21 November 2007
Betfair Appoints Bruce Stubbs as Director of Poker
Betfair have announced the appointment of online poker industry
veteran Bruce Stubbs as their new Director of Poker with immediate
effect.
Stubbs joins Betfair Poker having been an influential figure in
online poker since its infancy and had pr
'fkscreennames' on FTOPS of the world
The main event of this season’s FTOPS (Full Tilt Online Poker
Series) at Full Tilt came with a monster prize pool – a guaranteed
$2,000,000. It actually ended up being even bigger, with 4,371
players entering, the top 585 getting paid.
Hansen's Online Streak
Gus Hansen has got it all, right? A leading poker pro, WPT titles
for fun, and barrages of fans around the world, all raising with
total nonsense in his honour. Well, ‘The Great Dane’ has been on
something of a heater this month, so far showing a $1.
20 November 2007
US Online Poker to be Legal in 2009?
The Chairman of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) pressure group,
Alfonse D'Amato, has announced that he expects online poker to be
legalised in the United States within 18 months.
‘Jesus’ Wins in Tahoe
Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson has become the first professional poker
player to win three World Series Of Poker (WSOP) Circuit events
after taking down the Harvey's Tahoe championship event on Sunday.
Charity Poker Event Investigated
In America, investigators in the western state of Colorado are
looking into the legality of a charity poker event held over the
weekend.
Held in the Denver suburb of Lakewood, the event was advertised
as a fundraiser for fallen Colorado State P
Worker Cleans up in Saipan
In Saipan, the operator of a poker room has been ordered to pay
over $19,000 to a commercial cleaner forced to work with no days
off as a cashier.
Following a hearing, the island’s Department of Labour ruled
that Jung-A Enterprises Inc should c
Rake Back to Haunt Maestro Poker
Leading online poker network iPoker has announced the removal of
one of its sites ‘due to rakeback violations, which are against the
iPoker network policy’.
Operated by Isle Of Man-based online casino software and
solutions provider Playtech, t
16 November 2007
Harrah’s Considering Online Poker Site in UK
Harrah's Entertainment Inc's chief executive said this week that
he's looking at bringing the World Series of Poker brand into
Internet poker in the UK and continental Europe.
Gary Loveman made the comment at the Global Gaming Expo, the
largest
Jerry Yang Joins Team Poker Stars
Jerry Yang, the winner of the 2007 World Series of Poker Main
Event, will join almost 200 online qualifiers from Pokerstars at
the first ever live poker tournament to be held in China.