Players from 35 nations benefit from online poker firm's qualifiers 888Poker's partnership with the World Series of Poker this year resulted in the European online poker provider sending 250 players from 35 nations to Las Vegas for the world's most prestigious tournament. 148 of these won seats in the main event currently running its course at the Rio, whilst the...
Pechanga alliance is still opposing AB2863 The euphoria over the passage out of committee stage of California's online poker legalisation bill AB 2863 started to fade as the week came to an end with no floor vote in the California Assembly and time running out. The Assembly adjourns today (Friday) and returns at the end of July for the last...
US division of Brit betting group the first in Nevada to offer virtual racing The US sports book division of Brit bookmaker William Hill has opened wagering on Virtual Racing at two of its Nevada race and sports books, boasting that it is the first in Nevada to do so. Combining quality graphics and the voice of legendary race caller...
Lawmakers outside the Government Organisation and Appropriations committees were not sufficiently up to speed on proposals The failure of Assemblyman Adam Gray to push forward his online poker legalisation bill AB 2863 for a vote on the California state Assembly floor on June 30 has been explained... in a last-minute tally of political support he determined that he would be...
Twenty-something players Peters, Nowakowski and Thompson earn big pay days as this year's series enters the last ten tourneys With just ten events left in this year's World Series of Poker series, three more maiden winner's bracelets have been won by professional players in their twenties. David Peters (29) has a long list of live tournament and online high stakes...
Jackpot Rising secures $3 million in venture funding Jackpot Rising, a well-named Dallas, Texas start-up that provides progressive jackpot technology to real-money skill game developers, has secured $3 million in venture funding from an undisclosed investor. Founder and CEO William Webb (28) said this week that his company offers technology which enables developers to plug the software into their products,...
New York pro owns the $1,500 buy-in Seven Card Stud competition 33-year-old New York professional player Shaun Deeb, one of the many notable names at this year's World Series of Poker, has boosted his $1.5 million in live tourney career earnings with a $111,101 victory - and his second WSOP bracelet - in the $1,500 buy-in Seven Card Stud competition....
And the biggest pay day of his career... $894,300 Chicago poker pro Brandon Shack-Harris (38) claimed his second World Series of Poker winner's bracelet and the impressive top prize of $894,300 over the weekend when he took down the $10,000 buy-in 8-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha Championship at the Rio in Las Vegas. Post-match he acknowledged that it had been one of...
Allan Le claims the honours in inaugural $1,500 buy-in Omaha Eight-or-Better Mixed event Allan Le (30) lived up to and surpassed the proud records of his poker-playing relatives Tommy and Nam Le over the weekend, taking the honours and earning his first bracelet in the new World Series of Poker schedule addition, the $1,500 buy-in Omaha Eight-or-Better Mixed competition. The...
Legislative teams now have to convince the governor that their budget bill can be afforded Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf has so far declined to sign off on the $31.5 billion budget bill sent to him by the state Legislature mere hours before the budget deadline Friday, insisting that he will not sign it without being convinced that there are sustainable...
