The first day of a unified field in the 2013 European Poker Tour (EPT) Deauville Main Event concluded Tuesday, with the starting Day 2 field of 419 players narrowed to 154 by the end of the night. Romania’s Andrei Stoenescu surged to the front, amassing a stack of 485,600 chips, more than 100,000 than Zimnan… Read more »
There are no internet poker sites up and running in Nevada yet, but already state legislators might change the law that allows for intrastate online poker. Class is back in session in Carson City and soon, according to an Associated Press report on BusinessWeek.com, elected officials might expand the borders of our favorite internet game.… Read more »
Monday was Day 1B of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Deauville Main Event and, as expected, the registration numbers topped those of Day 1A. 475 players turned out for the second starting flight, more than one and half times the number that paid the €5,000 + €300 entry on Sunday. Sweden’s David Ostrom emerged as… Read more »
PartyPoker has brought back the “World Domination” promotion, a month-long game in which players will “conquer” cities by earning PartyPoints. There will be 64 cities in all, divided into 16 different countries and four continents. The World Domination promo started Monday, but it runs through the end of the month, so there is plenty of… Read more »
If nothing else, you’ve got to give Hawaiian legislators points for effort. After seeing a similar bill fail last year, State Senators Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Gilbert Kahele, and Malama Solomon have introduced a new bill that would legalize gambling, including online poker. Hawaii is one of two states in the U.S. that has no… Read more »
The first European Poker Tour (EPT) Main Event of 2013 that is actually held in Europe-proper kicked off Sunday as the Casino Barriere at The Deauville International Centre played host to Day 1A of EPT Deauville. It was a solid turnout, as 307 players paid the €5,000 + €300 for their shot at glory. Leading… Read more »
Well, that didn’t take long. After battling for 15 hours, from Saturday afternoon to Sunday morning and seeing the officials suspend final table play until Sunday afternoon, the final three men quickly came to a champion of the Aussie Millions Main Event at the Crown Casino in Melbourne. Joseph Cabret held over a two million… Read more »
It seems that no one wants the fun to end at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia as the Aussie Millions Main Event was suspended this afternoon (early Sunday morning in the “Land Down Under”) after 15 hours of play was unable to find a victor. The seven person final table started play at 2:30PM… Read more »
On Friday afternoon, poker professional Andy Hwang handled a bit of adversity at the final table on the way to capturing the World Poker Tour’s Borgata Winter Poker Open championship at the Borgata (naturally) in Atlantic City, NJ. Hwang started the final table with a nearly two million chip lead over Jim Anderson as the… Read more »
In just a few hours, the final table for the 2013 Aussie Millions Main Event will begin, with a strong field in contention for the latest of what many consider one of the “major” championships in the poker world today. On Friday at the Crown Casino in Melbourne (late Thursday evening in North America), the… Read more »
Fantasy sports gaming is a worldwide billion dollar industry. Looking to potentially tap into that market, the Global Poker Index announced yesterday the development of their poker fantasy game which will make its debut with an upcoming international poker tournament. The ownership behind the GPI, Zokay Entertainment, unveiled their game, “Fantasy Poker Manager,” which is… Read more »
The WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open has reached its penultimate day in Atlantic City, playing down to its final table early Friday morning with Andy Hwang in the lead but a former WPT champion lurking among the final six players. Hwang held the lead as the 28 remaining players ventured back into the Borgata to… Read more »
