Five survivors bag their chips on first day with Nguyen a clear leader Shortly after Kenny Hallaert's elimination at sixth late Sunday night Las Vegas time, it was agreed by officials and players to call it a night and bag up the chips until 5pm local on Monday. Qui Nguyen was the clear leader in chip counts as the tired...
Edge-sorting issue in the headlines again US professional poker player Phil Ivey (39) suffered another legal setback this week when he lost his appeal against London's Crockfords Club for winnings of GBP 7.7 million which were withheld on allegations that he and a companion indulged in "edge-sorting" tactics to cheat the casino. Ivey's appeal this week dates back to a...
For $1,024,000 pay check Sam Soverel took down the Aria Resort & Casino $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em Super High Roller event this past weekend which culminated in a three-way chop between Soverel, Jake Schindler and Brian Rast. Thirty-four entrants generated a prize pool of $3,332,000 with the top five players rewarded with a minimum payout of $199,920. Final payouts were: 1...
81 percent revenue growth in successful vertical Scientific Games has reported reduced losses in its third quarter results, thanks partly to revenue growth of 81 percent in social gaming and larger machine sales. Group financial highlights from the company included: * Revenue up 7 percent year-on-year at $720 million; * Operating income of $33.5 million compared to a loss of...
Big Fish Gaming revenues up, but earning down due to heavier marketing Big Fish Gaming, the consistently profitable online social gaming arm of US gambling group Churchill Downs, continued to be the group's best performer in the quarter ended September 30, delivering an 18 percent rise in revenues to $122.3 million, although actual earnings slipped by a third to $23.4...
ESPN report quotes sources who say negotiations are almost complete ESPN triggered renewed speculation on a DraftKings - FanDuel merger Friday when it published an article claiming that the two dominant players in the daily fantasy sports industry, are finalising terms of a merger. Quoting multiple but anonymous sources close to the matter, ESPN said an agreement was "imminent" and...
House returns Bill 1887 with online gambling additions The interaction between the Pennsylvanian House and the state Senate has become increasingly like watching a game of ping pong as the two political establishments wrestle with online gambling legalisation and court-ordered tax fixes in the dying days of the current political season. InfoPowa readers may recall that on Wednesday the Senate...
Bests total field of 6737 Former nail salon owner Qui Nguyen (39) has taken down the WSOP 2016 Main Event for $8,005,310 and his first ever WSOP bracelet, emerging victorious on the other side of an 8-hour heads up match with Gordon Vayo that is being touted as a new 182-hand heads up duration record. Nguyen, a relative unknown but...
Legal and gaming experts set to join a group of lawmakers for the first meeting Monday A study of online gambling mandated by the Massachusetts legislature gets underway this week when legal and gaming experts join a group of lawmakers for the first time Monday as part of the Special Commission on Online Gaming, Fantasy Sports Gaming and Daily Fantasy...
And the first casualties have already occurred It's been more than three months since the nine survivors of the original 6,737 entrants in this year's World Series of Poker Main Event took a compulsory break before the start of the final table action, but on Sunday evening they were back at the Rio in Las Vegas with the prospect of...
