Of the eight remaining players at the final table of the 2012 European Poker Tour Main Event in Deauville, France five of them are Frenchmen, but the biggest name still in the hunt for the over $1 million first-place prize-money is Italian poker player and Team PokerStars Pro member Luca Pagano. Nearly equaling last year’s attendance number (889 entrants in this go round comparedRead Full Article
Feb Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 06, 2012 Posted in Tournament News, World Poker News | No Comments »
It was another busy week on the tournament poker trail, and while we were able to provide reports from the biggest tournament taking place, the European Poker Tour stop in Deauville, France, there was plenty of other choices for tournament players across the globe to choose from. Here is our weekly look at some of these other tournaments that you may have missed: EuropeanRead Full Article
After four days of play the 2012 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Deauville is down to just three tables, a total of just 24 competitors. Sitting in the driver’s seat heading into the penultimate day is Team PokerStars Pro and Italian poker legend Luca Pagano who amassed a massive chip-stack of over 3.5 million on Day 4. With a total field size of 889Read Full Article
The International Federation of Poker has won a major victory in their fight to have poker recognized as a “Mind Sport” across the globe. In a press release issued last week, the IFP was happy to announce that Brazil (the home of the 2016 World Mind Games) has officially declared poker a game of skill, and conveyed upon it “Sport” status. Since 2009 theRead Full Article
Feb Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 04, 2012 Posted in Online Poker News, Poker Player News | No Comments »
After an interview by Groupe Bernard Tapie lawyer Behnam Dayanim to Gaming Intelligence the poker world was abuzz over the revelation that several high-profile members of Team Full Tilt Poker owed the company somewhere between $10 million and $20 million in unpaid loans. However, it was another player mentioned by name, who is not a member of Team Full Tilt, that would be theRead Full Article
Feb Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 03, 2012 Posted in Legal Poker News, Online Poker News | No Comments »
In an interview in Las Vegas, Nevada ahead of this month’s Republican Primary in the state, Mitt Romney gave online poker players a glimpse at how a Romney administration would handle the sticky issue of online gaming in the US; he is against it. Romney’s stance on online gaming is buried in the very last sentence of an article on 8newsnow.com, where it states,Read Full Article
More Poker News
Full Tilt Poker sale being held up by player loans
February 03, 2012 Online Poker News, Poker GossipIt appears all of last week’s talk about Chris Ferguson single-handedly holding up the sale of Full Tilt Poker to Groupe Bernard Tapie (a deal being brokered by the United States Department of Justice) was off the mark, as it came to light today that player loans from Full Tilt Poker to certain owners, sponsored players, and other individuals, is actually the main stickingRead Full Article
Merge announces Poker Maximus tournament series
February 02, 2012 Online Poker News, Poker PromotionsBeginning on March 4th, 2012 and running through March 25, 2012, the Merge Gaming Network will be hosting a massive 70-Event tournament series known as Poker Maximus. Over the course of thee 22-days of tournaments the Merge Gaming Network will be guaranteeing $1.5 million in prize-money, with the Poker Maximus tournament series culminating on Sunday, March 25, with four separate Main Event tournaments withRead Full Article
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$10 million up for grabs at PokerStars TCOOP
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Victor Chandler Poker rebranded to BetVictor
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PokerStars modifies Rake and VIP Program for 2012
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PokerStars launches new marketing campaign
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PokerStars 10th Anniversary Sunday Million sets record
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