24 October 2007
Danish man loses internet connection… and $75k
Don’t you just hate it when you’re about to avoid the bubble in
that $10 Sit n' Go, only for your internet connection to flake out?
Ten bucks down the drain, a computer which has probably taken the
brunt of your abuse, and stories of what might have
Caesars Palace Classic Underway in Vegas
The first $10,000 buy-in event in Las Vegas since the World Series
Main Event in July started at Caesars Palace, with 287 players
taking part.
The field contained some top names, including the likes of Mike
Matusow, David Benyamine, David Willi
23 October 2007
BodogLife.com’s Leaderboard Goes Uncollected
Online poker room BodogLife.com has announced that professional
player Evelyn Ng won its most recent Tournament Leaderboard
heads-up poker match on Friday.
BodogLife.com’s Tournament Leaderboards keep track of the online
action at the site’s po
CDPoker.com’s Guaranteed $2.5 million Good To Go
Online poker room CDPoker.com has announced that it is to host the
2007 European Championship Of Online Poker (ECOOP) in conjunction
with the iPoker Network.
Kahnawake-licensed CDPoker.
22 October 2007
Poker Players Goes Dutch in Holland Masters
The popularity of poker at the Holland Casino continues to
increase, and the 16th Master Classics of Poker will be held there
in just a couple of weeks. Entries for the event are already high,
and the Amsterdam casino are expecting many more before t
High Stakes Pros hit the Fairway
Yes, we’ve heard all about it on 'High Stakes Poker', or airings of
the WSOP final tables, but now the poker pros have put their money
where their swing is with the Inaugural Doyle Brunson and Dewey
Tomko Golf Invitational.
Lights, Kam-era, Action!
Leg 9 of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour was wrapped up late Sunday
evening when Robert Boon took first place and marginally less than
£120,000 at ‘The Vic’ in London.
Ladbrokes European Online Poker Championship Launches
Ladbrokes made an innovative announcement when deciding that this
year’s LECOP III Main Event, with a guaranteed prize pool of
$750,000, was to be run over two days. Day One commenced on
Saturday 4pm and was played until midnight, with remaining play
Absolute Poker: Security Breach Confirmed
Absolute Poker issued a statement this weekend in response to the
scandal growing concerning their site’s security and possible
‘super-users’. The statement acknowledged that there had been some
form of breach, and thus confirmed the rumours which ha
19 October 2007
Richard Lee Forfeits $2.2m in Plea Agreement
Richard Lee, one of the 2006 Main Event finalists, agreed to
forfeit $2.2m as part of a plea agreement with San Antonio
prosecutors. As reported earlier in the month, Lee and four other
men had been charged with promoting an illegal gambling operatio