After an intense two days of battle, the final table is set for the inaugural European Poker Tour stop in Campione, Italy, with two prominent names heading the field of eight who will vie for the title. 99 players returned on Thursday and quickly were able to work their way down to the 88 players… Read more »
A plea deal for the final payment processor indicted in the “Black Friday” case, former Utah banker John Campos, has been delayed by the judge hearing the case as he questions the prosecution’s decision on the plea deal. In a federal court yesterday, U. S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan heard the arrangement of the… Read more »
It seems that the European Poker Tour loves to make stops in Italy. For the third time in the past year alone, the EPT has journeyed to Italy, this time making its first ever stop in Campione, where Hungary’s Balazs Botond has emerged as the leader after Day Two. 325 of the original 570 players… Read more »
PokerTracker, the ever-popular online poker analysis software suite, recently released the public beta of its newest version, PokerTracker 4 (PT4). PT4 had previously been made available on a limited basis via the company’s private beta testing program, but now anyone can get their hands on this newest version to give it a spin before the… Read more »
In yesterday’s write-up of Day 1A of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Campione Main Event, we said, “Unless something beyond the realm of comprehension happens [with regards to the Day 1B turnout], EPT Campione will not come close to the size of EPT San Remo.” Seeing as this season’s EPT San Remo drew a field… Read more »
Chad Elie, one of the eleven men named in the April 15th, 2011 “Black Friday” online gambling indictments, has pleaded guilty to one of the nine crimes with which he was charged. Elie was set to stand trial on April 9th for his role as a payment processor for PokerStars, Absolute Poker, and Full Tilt… Read more »
We’re in a good stretch right now in the European Poker Tour (EPT). March and April are the only consecutive months during Season 8 that both feature two tour stops, so there is pretty action to be had this spring. A couple weeks ago, Frederik Jensen grabbed his first ever major title at EPT Madrid;… Read more »
Season 5 of the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) kicked off last week with the LAPT Chile National Poker Championship, the third time the LAPT has made a stop in Chile. Held at the Vina del Mar Casino and Resort, the $1,000 + $100 Main Event wrapped up Sunday with Aliro Diaz winning the final… Read more »
The Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) stop in Sydney came to a close in the wee hours of Monday morning and after a long, 14-hour day, it was Scotland’s Gordon Huntly who emerged victorious. Huntly bested a field of 461 players, making this year’s ANZPT Sydney the second largest of the four that have… Read more »
With several states at least considering the option of intrastate online poker and the federal government still seemingly entertaining the idea of licensing and regulating the industry, the state of Utah has decided to head in the other direction. Earlier this last week, Governor Gary Herbert signed into law a bill that makes online poker… Read more »
A popular California newspaper has published an op-ed piece that comes out against any proposals by the state’s political or business factions to bring online poker to the state. In an article in the San Diego Union-Tribune, writer James B. Butler pens an op-ed entitled, “Worth A Gamble? Legislation Is Losing Bet For State.” He… Read more »
While the world waits for news of a different sort from one of the companies involved, the defendants in the U. S. Department of Justice “Black Friday” lawsuit have been granted another extension to respond to the government’s civil case. Earlier this week, Judge Leonard Sand issued the latest extension in the case of the… Read more »
A new poker series set to begin next month could be the next evolution of televised poker, offering not only the players but also the viewers of the events innovative ways to be involved with the proceedings. Poker Royalty, LLC – the preeminent international agency that represents some of the biggest names in poker today… Read more »
When it comes to the cinematic portrayal of the world of poker, there have been more misses than hits. For every “Rounders” or “The Grand” that have depicted the game fairly accurately, there have been severe missteps (anyone remember “Lucky You” or the ESPN series “Tilt”?). A documentary that goes into nationwide release tomorrow attempts… Read more »
The Australian payment processor who may have been the U.S. government’s key to the Black Friday indictments is set to become the prosecution’s star witness against two of the men named in those indictments, according to the Australian Associated Press. Daniel Tzvetkoff, former owner of Intabill, will appear in a New York courtroom on April… Read more »
When PokerStars does something, the online poker industry sits up and takes notice. Such has been the case with Zoom Poker, the new fast paced poker variety that the world’s largest online poker room introduced late last week. According to cash game traffic tracking site PokerScout.com, the other poker rooms and networks have taken notice… Read more »
A series of bills that would have legalized gambling, including online poker, in the state of Hawaii have all been stopped dead in their tracks. Hawaii is one of two states, along with Utah, that has no forms of legalized gambling. It is not for a lack of trying, however, as around 150 attempts have… Read more »
If you are a fan of playing online poker at a sprint pace but are not real big on the convenience of a large player pool, you are in luck. Online gaming company Relax Gaming recently announced that it will soon be launching its own fast-paced poker game called, fittingly, Fast Poker. Fast Poker will… Read more »
There has been plenty of drama in the online poker industry in the past year, but unfortunately most of it occurred away from the tables. One of the biggest controversies, however, was actually poker-related, as Bodog (also known as Bovada.lv) made the interesting decision to make its tables anonymous, replacing players’ screen names with poker… Read more »
When Full Tilt Poker bid the world an abrupt “adieu,” it took with it four things from the poker community. Our money, our money, our money…and Rush Poker. Oh, Rush Poker, how we loved thee. For many around the world who are still able to play online poker, the absence of Rush Poker has left… Read more »
Working his way through experienced professionals from the tour and several PokerStars qualifiers, Denmark’s Frederik Jensen earned his first major professional poker championship by winning the European Poker Tour’s most recent stop at the Casino Gran Madrid on Saturday. The final table was set Friday evening when Mike McDonald’s run at a historic second EPT… Read more »
Reports indicate that the Iowa House of Representatives, after receiving potential legislation that would have added the Hawkeye State to the roster of potential states offering online poker, has shot down the proposed regulatory action, effectively ending online poker’s possibilities in the state. According to KCRG-TV, the Iowa House received Senate File 2257 yesterday after… Read more »
While most of the United States was succumbing to the NCAA’s March Madness, European poker fans were much more concerned with the activities of the European Poker Tour event in Madrid, Spain, which completed its third day on Thursday. The 112 players remaining from the 477 player starting field were ready for action in the… Read more »
According to various sources, the deal between the embattled online poker site Full Tilt Poker and its supposed savior, the French investment firm Groupe Bernard Tapie, is set to be finalized, potentially as early as tomorrow. The noted gaming magazine eGaming Review has stated that the deal between the two companies should be completed within… Read more »
Wednesday was a much shorter day than the previous two at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Madrid Main Event. Whereas those who made it through Days 1A and 1B had to make it through eight levels, those who went on to finish Day 2 with chips got call it a relatively early night, needing to… Read more »
