WSOP and 888 quick to the New Jersey mobile market

December 3, 2013

New Jersey poker players can play their favourite online poker from WSOP.com and 888Poker on mobile devices with the launch of iOS mobile poker clients, now available for download in the iTunes store. The app provides Sit and Go’s, tournament play and cash games and will soon be made available on the Android platform – […]

Pennsylvania poker player wins WSOP circuit event

November 1, 2013

Pennsylvanian poker player James Dorrance has claimed victory in the fifth stop of the current World Series of Poker Circuit tour, taking down the $1,675 buy-in main event at the Horseshoe Hammond after besting 1,716 other entrants to claim the first prize of $418,425. He also gets a seat at the National Championship next year […]

Sixth WSOP bracelet for Negreanu

November 1, 2013

The high profile online and live tournament poker pro Daniel Negreanu had plenty of cause for celebration this week; in a historic announcement he was declared WSOP Player of the Year for a second time, and he won his sixth World Series of Poker bracelet in taking down the Euro 25,000 buy-in World Series of […]

Geolocation glitch disrupts Nevada online poker sites

November 1, 2013

Routine mobile communications maintenance by AT&T illustrated this month how vulnerable geolocation facilities on internet gambling websites can be. Nevada’s first two legal online poker sites, Ultimate Poker.com and WSOP.com, suffered tournament and other interruptions on two days in October as a result of geolocation and communication outages occasioned by AT&T scheduled maintenance. The mobile […]

Schwartz claims his first WSOP bracelet

October 20, 2013

Poker pro Noah Schwartz claimed his first World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet over the weekend after several close-but-no-cigar attempts at the coveted jewellery. Playing in the Euro 3,250 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha Mix Max event at the World Series of Poker Europe currently taking place in France, he mastered a substantial chip disadvantage to best […]

Major charity poker event back on the WSOP schedule

October 20, 2013

The last outing of the $1 Million buy-in Big One for One Drop charity event at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas saw winning poker pro Antonio Esfandiari taking home $18,346,673, and according to founder Guy Laliberte, next year’s return of the event will see the winner claiming $20 million. Laliberte has announced […]