01 May 2008
WSOP Final Table Seems Set To Play Out on 9th November
American news website USAToday.com has suggested that the final
table of the Main Event will indeed be played out in November, a
move which we alluded to last month. A press conference is due
later today, with many expecting the move to be confirmed
NBC National Heads-Up Championship Qualifying Criteria Announced
One of the most illustrious tournaments on the poker calendar, the
NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship committee has set some
standards by which several pros will earn their spot at the event.
Full Tilt Poker Signs Sponsorship Agreement with World Series of
Golf
Much has been made about how the top poker players love to get out
onto the golf course to gamble some more. It seems logical then
that Full Tilt Poker have announced they have signed as the title
sponsor of the Las-Vegas based World Series of Golf.
30 April 2008
Innovations Heading To Poker After Dark Season 4
For many, the introduction of High Stakes Poker to the television
schedules meant a blissful existence, with tournament poker covered
by the World Poker Tour and WSOP, while HSP covered the cash games.
PartyPoker Lower Vig on High-Stakes STT Fees
The heads of both players and other online poker rooms turned
PartyPoker’s way this week after an announcement that they will be
slashing the fees for all STTs (Single Table Tournaments, or ‘sit
and gos’ to the rest of us) with buy-ins over $200.
Swedish Tournament Organisers Jailed
Reports through the Swedish news portal TheLocal.se have revealed
that two men have been found guilty of organising an illegal poker
tournament in the country. The men have been jailed for six and
eight months respectively.
29 April 2008
Ivey Hits a Hot Streak Online
With the end of the World Poker Tour season drawing in last
weekend, many of the high stakes games in Vegas wound up too,
meaning many pros came back to the big online games.
Phil Ivey logged in over at Full Tilt Poker this weekend, and
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Just One in Three UK Gambling Firms Contribute to Responsible
Gambling Trust
While they may have gathered £100,000 more than their target of
£3.6 million, the Responsibility in Gambling Trust (RIGT) reports
that funds came from only 1,000 of the 3,200 licensed UK gambling
companies with online poker and online gambling sites
PaddyPower Advert Axed After Over Sexual Prowess Claims
New legislation in England has been exercised after an advert in
the London Times had to be axed after it portrayed gambling as
being a way to improve your sexual prowess.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) had the advert pulled
after Ir
28 April 2008
Chiu Fights Back to Win WPT World Championship
Give Gus Hansen a chip lead on any WPT final table and you have to
back ‘The Great Dane’ to come out on top. It certainly looked as if
it would go that way at the Bellagio as the Danishman
single-handedly went on a felting spree that saw him knock ev