Online Poker Archive
12 survivors remained in the race - Master Classics of Poker 2014 Main Event
Amsterdams Holland Casino has recently been abuzz with the holding of the Master Classic of Poker. Joining Holland Casinos poker room are 285 players, each one of whom paid the 4,250 of entry-fee for the MCOP 2014 Main Event. After three days of battle, only 12 players are left heading to the final table. Actually, 36 players entered Day 3 with Clyde Tjauw Foe as a chip leader. Clyde Tjauw Foe maintained the lead to finish on the top of the chip counts at the end of the day. Armed with a nice stack of 1,693,000 chips, Clyde Tjauw Foe leads the 12 survivors heading to the final. He is closely followed by three other title contenders with over 1 million of chips, namely Andrew Chen (1,677,000), David Boyaciyan (1,564,000) and Jussi Nevanlinna (1,048,000).
Friday, 28 November 2014
Dan Smith and Daniel Colman dominate the standings - Global Poker Index
For 14 weeks now; Dan Smith has remained in the drivers seat of the GPIs Top 300 tournament poker players in the world. This week, the Top 10 undergoes no change. Behind Dan Smith are Scott Seiver, then Jason Mercier, Davidi Kitai, Olivier Busquet, Byron Kaverman, Daniel Negreanu, Martin Jacobson, Ole Schemion and Ami Barer, from 2nd to 10th place. As for the Player Of the Year race, Daniel Colman secures on top for 4 weeks now. Like the GPIs, the POY Top 10 listing has not changed this week with Ami Barer in second place, followed by Davidi Kitai, Dan Smith, Mustapha Kanit, Jason Mercier, Scott Seiver, Anatoly Filatov, Ole Schemion and Jacob Schindler. As usual, many are those who have made an impressive comeback onto the rankings while others have fallen down. Ole Schemion has just gained valuable points following his second place finish in the Master Classic of Poker-High Roller event held this week in the poker room of Holland Casino, Amsterdam.
Friday, 28 November 2014
The poker-packed Christmas holidays in Austria - CAPT Innsbruck 2014
Austria is one of the most appreciated tourist destinations in winter. In recent years, the country has also become a popular destination for poker players. The Casinos Austria Poker Tour (CAPT) is back this year to the entire happiness of Austrian poker fans. Absent from the previous season, Innsbruck will host the new season from January 2nd to 6th, 2015 at Innsbruck Casinos poker room. Interestingly, the CAPT Innsruck is a great opportunity to discover the beauty of the city along with its iconic Bergisels Olympic ski jumping activity. Better yet, it is also a not-to-be-missed occasion for players from the neighboring countries to spend a 100% poker stay in the Tyrolean capital while enjoying Christmas festivity.
Friday, 28 November 2014
Won by Jonathan Jaffe - WPT Montreal 2014 Main Event
Jonathan Jaffe set the World Poker Tour Montreal 2014 alight by beating Ratharam Sivagnanam in the heads-up. While almost all eyes were turned on talented poker guru Mukul Pahuja and his possible feat after four-time missed first place this year. Against all odds, it was Jaffe who emerged victorious of the WPT Montreal Main Event by besting a field of 732 players. At the end of Day 2 battle, the 732-player field was played down to 9. Phillip Hui, Marc-Andre Ladouceur and Lonnie Hallett fell to 9th, 8th and 7th place respectively; their final-table finishes in this poker tournament allowed them to cash $ 69,260, $ 55,084 and $ 41,371though.
Friday, 28 November 2014
EPT Deauville: EPT to serve Frances poker enthusiasts from January 27, 2015
The European Poker Tour remains the most famed poker tournament in Europe. For its Season 11, the EPT will be serving Frances poker fans with a stop at Deauville from January 27 to February 7, 2015. The EPT Deauville promises to be an exceptional poker festival in France since it will include another stage of the France Poker Series (FPS). Run over 10 days in the poker room of Casino Barrière Deauville, the organizers expect a record-breaking attendance. Recall that the 2015 EPT Deauville is the only stage of the EPT Season 11 in France; to top it all, it will kick-off the 2015 edition of the EPT festival, all stops of which promise to be packed by exciting live poker tournaments.
