Poker News
Will FT's numbers online eclipse those of it's main rival?
To showcase both it's capability and popularity, the world's second biggest online poker site, Full Tilt Poker, plans to celebrate its fifth anniversary by holding the biggest ever onl...
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Million dollar bonus boost
When French player Antoine Saout made the final table for the World Series of Poker Main Event this week it presented a financial windfall to not only himself, but to the 51 other players who won sponsored WSOP priz...
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New poker movie to be filmed in Macau
The upcoming Asian Poker Tour this August will set the scene for what could be a Chinese version of the popular US poker movie Rounders, increasing awareness of the game as a sport.
With a working title of "Poker King", the directors of the production are listed as Chan Hing-Kai and Janet Chun, working with a script that tells the story of two...
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Motion of amicus curiae filed
Account Services Corporation, the US company that is contesting the seizure of poker player funds in its care by the New York US Attorney's Office (see previous InfoPowa report) has a powerful ally in its litigation. This week the one million m...
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The November Nine has been decided....
The extraordinary World Series of Poker Main Event journey of Darvin Moon, a 45-year-old Maryland logging company owner who has only been playing poker for three years, continues. Not only has he dominated Day 7 and 8 play, but on almost 59 million at the end of Day 8 action he now h...
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300 428 have already
The Poker Players Alliance has given an update on the petition for the legalisation of online poker which forms part of their National Poker Weekinitative (see previous InfoPowa report), and advises that so far some 300 428 American poker lovers have add...
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Millions cross the tables as the creme de la creme go after final table seats
Just over eight hours of high-pressure poker whittled the remaining World Series of Poker Main Event field of 64 players down to 27 on Day 7, with the chipleaders at the 10.45pm Vegas time close almost the same as the previous day despite fluctua...
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Latest stop on poker's global tournament schedule complemets the god of wind
Cyprus, the Mediterranean island mythology claims is the birthplace of Zefiros, god of wind, will be the latest stop on the World Poker Tour. In an announcement this week...
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Just one percent of the original main event field now left
Just on 1am Vegas time Tuesday, Day 6 of the World Series of Poker Main Event came to a close after starting at noon the day before and playing through a gruelling five levels. Along the way 121 players had their hopes of WSOP fame and wealth dashed as they were eliminated, reducing the Day 6 starting numbers fro...
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Hand Replayer and Mixed Games announced
The massive online poke operator Full Tilt Poker's latest software upgrade includes a Hand Replayer and Mixed Limit games, and appropriately comes on the eve of its fifth birthday.
Located at the top left hand corner of Full Tilt virtual tables, the Hand Replayer has a “Last Hand” link listed below the icon. Once...
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After starting way ahead Affleck drops to seventh position
The Amazon Room at the Rio in Las Vegas, where the Main Event of the 2009 World Series of Poker is being decided this week, was looking remarkably spacious by the end of Day 5 on Sunday evening, as 185 players - all that remains of an original entry field for the event of 6 494 - bagged their chips in preparation...
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Cross-selling is the name of the game
Studies by market research firm Poker Players Research have shown that online poker players are a good prospect for cross-selling to other gambling styles, with the number of real money pokerheads also gambling on other betting games up by as much as fifty percent in the last two years...
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Confidential data has been provided to third parties, says CFO
The knowledgeable and well connected Wall Street Journal columnist Brett Arends, writing in the publication Marketwatch this week, poses the question "Is the World Poker Tour up for sale?"
The indications would appear to suggest it is, with CFO Tom Flahie revealing that he had provided confidential data to third partie...
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Day 4 of the Main Event sees the money bubble burst
The weekend has seen more intense action in the World Series of Poker Main Event, with Day 4 whittling a starting field of 789 hopefuls down to just 407 in seven hours and three levels that included close on two hours of tense hand-for-hand play before the money bubble burst on the 649 elimination mark.
That 649th d...
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Grospellier confirmed as chip leader
Official numbers from the World Series of Poker Main Event Day 3 action have confirmed that Bertrand Grospellier leads the 789 survivors going into Day 4 with a chip stack of 1 380 500.
The top ten after Grospellier are:
Ludovic Lacay 896000
Jason Brice 858500
Benjamin Jensen 835500
Kasper Cordes 796000
James Akenhead...
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