Online poker news

Steve Jelinek wins event 41 for 5th British bracelet (Update)
06/26/2010 - British players continue to do well in World Series of Poker, with Steve Jelinek claiming a fifth gold bracelet for the Brits in event 41 of the 41st WSOP.

Scott Montgomery wins first bracelet at WSOP
06/24/2010 - Perth, Ontario pro Scott Montgomery (28) emerged victorious Wednesday night in World Series of Poker event 36, a $1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em competition contested by an initial field of 3,102.

Ivey earns bracelet no. 8
06/23/2010 - The big story from the 41st World Series of Poker as the tournament moves into its 27th day is that international star Phil Ivey, who did not seem to be creating fireworks in the many events he has entered, has fired up to win his eighth WSOP gold bracelet.

Setting the scene
06/23/2010 - Cereus online poker network members have been given additional table ‘skin’ choices following the completion of a public competition adjudicated by the network.

Weekend update on WSOP
06/20/2010 - Four more World Series of Poker events have been decided in Las Vegas over the weekend.

WSOP entries up thus far
06/19/2010 - The latest World Series of Poker statistics as poker’s biggest tournament sails past the halfway mark suggest that so far the revised schedule has been a positive move in regard to entries, if not in prize pools.

Keikoan and Proulx take latest WSOP bracelets
06/19/2010 - French Canadian Miguel Proulx and Northern California pro Matt Keikoan are the latest proud bracelet holders as the 2010 World Series of Poker rolls on, delivering a stream of big money and star-power fuelled excitement at the Rio in Las Vegas.

Still no WSOP bracelet for Dwan
06/18/2010 - As the 41st World Series of Poker thunders into its third week, the more recognisable top pro names remain largely absent from the winner lists, although not for want of trying, with a slew of top players in the business appearing on a diverse range of event entries.

Matt´s the man for WPT
06/18/2010 - The World Poker Tour, which was acquired last year by Party Gaming for $12.3 million has appointed top tournament director, Matt Savage, as executive tour director.

Live poker tour from OnGame
06/17/2010 - Bwin’s major online poker subsidiary Ongame Network has unveiled GSOP Live, a new live poker tour created in collaboration with network partners Betsafe, Betsson and RedKings.

Day 20 WSOP
06/17/2010 - Events 24, 26 and 27 are in the record books as three more bracelets were won at the 41st World Series of Poker in Las Vegas over the past 24 hours.

New site for Entraction online poker network
06/17/2010 - A new Spanish online poker site, Jugermola.com, has chosen Swedish-based online poker network Entraction to launch its product in August 2010.

Brit player narrowly misses another WSOP bracelet
06/16/2010 - Day 19 saw another action-packed session at the 41st World Series of Poker as new bracelets were won and fresh events kicked off, with UK player James Dempsey narrowly missing his second bracelet and serial side better Tom Dwan still hunting for his first.

Poker heist robbers in court
06/16/2010 - Four youths from Berlin’s Turkish and Arab neighbourhoods pleaded guilty to robbery and assault charges in a German juvenile court on Monday.

Major aces fall in major WSOP events
06/16/2010 - In the latest events completed in the 41st World Series of Poker in Las Vegas a slew of aces fell in the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better World Championship, whilst Phil Hellmuth and Tom Dwan are still chasing elusive bracelets; Hellmuth to enter the record books with a 12th piece of jewellery, and Dwan to win some impressive side bets by taking home his first.

WSOP Ladies Championchip concluded
06/15/2010 - After holding the chip lead for much of the Ladies Championship event at the World Series of Poker, many thought that La Sengphet would emerge as the winner, but as so often happens in the peaks and valleys of the game she was able only to muster a seventh placing as Vanessa Hellebuyk swept to victory in an event that sparked another gender uproar.

WSOP roundup
06/13/2010 - David "Bakes" Baker (23) has taken the honours in event 19 at the World Series of Poker - the $10,000 buy-in 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship – after a tough three days against some of the best players in the business.

Californian Indian band gearing up for online poker?
06/13/2010 - The Cabazon Band of Mission Indians may be preparing the way for a sortie into the online poker sector, worth billions in revenues from keen Californian poker players, reports The Desert Sun newspaper

More tit for tat in Harrah´s vs. Everest Poker litigation
06/13/2010 - The increasingly bitter litigation between Harrah’s Entertainment and Everest Poker, an online poker provider, went up another gear this week on the news that Everest has launched further legal action for an alleged infringement of its trademark.

Buchman, DeWitt take WSOP gold
06/13/2010 - Eric Buchman and Jason DeWitt are the latest players to claim WSOP gold bracelets as the world’s biggest poker tournament ends its 15th day.