Wednesday, 26 November 2014
Online poker market is flourishing - Spain
Online poker market in Spain is doing well, according to the Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ). The Spanish gaming regulation authority, the equivalent of Frances ARJEL, recently released its Q3 report on poker market in the country; the figures actually show great hope with its upward trend, contrary to what is found in other European countries, including France and Italy. Statistics mentioned on the report demonstrate that Spains online poker market is on the right path. Indeed, poker tournament activity continues its remarkable rise while cash games has significantly declined compared to the previous quarter. Poker tournament remains the market spearhead in Spain with an encouraging 50% rise in the third quarter to stand at +57% annually. The same report published by the DGOJ also confirms a promising bullish trend on live tournament attendance: 156,000 individuals in Q3 against 120,000 in the previous one.
Wednesday, 26 November 2014
Pavel Chalupka's victory over Thomas Panagopoulos - Poker Royale Masters
On the occasion of the Mega Poker Series Vienna that ended on the victory of Fedor Holz, the Austrian poker festival held in the poker room of Poker Royale Card Casino of Vienna was concluded with the Royal Poker Masters. This free poker tournaments was successful because 310 entering were registered during the start of the day. The curtain fell Sunday on the victory of the Slovak Pavel Chalupka after a heads-up with the Greek Thomas Panagopoulos. After a deal between the two players, Pavel Chalupka pocketed 9,300 for this victory while Thomas Panagopoulos cashed 10,820 for his second place.
Tuesday, 25 November 2014
Fedor Holz won the Mega Poker Series Vienna 2014
Last week, while the Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham has been buzzing with the holding of the WPT United Kingdom, other European poker enthusiasts met in Vienna for the Mega Poker Series 2014. The 770 Main Event of this step 3 of the MPS Season 3 held in the poker room of Poker Royale Card Casino in Vienna was won by the local player Fedor Holz after a final heads up with his compatriot Peter Fally. Holz started the heads-up with a margin of 2 to 1 in chips. He was never in danger throughout the duel and pin his opponent after a little bit more than 30 minutes.
Tuesday, 25 November 2014
Lithuanias Matas Cimbolas claimed the title - 2014 Partypoker WPT United Kingdom
Dusk Till Dawn Poker & Casino played host to a major poker tournament last week, the Partypoker World Poker Tour United Kingdom. Highly talented poker player as he is, Lithuanias Matas Cimbolas wins the Main Event. He bested the six-handed final table of the event. At the beginning of the ultimate flight, Cimbolas Matas was ranked on top of the chip count ahead of Frenchman Antoine Saout and local title contenders including Ben Warrington, Tamer Kamel, Mighall Phillip and Patrick Leonard. After only 15 minutes of play, the first player left the table: Patrick Leonard. He finished sixth place for £ 39,500. Despite all this, Leonard had cashed £ 6,000 of prize for his second-place finish in the High Roller event run a few days earlier. The short stack of the final table, Phillip Mighall (£ 48,000), had his run cut to 5th place by Ben Warrington. Warrington also knocked Morlaisien Antoine Saout out. The 2009 November Niner fell to 4th place for £ 67,000.
Monday, 24 November 2014
Steve Wolansky crowned Winner - 2014 Borgata Fall Poker Open Main Event
The 2014 edition of the Borgata Fall Poker Open Championship concluded with Steven Wolansky winning the Main Event. This is the most valuable title Wolansky has ever claimed in his live poker career. Indeed, Steve Wolansky has just added a new title to his record following his $ 1,500 buy-in 2-7 Lowball Event (Event # 36) first-place finish last summer in Las Vegas where he topped a field of 241 players to grab his very first golden WSOP bracelet. Of the 548 participants who made up the field of the Borgata Fall Poker Open Main Event, the end of last week would only saw 10 survivors to battle it out for the final table after four days of play. Larry Abrams was the chip leader of the final. The nine other finalists include Paul Volpe, Daniel Chan, Josh Spiegelman, Taylor von Kriegenbergh, Mark Sykes, Brian Altman, Larry Abrams, Daniel Buzgon and Jack Duong, all determined to grab the title.
