Paul Volpe wins his second WSOP bracelet...and $149,943 The respected US professional player Paul Volpe (35) has claimed his second World Series of Poker winner's bracelet after besting a field of 490 other hopefuls to win the $1,500 buy-in Six-Max 8-Game competition, number 15 on the schedule. In addition to the coveted bracelet, Volpe collected a check for $149,943 after...
Jason DeWitt and Garrett Greer finish first and second in the WSOP Millionaire Maker... Jason DeWitt and Garrett Greer finish first and second in the WSOP Millionaire Maker... and the half million dollars for third place went to a kindergarten teacher. The $1,500 buy-in "Millionaire Maker" No-limit Hold 'em event at the World Series of Poker turned out to be...
Governors of Colorado and Missouri sign bills into state law Two more US states now have laws governing daily fantasy sports after the governors of Missouri and Colorado signed bills into law this week. In Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed House Bill 1941, the Missouri Fantasy Sports Consumer Protection Act, into law on Friday, making his state the sixth to...
Howard Lederer follows Chris Ferguson to the tables Memories - not all of them pleasant - returned for some poker players at the World Series of Poker over the weekend when former Full Tilt Poker director Howard "The Professor" Lederer made his first appearance at a major poker event for some years. Earlier in the week former fellow director Chris...
Peter Eichhardt takes home $438,417 in 2,016-entry event Swedish poker player and writer Peter Eichhardt (50) has scored his first World Series of Poker bracelet and a $438,417 pay day in the first of several $1,500 buy-in NLHE events at the Rio in Las Vegas. 2,016 entries were recorded for the event, building a prize pool worth $2.72 million; Eichhardt's...
31-year-old Ian Johns claims first prize worth $212,604 Seattle No Limit Hold'em specialist pro Ian Johns (31) has claimed the $212,604 main prize and his second WSOP bracelet after winning the $1,500 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. tournament, played over three days and nights at the World Series of Poker this week...the biggest live tournament win of his career to date. Married and...
In tribal jurisdictions Nektan and Spin Games' joint venture Respin has been awarded approval from a designated independent testing lab for its Class II Mobile in-venue gaming solution Rapid Games for the US market. The compliance certification allows tribal jurisdictions to offer the product to casino patrons playing on their own mobile device in designated areas of a casino property,...
Sen. Bonacic's bill may have been approved by the state Senate, but a similar triumph in the House is unlikely given time constraints The euphoria over Sen. John Bonacic's achievement earlier this week in pushing an online poker legalisation bill through the New York state Senate on a vote of 53 vs. 5 has quickly been replaced with a sense...
House floor vote could take place next week Pennsylvanian lawmakers who support the legalisation of online gambling along with other gaming expansion proposals are reportedly canvassing their colleagues' views with the objective of trying for a House floor vote next week, the Pittsburgh Action News reports. Legislation proposing online gambling and the expansion of casino-style gambling to airports, bars, off-track...
State Senate votes to legalise online poker gambling The New York State Senate voted Tuesday to regulate and licence intrastate online poker, passing Sen. John Bonacic's S. 5302 proposal on a 53 to 5 positive vote in an evening sitting. The bill allows the state's 11 racetrack casinos to apply for 11 licenses to hold online poker games, and now...
