Category: Poker News and Features
The Online Railbird Report: Blom Wins $1.3 Million in a Day; Hansen’s Fall Continues
Viktor “Isildur1” Blom won $1.3 million in a day and then lost it all back. Meanwhile, Gus Hansen’s nightmarish year continues as he loses $1.3 million. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+
Bellagio To Host Event With $100,000 Guaranteed First Prize To Coincide with November Nine
The World Series of Poker main event resumes this week and will play down to a champion with millions of dollars on the line. Just around the corner from the …
2013 World Series of Poker Main Event November Nine: Marc McLaughlin
Marc McLaughlin enters the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event final table third in chips and will be looking to repeat what he friend Jonathan Duhamel accomplished in 2010. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+
Online Poker: Viktor Blom Has $3.5 Million October
Viktor “Isildur1” Blom was nearing the red on the year just a month or so ago, but thanks to a phenomenal October, the poker pro is back to huge profits …
Albania To Ban Offshore Poker Sites
Card Player – Albania, a country in Southeastern Europe with a population of about 2.8 million, will be banning online gambling sites, the Associated Press reported. The country is reportedly one of the poorest in Europe and officials are hoping to prevent any of what has historically been spent on online betting there from leaving the country going forward. Albanians reportedly spend between $690 million and $965 million a year on Internet gambling. There are domestic gambling operations in the country, and officials have been cracking down on that industry as well, but it is not being banned. Albania’s Prime…
Ultimate Poker Debuts Pot-Limit Omaha
Card Player – Ultimate Poker, the first online poker room in the state of Nevada, has debuted real-money pot-limit Omaha tables. Those cash games first ran on Wednesday. The site hit Nevada cyberspace to much fanfare in April of this year. Right now, the site is offering six-handed tables of $1-$2 pot-limit Omaha and $0.10-$0.25 pot-limit Omaha. More stakes and games are expected to come as time goes on. Ultimate Poker and the product from the World Series of Poker are the only two sites operating in the Silver State. Their respective traffic has been steady of late. Only those…
Man charged with killing brother after poker game goes bad
M Live – 44-year-old Flint (Michigan) man is accused of killing his brother after an argument over a poker game, prosecutors say. Andre L. Moore is charged with open murder, two counts of felony firearms and felon in possession, according to John Potbury, spokesman for Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton. Jeffery Bernard Moore Sr. was shot in the chest around 5:15 a.m. in the 600 block of West Hamilton Avenue. A group of men were over at Moore’s house playing poker when his brother, Jeffery Bernard Moore Sr., was caught cheating, Potbury said. Andre Moore became upset and kicked everyone…
Nevada online gaming will continue to be “poker only”
Las Vegas Review-Journal – The Nevada Gaming Commission will discuss several changes to the state’s Internet gaming regulations at its regular meeting monthly meeting Thursday in Las Vegas. Adding other casino games, such as blackjack and slot machines to Nevada’s current poker-only status, however, is not under consideration. Gaming Control Board Chairman A.G. Burnett said there are no plans for the state to move beyond Internet poker. “We’re only six months into poker,” Burnett said. “For now, we want to prove out poker first.” Only two pay-to-play real money websites are currently operating in Nevada; UltimatePoker.com, which is majority owned…
