Apparently, taking millions of dollars from Melbourne’s Crown Casino is much easier than cleaning Terry Benedict’s vault. In a scam reminiscent of one of the “Ocean’s” films, though with far fewer moving pieces, a high stakes gambler allegedly made off with $32-$33 million in ill-gotten gains from the home of the Aussie Millions a few… Read more »
In the world of poker books, it is more often that you will see the “normal” process of the industry. A book will go to a traditional publisher, with that publisher paying the author(s) for their work through an advance of cash and then a percentage of the sales. One professional poker player is taking… Read more »
A week of exciting poker wrapped up in London, the United Kingdom on Saturday night with Ruben Visser capturing his first major championship victory at the European Poker Tour Main Event at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino. The final eight men came to the felt on noon Saturday (U. K. time) with Steve O’Dwyer, holding 5.27… Read more »
The final table for the European Poker Tour stop at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino (“The Vic”) was set on Friday, with Steve O’Dwyer fending off challenges to his place atop the ladder to lead the eight men left to the big money. 15 men came to the felt on Friday and, unlike the action on… Read more »
According to reports from North Carolina television station WRAL-TV, 2004 World Series of Poker Championship Event winner Greg Raymer was nabbed in a prostitution sting operation conducted by local police. Wake Forest, NC police conducted the operation, placing an ad on a website that allegedly is known for usage by prostitutes to recruit potential customers.… Read more »
Over six months after taking on the task, the federal government appears to be ready to start paying off players who had their money locked up on the “old” Full Tilt Poker in 2011. The U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara, announced on Wednesday that the federal government will… Read more »
It was expected that Day Four at the European Poker Tour stop in London, the United Kingdom would be a short day and that turned out to be the case. Out of the 32 players who began the action on Thursday, it only took roughly six hours for that field to be cut in half… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker, the second largest online poker site in the world, went live with a new software update Monday morning which makes improvements to parts of the software, tweaks tournament functionality, and adds two games to the poker lineup. First the fun part: the games. For those who like the paradox of people who… Read more »
With all the news lately about states passing, working on, or killing online poker legislation, one bit of news out of Texas has been largely ignored. Back on March 5th, State Senator Leticia Van de Putte filed Senate Joint Resolution 43, an amendment to the state constitution which would allow for online poker should the… Read more »
The money bubble will burst today at the European Poker Tour (EPT) London Main Event as just 113 players remain in the field after Day 2. Only 17 players need to be eliminated on Day 3 for the remaining players to cash for at least £8,000. It’s a fairly tight race at the top of… Read more »
Jerry Yang is not the first World Series of Poker champ to sell his bracelet and he won’t be the last. His sale, though, appears to be the only one that is against the player’s will. His 2007 WSOP Main Event bracelet, along with numerous other items, have been seized by the United States Internal… Read more »
Gibraltar-based 888 Holdings has signed a joint venture with U.S. investment firm Avenue Capital Group to create what would be the first U.S. online poker network. The All American Poker Network (AAPN) will likely operate first on the state level, though will be ready to expand nationally should federal legislation pass that would allow internet… Read more »
Day 1B of the European Poker Tour (EPT) London Main Event wrapped up Monday and, as expected the tournament room swelled as almost twice as many players were seated for the second starting flight as were in the first. After 236 players registered for Day 1A, 411 signed up for Day 1B, bringing the two-day… Read more »
Less than a week after the American Gaming Association (AGA) filed a brief with the New Jersey Casino Control Commission and Division of Gaming Enforcement opposing the Rational Group’s application for an Interim Casino Authorization (ICA) in the state, the parent company of PokerStars has struck back. On Sunday, Rational Group responded with a letter… Read more »
Last month, Team PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu and Full Tilt Poker “Professionals” member Gus Hansen got into a friendly war of words over Twitter, resulting in Negreanu issuing a challenge to Hansen via a YouTube video. The challenge: Full Tilt’s Professionals – Hansen, Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Viktor “Isildur1” Blom – against Negreanu and two… Read more »
The effects of a newly passed bill in an Illinois Senate committee are already being felt as a key Illinois newspaper has changed its position regarding the future of gaming in the state. The Editorial Staff of the State Journal-Register, the major paper for the capital city of Springfield, IL, started off their editorial on… Read more »
After over a month away from the action, the European Poker Tour stormed back to life in London, the United Kingdom on Sunday with its latest event on the Season Nine schedule. Although the online Sunday tournaments beckoned, 236 players decided to forego that action for some of the live variety. Right around noon in… Read more »
After starting the day near the bottom of the leaderboard, WeiKai Chang took down his first major championship in winning the World Poker Tour’s Bay 101 Shooting Star late last night in San Jose, CA. As the cards hit the air on Friday, Chang found himself sitting down the ladder in fifth place with his… Read more »
The World Poker Tour stop at the Bay 101 Shooting Star in San Jose, CA, is shaping up to be an epic battle, with a player making his second consecutive WPT final table (with the chip lead to boot) and one remaining Shooting Star left at the six-man final table. 44 players came back on… Read more »
For the third time in as many years, an Illinois Senate committee has passed an expansion of casino gaming in the state, but this time it has a caveat: online gaming and poker is a part of the bill. The new legislation, SB1739, is virtually the same bill that has been introduced in the Illinois… Read more »
Players are making quick work with their play at the World Poker Tour’s Bay 101 Shooting Star in San Jose, popping the money bubble on Day Two as they battle towards a champion that will be crowned on Friday. Coming together for the first time in the tournament, the 249 players left were promised a… Read more »
You would think that the state that lends its name to Texas Hold’em, the most popular poker variation going, would be extremely poker-friendly. Alas, it is not. Good luck finding a game. The only casino in the state is the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino, located on the Rio Grande about a two and a half… Read more »
On Monday, the American Gaming Association (AGA), a lobbying organization for the commercial casino industry in the United States, filed a brief with both the New Jersey Casino Control Commission and Division of Gaming Enforcement, urging them to deny Rational Group’s application for an Interim Casino Authorization (ICA). Rational Group, the parent company of PokerStars,… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star Main Event made history Tuesday as another 365 players bought into the tournament, bringing the total entries for both starting flights to 635, a new record for the northern California tour stop. The previous record was set during Season IV (we’re in Season XI now), when… Read more »
The micro-stakes tables became the center of attention at PokerStars Monday as the world’s largest poker room dealt its 95 billionth cash game hand. As it does for every 5 billionth hand, PokerStars held a promotion in which it gave out cash prizes for every millionth or Milestone Hand, starting with hand 94,700,000,000. It all… Read more »
