main online poker sites.

WPT delivering plenty of action
06/04/2007 - Competing for attention with the World Series of Poker events taking place at the Rio this weekend was Saturday evening's final table in the World Poker Tour Mandalay Bay Poker Championship, which saw Shawn Buchanan whup Jared Hamby in a tight heads up that delivered a $768 775 blockbuster of a winner's check to Buchanon and a $459 080 second place prize to his worthy opponent.

WSOP - Record entry and a seriously big winner's check for someone
06/04/2007 - World Series of Poker action continued to dominate the weekend, with many poker pros signing up for different events, in many cases going from an elimination in one event such as the $5 000 Mixed Hold 'Em to the $1 500 buy-in No Limit Hold 'Em, which attracted a record field of 2 998 players - many of them top-ranking pros or experienced online tournament players. Last year's entry for the event boasted a starting field 222 smaller.

New WSOP record for "youngest bracelet winner"
06/04/2007 - The World Series of Poker seems to be a magnet for record breakers, and this year's spectacular, which kicked off at the Rio in Las Vegas on 1 June, is proving no exception.

AOL sending 12 players to WSOP
06/03/2007 - The world's biggest ISP will be funding the $10 000 buy-ins of 12 competitors in the World Series of Poker main event on July 6 this year, positioning them for a run at the likely $15 million winner's prize.

The top ten rankers in WSOP
06/03/2007 - Who are the ten top players in WSOP rankings? To give an indication to readers, we have studied a range of criteria and where leading international players fit in each.

WSOP fever
06/03/2007 - Poker fever will rule for the 47 days of World Series of Poker that started at the beginning of this (June) month and will culminate next in the Main Event, where a buy-in of $10 000 gives entrants a chance to compete against thousands, including the world's best, to win huge amounts of hard cash from the richest prize-pool in sport.

Savage to oversee Aruba Poker Classic
06/02/2007 - Nobody says "shuffle up and deal" quite like top tournament director Matt Savage. And this fall, those words will be echoed from under a palm tree following online poker network UltimateBet's announcement that the famous tournament director is on board to oversee its signature 2007 Aruba Poker Classic tournament.

This online poker bot can bluff !
06/01/2007 - Poker playing computer programs, commonly called bots, are about to sport a potent new Artificial Intelligence capability that may cause frissons of alarm in the online poker industry. Hitherto such programs have enjoyed some success in a statistical calculation and conventional playing sense, but a major drawback has been an inability to combine a key art of the game - bluffing - with statistical fact.

Summary judgement denied in WPT - Poker pro litigation
06/01/2007 - Last year's anti-trust legal action by seven poker professionals against the World Poker Tour was in a Vegas district court again this week for a ruling on a request by the players for a summary judgement in their favour.

Triumph for Tran in Chan Poker Classic
06/01/2007 - The inaugural Annual Johnny Chan Poker Classic at the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond, B.C. ended this week with a truimph for poker pro Henry Tran and a winner's prize of $325 000.

New look for Titan Poker
05/31/2007 - Titan Poker.com has undergone a total revamp and re-design, giving the website a slick new look and feel with new, warmer and more impactful colours in a move away from the former standard soft blues to a more edgy black and red. Adding educational content to the site, a new facility titled "Titan Poker Academy" has been introduced as part of the remodelling.

Sexy VC Poker ad criticised
05/31/2007 - The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled in favour of a complaint that a VC Poker.com advertising campaign was irresponsible in associating sex and gambling, and has ordered a halt to the public presentation of the material.

Players advisory council appointed for WSOP
05/30/2007 - World Series of Poker top management will be receiving top quality and extensively experienced player advice from eight poker professionals who have agreed to join a new International Players Advisory Council. The purpose of the Council will be to consult with World Series of Poker management on ways to enhance the player experience for registrants who come from outside North America.

Online poker - home of the high rollers
05/29/2007 - The big winning weekend online poker tournaments may make the headlines, but every day of the week similar and larger amounts of money change hands, largely unreported, in individual contests taking place across the major poker networks as players around the planet battle through final tables to often spectacular heads up confrontations.

Cyberarts chosen to power new online poker site
05/26/2007 - The play-for-fun online poker site owned by Canadian sports television network The Score re-launched its revamped and re-powered website this week. The site is supported by advertising, and the games now come from software poker gaming experts Cyberarts.

PPA tops 500k member mark
05/25/2007 - The Poker Players' Alliance, a US pressure group advocating the legalisation of online poker, celebrated an important milestone this week when membership topped the 500 000 mark.

First South African poker championship won by US online player
05/25/2007 - The inaugural South African Poker Open, held at the luxurious Montecasino complex in Johannesburg, came to a successful end this week after an impressive display of skill by All Africa poker champs, veteran players and international online qualifiers.

A right royal launch for Iron Duke online poker
05/25/2007 - The growing Merge Poker Network, which formed in February this year from predecessor Poker.com, welcomed a new online poker site branded Iron Duke Poker.com to the action this week.

New Yorker wins Bayou Poker Challenge
05/25/2007 - There were more than a few side bets on poker ace and television personality Phil Gordon to win this week's Bayou Poker Challenge, a World Series of Poker Circuit competition in New Orleans, but it was not to be. Eliminated by Clint Schafer, Gordon came in fourth as New Yorker Lou Esposito took the championship and the $516 801 top prize.

Nothing little about Jonathan's big win
05/25/2007 - The six figure payout numbers ran right the way down to position six on the final table of this week's World Poker Tour Mirage Poker Showdown, but it was the winner's cheque - for a blockbuster $1 066 295 - that the tough aces fighting it out were all aiming for.

Swedish online poker monopoly could stay
05/24/2007 - The giant Swedish government gambling monopoly Svenske Spel, which has proved a formidable opponent in the Scandinavian online poker sector, could continue to pose a threat despite the possibility of European Union action to liberate the flow of goods and services in the member nation.

Big bets fly Betfair online poker
05/23/2007 - Major money that would not be out of place at the largest land poker tournaments was on the virtual table at Betfair Poker this week when two players with some of the biggest bankrolls in online poker decided to take each other on at $250/$500 no limit Hold'em.

Good performance at Giga
05/23/2007 - The Taiwan-based company that acquired Grand Virtual some time back has reported impressive quarter one results showing a growth in net income of 167 percent, and a solid performance from online poker site Everest Poker.com.

More big money in GUKPT event
05/23/2007 - The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) continued to attract attention with exciting poker and big money last weekend in Brighton, with an hour-long tense heads up between David Smith and Neil Carr for a bumper first prize of GBP 95 100 ($189 000).