Five women still in the run and actor Kevin Pollack busts out
When the action resumed on Day 5 of the 43rd World Series of Poker main event, with 282 players still in the game, the Shuffle Up and Deal call was given by tournament director Jack Effel a......
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Cash bubble pops
What a majority of players at the 43rd World Series of Poker set as one of their goals - falling into the cash bubble - happened over the weekend, when the bubble burst, guaranteeing a minimum pay-out of $19,227 for the 666 survivors.......
New peer-to-peer mode added
Social gaming giant Zynga recently made a new addition to its Zynga Poker Android application - a new NFC peer-to-peer mode, which allows users with NFC enabled devices to set up a bidirectional connection between each othe......
Latest Field poll shows that voters split on internet gambling
Most California voters are ready to add sports betting to the portfolio of legalised gambling in their State, but split on whether the residents should be allowed to play poker over the I......
719 players remain in competition
After the wrap-up of Day 3 of the World Series of Poker Main Event Championship, 719 players remained to compete for the lucrative main prize, with New Jersey poker professional Dave D'Alesandro holding the chip lead.......
New big name bust-outs
At the beginning of the Day 3 of the 2012 World Series of Poker main event, a special award was given for the Dealer of the Year, and the honor belonged to Timothy Louis (39), a dealer from New Orleans who was involved in the Bi......
After 120 hours and 20 minutes of playing poker in a Manchester casino, Barry Denson of the UK has set a new record for poker endurance. In 2010, Phil Laak set the record of just over 5 hours and former soldier Denson smashed it. Much like the record h......
These days the Nevada Supreme Court is wondering whether or not judges should preside over cases involving those theyve received campaign contributions from.
Arguments began Tuesday in Carson City regarding the case filed by Iveys ex-wife, Luciaetta I......
Barnes tweet causes concern among players
A tweet that appeared this week from one James Barnes, who appears to be a lawyer who often tweets on insider information about the Full Tilt debacle, claiming that the Pokerstars attempt to acquire Full Tilt ......
Eriquezzo takes home his biggest career win to date
The $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker National Championship wrapped up on July 11, with the victory of New Haven poker pro Ryan Eriquezzo, who took home his first bracelet and $416,051 ndash; his ......