It is going to be a short day at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Venice Grand Prix on Thursday. If this wasn’t the World Poker Tour, the nine players remaining might be going to bed mentally preparing for Day 4’s final table action. But this is, in fact, the WPT, and final tables here are [...] Read more…
Simon Ravnsbaek leads the final nine with 795,000 in the WPT Venice Grand Prix. Jason Wheeler, Gianluca Trebbi, & Jeremie Sochet still in. Read more…
Betfair.com is hosting a charity event designed to raise money for poker legend Thor Hansen, who was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. Read more…
Next week, the Latin American Poker Tour’s fourth season will finish off with a bang in Sao Paulo, Brazil, during Carnival. Read more…
The PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) has announced that the final stop of Season 5 will be in Cebu, Philippines. Read more…
On Thursday, Feb. 9, Betfair Poker will host a charity poker tournament for Thor Hansen, who was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. Read more…
PokerNews and Federated Sports + Gaming (FS+G) together announced the launch of the Global Poker Index Player of the Year Award (GPI POY). Read more…
On Monday, the Department of Justice filed a response to Chad Elie & John Campos’ motion to dimiss. The following day, a federal judge refused to dismiss the charges. Read more…
PokerStars and Circus Groupe were granted a full operating licence by the Belgian Gaming Commission. Read more…
I remember wondering why would any of these online poker companies risk the gold mines they possess when the first accusations began to circulate years ago. And then I remembered Enron. And then I remembered Adelphia Communications Corp. They do it because it’s never enough. They do it because they think they can get away with it. If the accusations are true, it casts doubt everywhere. It can’t be ignored that the online poker site I have played at from time to time over the years, has lost many players. It is only a fraction of the size it was back when I could say I was making money on it consistently. Where there used to be Read more…
