Ninety-three players returned to the Mantra Resort & Casino for Day 2 of the PokerStars.net Latin America Poker Tour Punta del Este in Uruguay, all seeking their spots at the final table. Over 350 players began the event, and Jorge Gonzalez... more
The federal case against people connected with former US-facing sportsbook site BetOnSports moved forward with the acceptance of guilty pleas from three relatively minor defendants on Wednesday. The three Florida defendants... more
The third stop on the PokerStars.net Latin America Poker Tour kicked off yesterday in Punta del Este, Uruguay, with 351 players from around the world heading to the seaside resort to enjoy neither sun nor surf, but a shot at a prize pool... more
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour has announced several recent developments, including the addition of a stop at Budapest, Hungary, October 28 – November 1, 2008. The €4,350, four-day NLHE event will be capped at 500 players... more
Anna Wroblewski doesn't know when her birthday is. Not the month, the day or the year, though she estimates she's about 22 years old. Orphaned at age four in her native Vietnam, Wroblewski and her younger sister lived with a slew... more
Analysts were prepared for another loss from World Poker Tour Enterprises, Inc. this quarter. The shift from the Travel Channel to GSN for the televised WPT series had resulted in lower per episode fees, WPTE's online money site... more
Poker is booming in Russia, and next week's Zavidovo Open seems to attest to the sport's popularity. That's right – sport. In Russia, poker has been officially declared a sport by the government. The fact that the game... more
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) IX kicked off Wednesday night with a bang. Event #1, a $200+16 no-limit hold'em event with $1,000,000 guaranteed, drew 5,779 players for a total prize pool of $1,155,800 and a first-place prize... more
888 Holdings, online gaming company and home to Pacific Poker, posted a healthy second quarter financial report this week. Net gaming revenue (NGR) came in at $67 million, up 33% from the same period last year and up 4% from last quarter... more
Lakes Entertainment, the casino and property development corporation that is also the majority stockholder of World Poker Tour Enterprises, Inc., announced yesterday that it had filed a petition for a referendum to build a single casino... more
Full Tilt's ninth edition of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) begins today with the first of 25 events, a $200+16 event hosted by Allen Cunningham which boast a million-dollar purse guarantee... more
Sometimes in life something happens that brings one's world to a screeching halt. This past week my Dad, Ray Sexton, passed away. He had a wonderful life at the age of 88, soon to have been 89 on August 17th. With his health... more
A new bill introduced by Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Clarification and Implementation Act of 2008 (H.R. 6663), attempts to offer further insight on what America's 2006 UIGEA is supposed... more
In a modification to original plans, the World Series of Poker Europe has announced that all 2008 WSOPE events will be held at Leicester Square, one of the venues already named as a hosting site and also one of the London casinos used... more
The first edition ever for the increased-guarantee version of the Stars Sunday Million, now with a guaranteed pool of $1.5 million, saw 'Fred_Brink' post a come-from-behind victory for a win worth over $200,000. The increased Sunday... more
Last week, Boyd Gaming announced it would suspend construction on its 140,000 square foot casino project, Echelon, which had begun on the former site of the Stardust Resort and Casino. While Boyd had secured inexpensive financing for its... more
One of the traditional opening poker events of each calendar year is the PartyPoker.com Irish Poker Championship, which takes place early each January. The event annually draws a lineup of big names from both sides of the pond... more
The United States abruptly announced a postponement in scheduled trade talks with representatives of the European Union that were to discuss online gambling and the stance of the current US administration, which in the EU's view... more
There are many poker rooms in the greater Reno area, which includes Carson City and Lake Tahoe to the south and Sparks to the east. I played in 21 of them over a one-week span. I really enjoyed myself in this beautiful part... more
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