World Series of Poker latest
06/11/2010 - The big names in international poker were out in force for three of the events currently nearing completion at the Rio in Las Vegas.

Army vet wins major WSOP event
06/10/2010 - US Army veteran Frank Kassela is the new Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo champion at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, winning the coveted bracelet and $447 446 against a tough field in event 15.

Italian online poker makes a grand entrance
06/10/2010 - The independent online poker statistics monitor Pokerscout has commenced following Italian site performances as the market in that country continues to burgeon.

Playtech and Danske Spil in online poker dispute
06/10/2010 - The agreement between Denmark’s state gambling company Danske Spil and online gambling giant PartyGaming signed in January this (2010) year (see previous InfoPowa reports) may have been temporarily derailed by a ruling from the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement following a complaint by rival industry company Playtech.

No WSOP for this player
06/09/2010 - A New York professional poker player and fan of the game suffered what appeared to be a heart attack and died on his way to the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas this week, reports the New York Post.

More final tables reached at WSOP
06/09/2010 - It's all happening at the 41st World Series of Poker with a number of key events running concurrently and keeping the railbirds running from venue to venue Tuesday night.

Russians and Italians dominating WSOP 10k tourney
06/08/2010 - Two Day 2 events were going full-on as InfoPowa went press, with plenty of action and heavy late night (Las Vegas time) attrition rates.

Laak lasts longer
06/08/2010 - Poker pro Phil 'Unabomber' Laak (37) has successfully completed his attempt on the world record for continuous poker play, convincingly breaking all previous records with a hard-to-beat 115 hour benchmark.

Disappointing for Durrr
06/08/2010 - Internet high stakes player Tom ‘durrr’ Dwan has missed out on his latest attempt to win a World Series of Poker 2010 victor’s bracelet, finishing the $1 500 buy-in NLHE competition as runner up to New Zealand software designer turned poker hero Simon Watt.

Unabomber enteres the Guinness book of records
06/06/2010 - Phil ‘Unabomber’ Laak (37) has achieved his target of 80 hours and then some to convincingly overturn the world poker playing endurance record of 78 hours, 45 minutes set last September in London by Paul Zimbler.

LeFrancois triumphs in $1 500 NLHE event
06/06/2010 - The action continued Saturday at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas as the hotly contested $1 500 No Limit Hold’Em event came to a close with Canada’s Pascal LeFrancois holding off a heads up challenge from Max Steinberg to win the event and the $568 974 main prize.

Hellmuth fails in 12th bracelet bid
06/05/2010 - There will be other opportunities over the next three weeks of World Series of Poker events, but for now poker maven Phil Hellmuth will be disappointed with his 15th placing in the $1 500 NLHE competition, which denied him his 12th bracelet and another all-time record.

Poker federation critical of Swiss "chance" ruling
06/05/2010 - Last week’s Swiss Supreme Court finding that poker is a game predominantly of chance (see previous InfoPowa report) has triggered critical comment from the International Federation of Poker, which is a member of the 150 nation SportsAccord movement.

Hungarian pro wins WSOP event 7
06/05/2010 - Hungarian poker pro Peter Gelencser has collected his first World Series of Poker bracelet, and a prize of $180 730 on winning event 7 – the $2 500 buy-in Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) competition.

Half a million New Jersey residents play poker on the internet
06/05/2010 - The news that the state of New Jersey’s Senate Wagering and Tourism Committee had approved the further progress of a bill seeking to allow Atlantic City operators to move into intrastate online gambling continues to reverberate around the industry.

Malta throws a spanner in the French poker works
06/05/2010 - Connexionfrance.com reports that the new French law regulating online poker has hit a last-minute delay following a complaint from Malta.

Unabomber endurance test continues
06/05/2010 - Poker pro Phil (Unabomber) Laak’s attempt on the world record for continuous poker playing was still in full swing with 37 hours gone and 43 still to outlast as InfoPowa went to press Friday.

Bansi wins second WSOP bracelet
06/05/2010 - Pras Bansi, a 32-year-old pro with the UK team Hit Squad picked up his second World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet this week when he was victorious in the $1 500 buy-in NLHE, taking home the first prize of $515 501 after besting a field of 2 092 players.

Real Deal Poker operator achieves Isle Of Man licensing
06/04/2010 - Gioia International, a company that has pioneered a poker game based upon the deal of a real deck of shuffled cards by the fully automated “Cut N’ Shuffle” system, has been granted a gaming licence allowing it to operate on the Isle of Man.

Online poker and skill gaming good news for Italian giant
06/03/2010 - Online poker and skill gaming operations have proved to be a winner for the giant Italian online gambling company Microgame, accounting for 60 percent of the firm’s Euro 1 billion turnover in 2009.