Full Tilt Speaks on Paying Players

Full Tilt poker, which was one of the sites hit by the Black Friday events of April this year, has finally given a detailed explanation of why it has been unable to pay back players who had money tied up in the site.  The one-page statement released by the site blames the indictment it faced [...]

Mad Month Freerolls at 888poker

888poker is locked and loaded with its most exciting online poker promotion yet. It’s known as the Mad Month and it features 5 x $888 weekend freerolls for all new poker players. The action begins in earnest – starting on the 23rd August 2011 and running through until the 1st October 2011. The best part [...]

Failla Wins WPT: Legends of Poker Main Event

Will Failla, one of the most interesting personalities in the poker tournament scene, has finally earned his first major title with a first place finish at the World Poker Tour’s Legends of Poker main event. Failla entered the final table of the $3,500 re-entry event as the chip leader, and did not let his lack [...]

EPT Barcelona Breaking Records

The European poker tour in Barcelona saw a total of 811 players turn out for the EUR5,300 buy-in Main Event which took place in the Casino Barcelona.  The event was considered a huge success – and broke many records, including becoming the biggest poker tournament ever to be held in Spain. Last season, the EPT [...]

Will Failla Leading WPT: Legends of Poker Main Event

Will Failla is leading the World poker Tour: Legends of Poker Main Event.  Failla is one of the more colourful characters in the tournament poker scene – he is outspoken, superstitious, and always entertaining, and has enjoyed a lot of success in the poker world – earning more than $2.1 million over the course of [...]

World Poker Tour: Legends of Poker Day 1b

Day 1b of the World poker Tour: Legends of Poker tournament at the Bicycle Casino has just concluded.  Today saw J.C. Tran take the lead, becoming the only player to hold more than 200,000 chips, and having an impressive lead over second place. The tournament has attracted an impressive 757 entrants thanks to a strong [...]

A-Rod Not Expecting Discipline for Poker

MLB player A-Rod has said that he does not expect to be disciplined by  Major League Baseball over his alleged poker gaming.  A-Rod spent almost two hours in a hotel room on Friday being questioned regarding allegactions that he took part in high-stakes poker games two years ago. Rodriguez said of the questioning, “I thought it [...]

WPT Legends of Poker Day 1a

Season X of the World poker Tour Season has been running since the end of May.  The season has seen two events so far, although it didn’t reach the USA until earlier last week, when the WPT Legends of Poker –  one of the most eagerly awaited events of the year, kicked off at the [...]

Full Tilt Poker Refunds Unlikely To Come Soon

Yesterday, Pocket Kings – the owner of Full Tilt poker, issued a statement which has shattered the hopes of players affected by Black Friday getting their money back in the near future.  The statement said that the company had “concluded the exclusivity period of negotiations with their current potential investor” and that they have “now [...]

Alex Rodriguez Speaks on MLB

Alex Rodriguez has spoken out on the subject of tabloid reports about his alleged participation in underground high-stakes poker games, and called them “unfair and inaccurate,”  Alex Rodriguez said that he was looking forward to meeting with the officials at Major League Baseball to discuss the allegations. A-Rod rejoined the New York Yankees non Thursday [...]

Another Class Action Suit Filed Against Full Tilt

Full Tilt poker is facing another class-action lawsuit.  The suit was filed last week by Zayn Jetha and Donald Whelan of Canada.  This suit is the second one of this type that the site has been served in the past month.  The suit that was filed last month was limited to only US players, however [...]

Daniel Negreanu: The Poker Ambassador

Daniel Negreanu will be appearing on Tuesday’s ESPN broadcast of the World Series of poker, but Negreanu’s contributions to poker go beyond just what he does on the felt. He is also a poker ambassador, “Well, I’m not much of a follower in life,” said Negreanu. “I’m opinionated and passionate about a lot of things [...]

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