Online Poker News
Daniel Craker Wins Biggest Poker Tournament in New Zealand History
New Zealander Daniel Craker beat a field of 305 other players from 21 countries to win New Zealand’s biggest poker tournament in history, the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Main Event for NZD $257,040 (approx. USD $155,800, Euros 114,300 , or GBP 90,075), plus an entry into the APPT Main... [Read more...]
Riding the Poker Wave – New Hardcore Poker TV Show
Quick question for you: What is the third most watched televised sport in North America? Hockey? Basketball? I bet you didn’t say ‘poker’. But poker has topped third on that list, behind only NASCAR and the NFL, a couple of properties that are legendary for television audiences. Poker comes in... [Read more...]
Barack Obama: My Weekly Poker With Lobbyists Is Okay, But McCain’s Isn’t
Politico: "The DNC is buying ads on religious Web sites to highlight the McCain gambling ties reported on Sunday’s New York Times front. BREAKING: “Watch for Obama to use the story about McCain and gambling in the NYT yesterday to drive his change message, especially on the economy and the... [Read more...]
Aussie exposes online poker rip-off
Detective work by an Australian online poker player has uncovered a $US10 million cheating scandal at two major poker websites and triggered a $US75 million legal claim. In two separate cases, Michael Josem, from Chatswood, analysed detailed hand history data from Absolute Poker and UltimateBet and... [Read more...]
Boss Media accelerating IPN poker network growth with tournaments, jackpots and games!
Boss Media today announced that it is aggressively growing the International Poker Network (IPN) by upgrading its online poker platform with a greater variety of multi-table tournaments, progressive jackpots and authentic new side games. In addition Boss will also be capitalizing on the recent national... [Read more...]
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US Elections: The impact for online poker
As the dust settles on the 2008 US elections that sent Barack Obama to the White House and increased the Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress, many online poker players are wondering what impact these political shifts will have on the state of online gambling in the US. The immediate impact... [Read more...]
Player Profile: Erik Seidel
While he may not be one of the names called when people discuss the best players in the game today, the highly underrated Erik Seidel is a player that, if not considered one of the best today, certainly should be in the running for that as well as the best of all time. Born in New York City in 1959... [Read more...]
Russian Players’ Took Off At World Series of Poker Once Again
Russia’s Ivan Demidov was listed with +425 odds at BetCRIS.com to win the 2008 World Series of Poker. Demidov had the second largest number of chips coming into the delayed final which is scheduled to play out this November. Demidov served as a precursor to this year’s Russian success at... [Read more...]
CardPlayer.com Interviews Chris Moorman About World Series Of Poker Europe
Chris Moorman Talks about his WSOPE Main Event Experience So Far Englishman Chris Moorman is arguably the best online tournament player in the world right now, with an incredibly consistent record of victories including the FullTiltPoker.com $1k buy-in which is widely considered one of the toughest... [Read more...]
Daniel Negreanu: Pros don’t overplay coin-flip situations
Fans of televised poker have heard a commentator use the terms "coin flip" and "race situation" to describe a big all-in altercation. These terms are typically used when a player with a pair risks it all against another player with two overcards, such as pocket sixes versus A-K.... [Read more...]