Monday, 24 November 2014
Adrian Mateos bags Day 1As chip lead of the Main Event - WPT Nottingham
While the World Poker Tour Nottingham Main Event is still underway with Day 1A and its 40 survivors, the High Roller event has just been concluded with the coronation of Bryn Kenney. Accessible for a buy-in of £ 6,000, the Higher Roller seduced 51 players, all rushing into Dusk Till Dawns poker room to indulge themselves in the game of poker. The field has generated a prize pool of £ 300,000, a sum which has been shared out among the six final-table finishers. David Vamplew, Dominik Nitsche and Mike Sexton did participate in the battle; against their will, they all failed to reach the final table though David Vamplew had started the event as a chip leader. At the end of the clash, Bryn Kenney finished on top for £ 100,000 of prize behind Patrick Leonard (2nd, £ 62,000), Stuart Rutter (3rd, £ 43,000), John Haigh (4th, £ 32,000), Pablo Fernandez (5th, 24.000 £) and Dhru Patel (6th, £ 18,000), the six finalists of the 2014 WPT High Roller.
Friday, 21 November 2014
Mathias Bergsteiner wrapped Day 1A up as a chip leader - MPS Poker Royale
As agreed, Royal Poker Vienna has been running another leg of the Mega Poker Series tour for a few days now. The MPS Poker Royale Main Event is available for a buy-in of 770. 63 players made up the field on Day 1A of the MPS poker tournament. Thanks to the re-entry formula, Sebastian Langrock and Wolfgang Simperl thickened the field, bringing the number of participants to 65. Those who have made the trip to the poker room of Poker Royale include famed icons in the poker industry like Artur Koren, Manig Löser, Pascal Hartmann, Julian Herold, Gerald Karlic, Jens Lakemeier, Michael Huber, Thomas Butzhammer, Michael Sax, Sebastian Langrock and Adrian Apmann.
Friday, 21 November 2014
Adrian Mateos leads the 51 survivors heading to Day 3 - 2014 WPT Nottingham Main Event
The guaranteed prize pool of £ 1,000,000 of the £ 3,000 World Poker Tour Nottingham Main Event has been exceeded as 354 entries are recorded during the two starting day flights, bringing the total payouts to £ 1,062,000. The end of Day 2 battle sees 51 players survive and remain in the hunt for the £ 200,000 first-place prize. Held in the prestigious Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club, the poker tournament features 45 In The Money places with a minimum gain of £ 6,000. Adrian Mateos bags Day 2 up as the chip leader. He entered the battle with 181,200 chips to amass 560,500 chips when the play was over. Recall that Adrian Mateo won the WPT Europe Main Event in 2013. This year, he has a great change to grab another WPT title. Behind him in chip-count are Christos Kyprianou and Ben Warrington with 525,500 and 507,000 chips respectively.
Friday, 21 November 2014
Online poker players will be informed about their fund protection - UK
Following the introduction of a new legislation ruling online poker market in the UK in early November, the Union Jack has opted for stricter measures especially with regard to the protection of gaming players. From the beginning of the year 2015, licensed operators in the UK are asked to include in their terms and conditions further information about how players fund are protected in case the operator goes bankrupt. And by February 2, 2015, each player must read related statement before signing in and make their first deposit. According to the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), the organization that regulates online gambling in the country, threat for bankruptcy of e-poker rooms remains in a fairly low level; however, such initiative has been taken to protect players from losing their funds and keeping them away from loss-of-pensions-like incidents.
Friday, 21 November 2014
A busy program for 2015 - Global Poker Index
The Global Poker Index (GPI) is a major ranking system for live poker players; it has always devoted its main work for the promotion of the game of poker. Earlier this year, the GPI organized the first International Summit of Poker in London. For the year 2015, The Alex Dreyfus-owned company launches the American Poker Awards. Scheduled on February 27 in Los Angeles, the APA event will be run alongside the "Global Poker Conference." According to the president of GPI, poker is worthy of an individual sport which should be treated as such both in its media coverage and promotion worldwide. The GPI has undertaken tremendous efforts in recent years to organize the Global Poker Conference; Indeed, it comes at the right time as the company bets on the "sportification" of poker that it has already started with the Global Poker League (GPL).
Wednesday, 19 November 2014
Victory of Phil Hellmuth, his 54th win in career - Pittsburgh Poker Open 2014
Phil Hellmuth has opted for a radio silence for quite a long period. Recently, he has been back on stage by adding another trophy into his record. The 13-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner has just emerged victorious from a new major poker tournament. He first-placed the Pittsburgh Poker Open 2014, the 54th win of Hellmuth over a career spanning 27 years. Phil Hellmuth bested a massive field of 254 players to win the $ 1,000 buy-in event. He beat David "ODB" Baker in the ultimate heads up. As a reward, Hellmuth cashed $ 54,000 for his first-place finish while runner-up Baker settled with $ 40,000 of prize. Surreal week. Won a 2015 Corvette Stingray, filmed ESPN live coverage of WSOP, filmed Poker Night in America, and won Pittsburgh Open Main Event, Hellmuth posted on Twitter early after the win.
