It’s that time again at PokerStars. The time that thousands of players logon to try to win the lottery. It is time for another billionth hand promotion at the world’s largest online poker room. This time, PokerStars is celebrating its 70 billionth hand in its “Road to 100 Billion” celebration. The promotion is the same… 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 »
In a simple statement released on Thursday, the Kahnawake Gaming Commission announced what appears to be the dissolution of the CEREUS Network, and its sites Absolute Poker and UB.com, to settle ongoing litigation against the company. The statement, which was released by the KGC, discussed the ongoing ramifications of the Southern District of New York’s… 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 »
After tabulation of the voting by the eighteen living members of the Poker Hall of Fame and seventeen poker media representatives, World Series of Poker officials announced on Thursday that two venerable members of the poker community, poker champion Barry Greenstein and poker entrepreneur/player Linda Johnson, will be enshrined in the Poker Hall of Fame… 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 »
According to a report from Syracuse.com, poker professional Al Krux and his son, Adam, were arrested on Wednesday and charged with felony marijuana possession after a raid on their homes and vehicles by authorities. Acting on tips provided to them by neighbors reporting “suspicious activity,” DeWitt, NY, law enforcement officials, with the assistance of several… 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 »
Demonstrating that the tournament poker circuit never seems to take a rest, the World Poker Tour kicks back into action today in Connecticut for the first of two Day Ones at the Foxwoods World Poker Finals. A part of the WPT since its inception ten seasons ago, the Foxwoods tournament has consistently drawn the crème… Read more »
Since the announcement of the proposed deal between the shuttered online poker site Full Tilt Poker and the French investment company Groupe Bernard Tapie at the end of September, there has been a long silence regarding future actions. Two incidents over the past couple of days demonstrate that there is still a long road ahead… Read more »
On Tuesday, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing on online gambling entitled “Internet Gaming: Is There a Safe Bet?” The purpose of the hearing was to discuss the state of online gambling in the United States and the concerns (as well as solutions for those… 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 »
We poker players have been shouting to the heavens about our desire to see internet poker become officially recognized as a legal pastime in the United States and for the federal government to establish regulations so that players can be protected. And while many individual voices have been heard, it is nice to see louder,… Read more »
If Sunday was a marathon at the 2011 European Poker Tour (EPT) San Remo Main Event, then Monday was a nice, easy cool down. In an effort to clear the tournament of as many people as possible, tournament officials let the action run from 2:00pm to 2:00am on Sunday’s Day 2. The field was slashed… Read more »
According to an article by Howard Stutz in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley wrote a letter to Senator Patty Murray (D – Wash.) and Representative Jeb Hensarling (R – Texas), co-chairs of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, urging them to remove the legalization and regulation of online poker from consideration… Read more »
The European Poker Tour’s (EPT) San Remo Main Event is scheduled to run for six days (seven when you count both flights of Day 1), but that doesn’t mean that the tournament’s organizers wanted to spread the action too thin. Running overtime to make sure that enough players were eliminated so that there would be… Read more »
The two Day Ones have been completed at the Casino San Remo as the European Poker Tour’s latest stop in Italy continues action to determine a champion later this week. Between the two Day Ones, a field of 837 players was created, with the €5000 put up by each player creating a prize pool of… Read more »
Giving a glimmer of hope to the potential revival of significant online poker operations in the United States, a House of Representatives subcommittee is set to hold a hearing next week regarding the legalization and regulation of the online gambling industry, including poker, in the U. S. The hearing will take place in front of… Read more »
As the old axiom says, “There’s no rest for the wicked,” which could be said about the tournament poker world as its denizens flood the Italian city of San Remo for the next stop on the European Poker Tour. The EPT San Remo has traditionally been one of the most popular events on the EPT… Read more »
After an epic battle that went just over 200 hands, the United States’ Elio Fox defeated the United Kingdom’s Chris Moorman in heads up play to capture the championship of a record-breaking World Series of Poker Europe Championship Event. At the end of play on Wednesday, the final table was determined through the elimination of… Read more »
The drama for the former number two online poker site in the industry, Full Tilt Poker, continues to mount as yet another lawsuit against the site has been filed in the courts of California. A story in the Los Angeles Times this morning details out the latest legal case to befall the embattled online poker… Read more »
The first Caesars Cup did not go so well for Team Americas in 2009. Losing four matches to one was not exactly the way that year’s Team Americas captain, Daniel Negreanu, wanted to represent his side of the Atlantic. And while it might have been tough to wait two years for another shot, that layoff… Read more »
The 2011 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) completed its third day on Tuesday and with just 25 players remaining, the finish line is now in sight. Topping the leader board is London’s Max Silver, sitting behind a 1,780,000 chip stack. Hot on his heels is fellow Brit Chris Moorman, with 1,769,000. Silver’s live tournament… Read more »
Caesars Interactive Entertainment, owner of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), announced this weekend that it has tweaked the schedule for the upcoming November Nine slightly in order to improve its television coverage. The original schedule for the Main Event, which is still displayed on the WSOP’s official structure sheet, was for the final table… Read more »
Day 2 of a big live tournament is often the one where many players change their mindset from “let’s survive the day” to “let’s get to work.” Day 1 at the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event, as was the case for the traditional WSOP in Las Vegas, was split into multiple flights… Read more »
