When playing in tournament poker there will frequently be a situation when a short stack goes all-in and sees two or more callers. A standard practice here is for the players who called the all-in to check the hand down in order to increase their chances of eliminating the all-in player. However, checking the hand down may not always be the smart move. The strategy of checking the hand down has one huge weakness: it depends on the cooperation [...]
In the wake of rumors in recent weeks saying that Denmark and France are considering regulating online gaming in order to earn a piece of the revenue pie, Poland has also begun considering regulation. An eGaming report states that Poland could begin regulating online gaming in the second half of this year. Poland’s Deputy Minister for Finance, Marek Kapica, is hammering out legislative changes which he will then [...]
Many players have been receiving in their e-mail inboxes a message that looks as if it comes from the online poker room Doyles Room, bearing a subject line of “Account temporarily blocked.” The message has a bold Doyles Room banner and appears to be a customer service message warning the player that their account has been suspended, saying “Your account will be blocked. Please click on the link [...]
Calvin Ayre, the billionaire playboy who founded the Bodog Entertainment Group in 1994 has announced that he will be retiring from the company. The Bodog Entertainment Group has prospered since its early days and has a hand in entertainment, online poker, and many forms of gambling. At the moment, Calvin Ayre is not planning on giving any interviews pertaining to his [...]
In July of 2006, several famous poker players brought a lawsuit against World Poker Tour Enterprises, claiming that their player release form which all players must sign to enter WPT events violated antitrust laws.
The basis of this argument is that the player release form allowed WPTE the right to use the players’ names and images in any way that they so desired without the consent of the player and without [...]
Lee Jones has announced that he is leaving his position as Executive Host for the European Poker Tour to take on a job as Chief Operating Officer of CardRunners.com. CardRunners.com is a poker instructional site that uses video of online play to help train new poker players, as well as offering a myriad variety of other poker tools to help out the young and aspiring poker player.
Lee Jones leaves [...]
The final day of play began with ten players and at the end of the day it would be Glen Chorny as the victor. Canadian Glen Chorny made his way into the European Poker Tour Grand Final via a Poker Stars satellite and after playing well for several days managed to take down the $3,198,500 grand prize.
The last day of play did not start with the final [...]
Two full tables began the day at Caesars Indiana with eighteen players hoping to be the one who had all the chips at the end of the day. The fast pace of play quickly brought these eighteen down to the nine player final table.
Michael Iacovone was the first elimination of the final table, falling when he was all-in and facing two players, Benjamin Hock and [...]
ePassporte, the e-wallet that became the preferred method for US poker players to deposit into online poker rooms, has announced to online poker sites that they will no longer be processing payments between US consumers and online poker rooms.
ePassporte has not yet made a public statement, but the online poker sites have revealed that this move occurred in response to mounting pressure from the US government. In [...]
After a lengthy investigation, South Carolina police conducted raids on illegal poker games, arresting 27, with a large number of the arrests taking place at a house in Hanahan, SC owned by Martin and Dawn Reyes. One of the players arrested was Don Sorenson, a deputy prosecutor who has spent the last thirteen years serving the counties of Calhoun, Dorchester, and Orangeburg. Sorenson has offered his [...]
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