Wednesday, 19 November 2014
Daniel Colman leads the ranking, Martin Jacobson among the Top 10 - GPI
The Global Poker Index (GPI) receives each week an update of the top 300 best players in live poker around the world. The Top 10 of the GPI 300 has known a big change after the final table of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), which ended last week with the victory of Martin Jacobson. If the Top 5 has not changed with Dan Smith who is still well ahead during twelve weeks now, followed by Jason Mercier, Scott Seiver, Davidi Kitai and Olivier Busquet, the rest of the top 10 rankings has some notable changes: Byron Kaverman (6th, + 2), Ole Schemion (7th, -1), Daniel Negreanu (8th, -1), Martin Jacobson (9th, +4) and Ami Barer (10th, +5).
Tuesday, 18 November 2014
The poker event of the end of the year in Sydney - Poker Palace Championships
In recent years, Australia became decidedly the best poker destination in the Asia Pacific region. The country receives several major tournaments if we only name the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT). For their part, gambling facilities in Australia organize local tournaments for residents and neighboring countries. This is the case of the Poker Palace Championships (PPC) held in the poker room of The Poker Palace of Sydney from December 8 to 23. Before welcoming Christmas and the New Year, enthusiasts of poker in the region will gather one last time this year on poker tables. During these 16 days, 12 poker events will take place and will make 12 players the great champions of this Poker Palace Championships.
Tuesday, 18 November 2014
Dylan Wilkerson hit the top prize - WPT Emperors Palace Poker Classic-Johannesburg
The World Poker Tour (WPT) wrapped up its South African leg last weekend in Johannesburg. This event was run at the Emperors Palace Casino Hotel and was concluded with the victory of Dylan Wilkerson. Earlier this year, In February and March, Dylan second-placed two WPT events, the WPT Fallsview Poker Classic and the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star. This time, the San Francisco native rallied in Johannesburg to claim his very first WPT title. OF the166 players who participated in the WPT Emperors Palace Poker Classic Main Event, only 17 made it through the ultimate-day flight for the title.
Monday, 17 November 2014
Online poker landscape is experiencing a downfall - USA
Online poker market in the US remains nothing but the shadow of its glorious past after its brutal cessation in 2011. The reopening of the market in 2013 in three States including Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware, has revived hope that e-poker would reclaim its yesteryear surge; however, everything seems to go wrong and that the other States are still reluctant to embrace their own regulated e-poker market. Friday, November 14, the first poker room operated by the American operator Ultimate Gaming announced it withdrew from Nevadas gambling landscape. Two months earlier, the said poker room jumped out of New Jerseys legal online poker market and put an end to its partnership with Atlantic City-based Trump Taj Mahal Casino after the latter had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Ultimate Poker has been in the poker business for 19 months.
Monday, 17 November 2014
Season 3s kick-off in Lawrenceburg, Indiana - Hollywood Poker Open
After two successful seasons, the Hollywood Poker Open (HPO) festival has been running its third edition since Thursday, November 13. The HPO season III actually features eight stops from November 2014 to June 2015, the first of which is currently held in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Winners of each stop will be awarded seats for the championships ultimate event at the Las Vegas-based M Resort Spa Casino in June. The exact date is not revealed yet. Kicking off in Lawrenceburg, the HPO Season III is currently played in the poker room of Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg with the $ 235 buy-in No Limit Hold'em on Thursday. In all, 20 events are listed on the menu, including the HPO Regional Main Event scheduled from November 22. Participants can directly register by paying the $ 1,115 of buy-in or try to grab seats via qualifying satellite events held prior to Day 1 of the Main Event.
