Stunning the audience in attendance at the Casino di Venezi Ca Vendramin Calergi, Rocco Palumbo fought back from the bottom of the standings to win the World Poker Tour’s Venice Grand Prix Saturday night. Although there were plenty of home country favorites for the Italians to cheer for (chip leader Marcello Montagner, Erion Islamay and… Read more »
The final table is set for the World Poker Tour’s Venice Grand Prix, with several surprises that unfolded as the Day Four play determined those six players. At the start of play on Friday, Erion Islamay was at the top of an eighteen player field that saw a host of top pros looking to take… Read more »
The International Federation of Poker will be hitting the felt again next month with the European Nations Cup event. Scheduled for April 12-15 at the Annabelle Hotel in Paphos, Cyprus, the tournament will feature players from across the European continent vying for the honor of being the inaugural European Nations Cup champion. In playing the… Read more »
It was a slow day of action for Day 3 of the World Poker Tour’s stop at the Casino di Venezia Ca Vendramin Calergi in Venice, Italy, yesterday. How slow was it? After rocketing through two thirds of the survivors on Day Two, only half of the 36 remaining players were eliminated over the span… Read more »
The World Poker Tour has taken to Europe for the next couple of weeks with its first stop in Venice, Italy, taking center stage this week. The rather cozy field of 173 entrants has worked its way through Day Two on Wednesday with France’s Ludovic Lacay moving into the lead as play gets ready to… Read more »
It appears that this is the time to release the schedules for online poker tournament series. Already this week, PokerStars revealed a draft of its Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) schedule and now PartyPoker has announced the schedule for this spring’s Pokerfest III. A relative newcomer to the online tournament series scene, Pokerfest, has… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker announced Wednesday that it is bringing back its Black Card Program, the popular elite loyalty status level that disappeared when Full Tilt went offline after Black Friday. Those players who earn Black Card membership will be able to instantly convert their Full Tilt Points to cash at their full value, which could… Read more »
In 2006, Washington State ruffled feathers in the poker world by criminalizing online poker, making those who play the game on the internet Class C felons, the same as third degree child rapists. Someone playing a little game of Hold’em could face up to five years in prison. It is a terrible law, one which… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) Venice Grand Prix continued Tuesday as another set of players took their shot at glory in the second of two starting flights. As is usually the case, the field on Day 1B was larger than that of Day 1A, as 108 registered for play, compared to just 65 runners on… Read more »
Spring is here (in the northern hemisphere, anyway) and with it comes PokerStars’ Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP). On Monday, the world’s largest online poker room released the first draft of the 2013 SCOOP schedule, revealing an expanded slate of 42 events. It will all begin (pending changes, of course) on Sunday, May 12th… Read more »
The Bodog Poker Network announced this week that it is launching qualifiers for its Anonymous Poker Series (APS) Live Invitational Finale, which will be held in Manila, Philippines in January 2014. The Anonymous Poker Series was created in December as a sort of hybrid live/online tournament series to highlight the network’s unique software that features… Read more »
The World Poker Tour got back to it yesterday as the first of two starting flights of the WPT Venice Grand Prix kicked off at Casino di Venezia Ca Vendramin Calergi in Venice, Italy. As expected, it was a small field, with just 65 players paying the €3,300 to play in the single re-entry event.… Read more »
The Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) granted interactive gaming licenses to 888 U.S. Limited and Treasure Island LLC last week, bringing the launch of the first legal intrastate online poker site in the United States just a bit closer to a reality. These two licenses were not unexpected. The companies had already been recommended for approval… Read more »
PartyPoker’s popular live invitation event, the PartyPoker Premier League VI, wrapped up this weekend after several days of opening heats. Holding the championship cup at the conclusion of the final table was Dan Shak, who also received $450,000 for his efforts. Shak has had a fantastic 2013 so far. In January, he finished eighth in… Read more »
With the first foray by the World Series of Poker into the “Land Down Under” at the Crown Casino in Melbourn, Australia, scarcely two weeks away, officials have announced the captains for the three teams that will contest for the Caesars Cup during the run of the schedule. The new team to the competition is… Read more »
One of the most popular forms of poker in the world, Omaha Hold’em, is enjoyed because of the ‘action’ nature of the game. The leading online poker room in the world, PokerStars, is looking to expand its popularity by introducing two new Omaha derivatives for both cash games and tournaments. The first is a rather… Read more »
Across the United States, there are several state legislatures that are examining the issue of online gaming and poker. In Florida, however, a proposed bill may have the undue effect of shutting online poker down rather than opening it up to citizens of the Sunshine State. Last week, the Florida State House of Representatives passed… Read more »
With a slight lull before the end of the first quarter of the tournament poker season, Paul Volpe has used two outstanding performances on the World Poker Tour’s stage to surge to the top of the major Player of the Year races. A little over a month ago, there were only a few major events… Read more »
It’s that time of year again…and it has nothing at all to do with poker, surprisingly! The NCAA Basketball Tournament Championship begins this afternoon on its month-long journey to crowning a champion. Feverishly, people are filling out their brackets in office pools, online contests and various other contests as they try to figure out who… Read more »
Moving a step closer to bringing its online gaming industry to life, the state of Delaware announced yesterday that fourteen companies have applied for online gaming licenses for their proposed online casino gaming system. The online operation, which will be operated by the Delaware Lottery, will offer all types of casino gaming and online poker,… Read more »
A month ago, the Nevada legislature unanimously passed Assembly Bill 114, which amended the state’s online gaming laws to allow the Governor to enter into interstate poker compacts. Governor Brian Sandoval quickly signed the measure, meaning once poker sites get up and running in the Silver State, they will be allowed to accept customers from… Read more »
Just last week, we reported that 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jerry Yang had a number of personal items seized by the United States Internal Revenue Service and will have them auctioned off on April 4th in order to help pay delinquent taxes. Among those items is his gold and diamond Main… Read more »
Neteller, the e-wallet of choice for Americans during the online poker boom, is looking to make a return to the States. Six years after the payment processor exited the U.S. market after running afoul of the Department of Justice, it sees online gaming legislation at the state level as a way back in. When online… Read more »
Online gaming giant bwin.party reported its 2012 fiscal year financial results Friday, showing disappointing results virtually across the board. Overall revenue came in at €801.6 million, down 2 percent from the previous year. EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) fell to €164.9 million, down from €199.3 million in 2011, a 17 percent drop.… Read more »
A new online poker network focused on supporting its member rooms may be close to launch. The Equity Poker Network (EPN), founded by former BetOnline CEO Clive Archer, is touted as a non-profit internet poker network and is eyeing June as the month the virtual cards will be in the air. EPN calls itself a… Read more »
