Macau Poker Cup 2011

poker players are in for a veritable feast of gaming this week as the Macau Poker Cup gets into full swing. Hosted at the Grand Lisboa Casino in the heart of Macau’s thriving districts, this much-anticipated poker tournament is set to break attendance records in 2011. Fans and players alike are already tuned into the [...]

Effel Optimistic About WSOP

The World Series of poker organizers are gearing up for what they hope will be the biggest and most exciting wsop in the history of the series. Organizer Jack Effel has said that he is glad that the attention of poker players around the world has turned away (at least momentarily) from the events of [...]

WSOP National Circuit Championship Update

The World Series of poker Circuit National Championship is currently underway. Day two saw Jonathan Poche sitting down at the felt with a big stack, and saw him leave as the chip leader. Today saw 35 players return to the tables, but only ten players will be getting a share of the $1,000,000 prize-pool. The [...]

Poker Site Bank Accounts Being Unfrozen

It’s been a long time coming, but online poker players will be glad to hear that the bank account of Irishman Raymond Bitar, the co-founder of Full Tilt Poker, has been un-frozen by the United States Department of Justice. The un-freezing of this account means that the site will be able to pay out approximately [...]

Melbourne Man Spends Fake Money on Poker

A man from Melbourne spent $10,000 CDN on prostitutes and poker machines after changing the money for Australian dollars at the Crown Casino. The man, Cosimo Candido, aged 34, was arrested last week by the Australian Federal Police when he tried to exchange the money. Candido claims he did not know that the money was [...]

Department of Justice Under Fire

The United States Department of Justice has come under fire for its recent actions in Black Friday, which saw the seizure of the domains of three well known online poker sites that accepted American poker players looking to play online poker for cash. Antigua has announced that they will be filing a lawsuit against them [...]

Absolute Poker’s DoJ Deal

Absolute poker is currently fighting to regain control of it’s .com domain following the Black Friday seizures.  In a bid to get control back and unfreeze their accounts, the site has struck a deal with the Department of Justice. The terms of the deal mean that the site will no longer accept United States based [...]

Melbourne Poker Championship Midday Series Final Results

The results of the Melbourne poker Championship Midday Series Final have now been announced.  The tournament took place last week and attracted attention from all over the country, with Australia’s best and brightest poker stars entering to test their skills. The Midday Series Final was scooped by players from Melbourne – perhaps there is something [...]

Melbourne Poker Championship Deep Stack Event

The results of the Melboure poker Championship Deep Stack Series Second Round have been announced.  The Round had a $110 buy-in and saw a prize pool of over $8,000. The tournament attracted a relatively large field, 91 players – which is interesting for a national event.  Whether this interest is because of the changes to [...]

Melbourne Poker Championship Results

The Melbourne poker Championship has now concluded.  The event that attracted the most attention was the High Stakes Hold’em tournament, which attracted 31 entrants, each paying a buy-in of $5,200.   The total prize pool of the tournament was $155,000.  No Re-buys were allowed during the tournament. First place in Event 17 – the High Stakes [...]

The ANZPT Gold Coast

Jupiters Hotel & Casino will be hosting the illustrious Australia New Zealand poker Tour (ANZPT) from Tuesday 17th May thru Sunday 22nd May. Located in the heart of Queensland, along the famed Gold Coast, Jupiters Hotel & Casino is snugly tucked away between topnotch golf courses, amusement parks and rainforests. Big name poker stars expected [...]

WSOP Could Downsize after Black Friday

Following last month’s “Black Friday”, where three well-known online poker sites were closed down by the FBI, the World Series of Poker could face some downsizing. Ty Stewart, Executive Director of the World Series of Poker, said “Whether or not it’s a large enough majority of their bankrolls to impact any of our events – [...]

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