That there will be a new EPT winner come Saturday became certain on Friday as the remaining two previous winners in the field were among the sixteen players to hit the rail on a short day at the EPT Campione. The short-stacked Ronny Kaiser departed first, in twenty-second position and picking up €15,000. The other, [...]
Day 3 of the European Poker Tour event in Campione saw the remaining ninety-nine players reduced down to three tables of eight ahead of Friday’s penultimate day, as the tournament heads towards its climax on Saturday evening. Jannick Wrang finished the day as chip leader, bagging up just over 1.7 million chips to give himself [...]
Day 2 of the Campione leg of the European Poker Tour saw 325 resume but only 99 of them survived to today’s Day 3. With 88 of those players due to be paid, Thursday should see the bubble burst around midway through the day’s play. Hungarian Balazs Botond bagged the most chips at the end [...]
325 players have survived through to Day 2 after the second of the two opening days at the Campione leg of the European poker tour concluded. They will resume today competing for the first prize of €640,000. The tournament will see 88 players take home a prize, with winnings starting at €7,500. Lebanese player Nicolas [...]
888 Poker saw its revenues rise 26% in 2011, with underlying earning rising by 94% to $55.6 million over the course of the year. Overall profits were dented by some restructuring costs, but the company feels that it is well positioned to grow its market share over the coming years. A high profile marketing campaign, [...]
Chad Elie has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud as part of a plea bargain with American prosecutors. The 32-year old, who acted as a payment processor for a number of sites which offered poker to US players in defiance of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, admitted [...]
Veronika Pavlikova Wins FPS Snowfest Czech teenager Veronika Pavlikova captured her first major poker title by winning the France Poker Snowfest title over the weekend. The 18-year old came through a field of 296 players to won the €70,000 first prize. Among the big names who were unable to stop her was Guillaume Darcourt, although [...]
Online poker in the United States was dealt another blow this week, as a bill to legalize the game in the state of Iowa appeared set to fail, despite securing 29-20 approval in the state’s Senate. The proposal would have allowed residents of the state aged 21 and over to play on online gaming sites [...]
While several US states are debating legislation to legalize online poker, another – Utah – has passed a law banning players from the game. The bill was signed into law by the state’s governor on Monday. Along with Hawaii, Utah bans all forms of gambling, and the suggestion that reform at a federal level may [...]
The defendants in the “Black Friday” civil complaint have been granted more time to respond, after US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara, granted them an extension this week. They must now respond to the amended complaint by May 14th, with the previous deadline having been March 19th. Those facing charges [...]
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