Friday, 14 November 2014
Berlin is playing host to the festivity - WSOP Europe 2015
The edition 2014 of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) wrapped up earlier this week with Sweden's Martin Jacobson claiming the title. Indeed, the WSOP circuit attracts a great number of poker enthusiasts in Europe. For seven years now, the World Series of Poker has run a Europe-based poker tour. After England and France, the WSOP Europe 2015 poker tournament will visit Germany. European poker community has been a bit surprised, but such decision seems to be logical given the countrys soaring poker market. Thus, the city of Berlin will succeed London (2007-2010), Cannes and Enghien-les-Bains (2010-2013) in hosting the WSOPE. According to the Executive Director of the WSOP, Ty Stewart, Berlin was chosen to host the next WSOPE thanks to the fact that many German players have regularly participated in the tournament. After all, its high time the WSOP made a stop in the city where many stars of poker like Ole Schemion, Philipp Gruissem, Tobias Reinkemeier, Igor Kurganov, Fabian Quoss and Niklas Heinecker are native of.
Friday, 14 November 2014
The last leg of Season III in Vienna from November 19 to 23 - Mega Poker Series
The two previous editions of the Mega Poker Series have been a stunning success; and it comes as no surprise if the circuit continues its glorious path this year. The MPS has always fascinated poker enthusiasts in Europe in recent years. After Spain and Bulgaria, the circuit will land on Vienna to run the last leg of Season III from November 19 to 23. Called MPS Vienna (Poker Royale), the festival will take place at the Poker Royale Card Casino and will obviously include local poker tournaments run by Casinos Concord and Masters Poker Royale. Actually, Mega Poker Series Vienna features 10 events including satellites. The Austrian poker festivity will begin with the MPS and will be concluded by the CCC Million, a 550 buy-in Freezeout event guaranteeing a prize pool of 1 million.
Thursday, 13 November 2014
Martin Jacobson crowned The World Champion of Poker - WSOP 2014
Martin Jacobson is the new World Champion of Poker. The super talented Swedish poker player has just won the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event that kicked off on Monday. After two days of poker tournament, Martin Jacobson set the 2014 November Nine event alight by topping the 9 finalists. While William Tonking, Billy Pappas, Andoni Larrabe, Dan Sindelar, Bruno Politano and Mark Newhouse were eliminated from the first day flight, Norways Felix Stephensen, Swedens Martin Jacobson and the Netherlands Van Hoof Jorryt returned to Pen & Teller Theater at Rio-Las Vegas on Tuesday afternoon to run for the ultimate 2014 World Series of Poker title race. Of the final table of three, Van Hoof Jorryt was the first player to head for the door.
Thursday, 13 November 2014
Van Hoof- Stephensen-Jacobson, the big three 2014 WSOP title contenders - 2014 WSOP
After three months of anticipation, the final table of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event kicked off on Monday( Nov.10) in the poker room of Penn & Teller Theater, Rio, Las Vegas. Qualified players for the November Nine battle are Jorryt van Hoof, Martin Jacobson, Felix Stephensen, William Tonking, Billy Pappas, Andoni Larrabe, Dan Sindelar, Bruno Politano and Mark Newhouse. At the end of a 12 hour long play, only 3 of the 9 November Niners made it through the ultimate flight. The three 2014 WSOP title contenders are Jorryt van Hoof, Martin Jacobson and Felix Stephensen. Jorryt van Hoof bags up the chip lead with a stunning stack of 89,625,000 chips; he is shortly followed by Martin Jacobson with 64,750,000 whilst Felix Stephensen has 46,100,000 chips in hands.
Wednesday, 12 November 2014
Jeremy Palvini crushed a 573-player field to claim the 2014 DSO Gruissan title
The DeepStack Open Gruissan concluded on Tuesday night with Jeremy Palvini sealing the win. Indeed, it took five days of poker battle plus 10 hours of suspense for the winner to emerge from the final table. The battle began at 01:00 PM and ended late in the evening, just before 11:00 p.m. 573 players took part in the event, but only 28 men would make it through the penultimate day, and 9 of who were qualified for the ultimate title race. Christophe Deville was the first player to join the bench. His 9th place allowed him to cash 6,200 of prize though. Mohamed Kreri waved bye bye to the DSO Bruissan poker tournament at 8th place for 7500; he was shortly followed by Roman Lewis (7th, 9,000), Julia Vassort (6th, 11,000), André Comemale (5th, 14,000) and Florian Bridier (4th, 18,000).
