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In a thrilling heads up battle, Spain’s Raul Mestre defeated the United Kingdom’s Victoria Coren to take down “The Table,” the International Federation of Poker’s first ever World Championship. After eleven hours of play on Saturday, the 135 invited players were whittled down to the nine player final table. Through outstanding performances, three women –… Read more »
Day Four play at the European Poker Tour stop at the Club Hotel Casino Loutraki, Greece, has come to a close with a host of German and Greek players in pursuit of a lone Brit. Coming into Day Four play, Greece’s Charalampos Kapernopoulos was at the head of the 38 players remaining in the event… Read more »
The long and winding road that has been the discussion of the sale of the embattled online poker site Full Tilt Poker to the French investment firm Groupe Bernard Tapie has apparently reached its endgame, pending agreement by U. S. authorities. Yesterday afternoon, CNN Money quickly reported that the sale had been finalized for Groupe… Read more »
The first ever stop by the European Poker Tour in the coastal city of Loutraki, Greece, is proving to be a popular one – at least for some players – as the second day of play wraps up at the Club Hotel Casino Loutraki. Day Two play began this afternoon (Greek time) with 232 players… Read more »
The European Poker Tour (EPT) is in the stretch run of its first-ever trip to Greece with a stop in the east coast resort city of Loutraki, formerly the ancient city of Thermae. The Main Event kicked off this week, with the second of two starting days concluding Wednesday. The €4,400 tournament saw 336 runners… Read more »
On Monday, poker pro Chris “Jesus” Ferguson filed four claims to seized Full Tilt Poker funds with the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York. In the filings, Ferguson, representing the various companies that comprise Full Tilt, claims that the companies have a “right, title, or interest” in the assets in… Read more »
After years of fighting the masses, the Cake Poker network has finally decided to allow its players to use hand tracking software while at the tables. The new policy went into place on November 9th and the major players in the poker analysis software category immediately jumped right in. Hand analysis software has been the… Read more »
The €8,500 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event of the Partouche Poker Tour concluded Saturday after a two-month break and just as he entered the final table with the chip lead, Nottingham, England’s Sam Trickett finished the tournament on top. For his win in the 579-player event at the Palm Beach Casino in Cannes, France, Trickett won… Read more »
Later this week, the International Federation of Poker will put on its inaugural event, the Nations’ Cup, which will take place in London, the United Kingdom, and feature top players from around the world battling in a unique format. Eleven of the twelve teams that will play in the Nations’ Cup beginning on November 17… Read more »
Late this week, two prominent members of the gaming community – one of the top gaming lawyers in the United States and the CEO of one of the major players in the worldwide casino industry – offered differing opinions on the future of legislation that would bring a regulated online poker industry to American players.… Read more »
After a fairly positive hearing at the end of October, a House of Representatives subcommittee will meet again next week to discuss online gambling and poker and any potential legislation. The House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade and its chairperson, Rep. Mary Bono-Mack of California, have scheduled more hearings on the issue of internet… Read more »
2004 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Greg Raymer was in a Virginia courtroom on Tuesday, testifying in what would eventually be a failed attempt to overturn laws in Portsmouth, VA, and across the state that make poker “halls” illegal. According to an article by Dave Forster in The Virginian-Pilot, the lawsuit concerned Charles… Read more »
It all came down to Tuesday night. Three men – Germany’s Pius Heinz, America’s Ben Lamb, and the Czech Republic’s Martin Staszko – returned to the Rio to determine who would be the next poker legend, who would be the 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion. It looked like Pius Heinz’s bracelet… Read more »
All the attention during the beginning of this week may be on the final table of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, but let’s not forget there are other major tournaments going on all over the world. One of them, the World Poker Tour (WPT) Amneville stop, concluded over the weekend. The €3200… Read more »
Sunday was the day the poker world had been waiting for almost four months. The 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event resumed after its break in July as the November Nine got together to battle it out for millions of dollars. Play began at 3:30pm ET and was scheduled to go until three… Read more »
After four long months of waiting, building the suspense to palpable levels, the 2011 World Series of Poker Championship Event “November Nine” will step to the felt this afternoon (for most of the world) to begin to determine the World Champion. Set to kick off this morning at 11:30AM (Pacific Standard Time) at the Penn… Read more »
The U. S. Department of Justice filed documents yesterday in response to arguments from two of the accused bankers in the “Black Friday” indictments, giving some insights into how the federal government will be prosecuting the case. The response, a 51 page document filed on Friday in response to the pre-trial motions to dismiss charges… Read more »
It was announced this week that two of the major casino operations in the United States will join forces with the largest online gaming operation – if and/or when the United States can clarify its murky online gaming laws. On Monday, MGM Resorts International and Boyd Gaming Corporation agreed to partner with the largest online… Read more »
It must be a good feeling to almost double your lifetime earnings in a week. That’s just what New York’s Daniel Santoro did, as he won the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Foxwoods World Poker Finals in what turned out to be a final table that was a tale of two halves. For the victory, Santoro… Read more »
Day 5 of the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Foxwoods World Poker Finals just goes to show that there are no givens in poker. One hand, one card, and everyone’s predictions can go flying out the window. Going into Monday’s abbreviated day of play, two players were clearly on the ropes, the prohibitive short stacks, but… Read more »
Day Five of the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Foxwoods World Poker Finals could turn out to be the shortest day in the history of the Tour. The televised six-handed final table is scheduled for Tuesday, but entering play Monday, there are just eight players remaining. The schedule will not change, though, so only two players… Read more »
As a nor’easter ravages the Atlantic states, the World Poker Tour’s Foxwoods World Poker Finals continues on its merry way in Mashantucket, CT, working down to the 27 players on Saturday who will earn cash in the tournament. The fun and games for Day Three began with 66 players remaining from the original 189 player… Read more »
At the World Poker Tour stop at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut, the $10,000 World Poker Finals have wrapped up their second day of play with Dan Colpoys leading defending WPT Player of the Year Andy Frankenberger with 66 players remaining in the tournament. The tournament set off on Thursday, drawing in a… Read more »
Although he had a fight when it went to heads up play, Russia’s Andrey Pateychuk dominated the final table at the European Poker Tour stop in San Remo, Italy, taking home the championship. At the start of play on Thursday afternoon (San Remo time), Australia’s Daniel Neilson was at the head of the leaderboard, but… Read more »
At this point, they can probably smell the multi-colored banknotes. After Day 4 of the European Poker Tour (EPT) San Remo Main Event, just 24 players remain out of the original 837 and the final table is just a day away. Continuing his dominance from the previous day, Christopher McClung remains the chip leader, sitting… Read more »