Wednesday, 12 November 2014
Enthronement of Daniel Negreanu and Jack McClelland - Poker Hall of Fame
Last Sunday at Horseshoe Casino of Las Vegas, the poker community attended the enthronement of Daniel Negreanu and Jack McClelland among the legends of poker. Both figures have indeed taken their place in the round up of the sphere of poker in the Poker Hall of Fame. For some years, the Poker Hall of Fame was the opening ceremony of the November Nine, the final table of the Main Event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) which takes place at Penn & Teller Theater at the sumptuous Rio in Las Vegas. A full house welcomed Daniel Negreanu and Jack McClelland in the Longhorn Room. The enthronement was graced by the presence of Hall of Famers Jack Binion, Doyle Brunson, Linda Johnson Eric Drache and Lyle Berman.
Tuesday, 11 November 2014
Nick Jhivkov wins the MSPT Meskwaki for $ 104,974
Poker enthusiasts in Iowa and surrounding States gave appointment at Meskwaki Bingo Casino & Hotel of Tama to participate in the Mid-States Poker Tour. This poker tournament was a great success, as 426 players turned out to take part in the Main Event. After three days of competition, its a player from Illinois who won the event; for recall, he already gained a reputation in the world of live poker in the United States. Indeed, Nick Jhivkov is neither at his first participation nor in his first paid place. He made his entry into the big leagues in 2012 following his victory in the Event # 5 of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). In addition to a WSOP bracelet, Nick Jhivkov cashed his biggest win in his career. In 2013, he finished runner-up in a tournament in Meskwaki after a heads-up with Terry Ring.
Tuesday, 11 November 2014
November Nine battle is now underway - WSOP 2014
The final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event called "November Nine" is kicking off this Monday, November 10th. Of the 6,683 players from 87 different countries who participated in the poker tournament last July, only 9 survivors are qualified to battle it out for the title. After more than three months of waiting, the November Nine battle is expected to attract great attention of all poker enthusiasts across the world. The event is scheduled to be played in the poker room of Penn & Teller Theater inside the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas). The nine finalists are guaranteed to take home a minimum gain of $ 730,725 while the one who finishes fourth place will cash $ 2,848,833. On Tuesday, November 11, the three men standing will play it down to a winner. Recall that the WSOP 2014 champion will pocket $ 10 million along with a WSOP winner-stamped golden bracelet "; the runner-up will amass $ 5,145,968 while the third-place finisher will be awarded $ 3,806,402 of prize.
Monday, 10 November 2014
Antoan Katsarov claimed the win - Battle of Malta III
With its massive 1,447 entries, we can clearly say that the third edition of the Battle of Malta has been a stunning success. Held in the poker room of Portomaso Casino, St. Julian, in Malta, the event put as bait a 500,000 prize pool guarantee; thanks to the gigantic 1,447 player-field, the prize pool of the Battle of Malta Main Event rose up to 701,795. 170 players would make the money. The first player who hit the rail (170th place) walked away with 1,100 of gain. Indeed, after four days of competition, Bulgarian Antoan Katsarov topped the entire field to cash the 122,750 first-place prize. Malta native Alan James Brincat found his own run cut to the second place; he earned 107,250 as a consolation prize.
Monday, 10 November 2014
Yahoo launches its online poker platform - Online poker
More and more technology giants have made a considerable business-move into online poker sector in recent years. After that of Facebook which recently introduced its freshly designed game of poker to social networking lovers, Yahoo has also made it through all stages by launching its own e-poker platform. Indeed, users of Yahoo search engine can now play poker via its Texas Hold'em portal. After several years of experience in other sports-based gambling such as Fantasy Football and Fantasy Basketball, Yahoo has raised the bar high this month by announcing the news. For now, the game of poker featured on Yahoo is played with fictitious money, but things are likely to change soon with the advent of "fantasy sports" and its "pay to win" services, guaranteeing real money prizes.
Friday, 07 November 2014
Montreal hosts a 19-days poker festival - Playground Poker Fall Classic & WPT
Following the Black Friday case of poker in the United States, Canada has become one of the top poker destinations of American gamblers. It has significantly boosted both online poker and land-based poker markets in the country. Multiple poker tournaments have been run in Canada in recent years; attractive as they are, both players from the US and local gamblers were seduced. Hence, this coming weekend, the largest city of Quebec, Montreal, is playing host to a 19-days of poker festival: the Playground Poker Fall Classic 2014 & the World Poker Tour Montreal. Housing the festivity is Kahnawakes Playground Poker Club from November 9 to 27, 2014. This is actually a great opportunity for local legends, including Jonathan Roy and Derrick Rosenbarger, to defend their titles. Both men respectively won the WPT Montreal titles in 2012 and 2013.
Friday, 07 November 2014
172 players are qualified for Day 3 battle - Asia Championship Of Poker 2014
The Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) is one of the most-liked poker tournaments in the Asia-Pacific region. This year, the ACOP is housed in the PokerStars LIVE Macau poker room. A massive field of 291 players participated in the HK $ 100,000 buy-in Main Event. Actually it shows a significant increase of 43% compared to the previous edition, generating a record prize pool of HK $ 27 million (US$3.5 million). That gigantic amount of cash is to be awarded to the top 31 players of the tournament. Interestingly, the winner will take home a symbolic HK $ 6,3million of prize.
Thursday, 06 November 2014
Darrin Bracken wins the Event # 2 - Seneca Fall Poker Classic 2014
Since last weekend, the poker room of the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel, New York, has been abuzz with the holding of the Seneca Fall Poker Classic 2014. After the Event # 1 whose $ 10,334 first-place prize was won by Scott Hosbach, all eyes were on the Event # 2 and its top prize of 12,502. Play resumed on Wednesday with Darrin Bracken claiming the win. Previously guaranteeing a prize pool of $ 50,000, the $ 125 buy-in No-Limit Hold'Em poker tournaments 560 entries pulled it up to $ $ 53,200. The Day 2 was played with 110 survivors of the six previous flights. Atif Choudhurys 46th place finish somewhat carved the 45 ITM places out of the field. The battle went on until the final table was set.
Thursday, 06 November 2014
Wai Tung beat Louis Salter to win the Warm-Up event - Asia Championship Of Poker
As one of the biggest events listed on the schedule of the edition 2014 of the Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP), the two-day NLHE Warm-Up battle of $ 25,000 buy-in recently concluded with Wai Tung Lo winning the top prize. As an award for his first-place finish, Hong Kong native Wai Tung Lo earned US $ 154,453 (HKD 1,179,350). Note that this poker event attracted 277 players, generating a prize pool of HKD 6,179,870. Included in this massive field are notable poker stars such as Liv Boeree, Bertrand Grospellier, Raymond Wu, Celina Lin, Eugene Katchalov and Randy Lew. However, most of them failed to reach the final table.
Wednesday, 05 November 2014
Season 3 kicks-off in Lawrenceburg-Indiana - Hollywood Poker Open
The Season 3 of the Hollywood Poker Open (HPO) is scheduled to kick off on Thursday, November 13 in the prestigious poker room of Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg in Indiana. This tournament features 12 events including the most-anticipated $ 1,115 buy-in HPO Regional Main Event. The Main Event play is scheduled to begin on November 22 at 12:00 am, and expected to seduce a great number of poker pros. Entitled as the Ambassador of the HPO Season 3, online poker star and World Series of Poker 2003 Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker, has already confirmed his participation in the battle. As a reminder, C. Moneymaker emerged victorious in the Hollywood Poker Open St. Louis Regional Championship (Season 2). This time, he is seeking a second title win straight.
Wednesday, 05 November 2014
A slight improvement in the French online poker market during Q3 - ARJEL
The French Regulatory Authority of Online Games (ARJEL) had released last week its balance sheet on online poker activity in France during the third quarter. After six quarters of sharp decline, the market shows renewed optimism with a cash game activity, which decreased slightly and tournament activity in good health. After a decline of -13%, -16.4%, -21%, -23%, -19% and -17%, in the first quarter 2013 till the end the second quarter 2014, the level of cash game turnover has retreated of only 5% to 1.040 billion in the third quarter of 2014 against 1.099 billion one year earlier. The cash game on the first three quarters of the year amounted to 3.286 billion, a decrease of 14% compared to the same period of 2013 ( 3.841 billion).
Tuesday, 04 November 2014
A new record turnout this weekend in Enghien - BPT Deepstack
Enghien is a step that has always been up to the expectations of the organizers of the poker circuit Barrière Poker Tour Deepstack (BPT). For its second consecutive year, the BPT Enghien-les-Bains had broken the attendance record with 702 participants in the Main Event this year. This record field generated a prize pool around 300,000. This event of 570 buy-in was won by Alexander Réard, a regular at the Aviation Club de France (ACF). The closure of the ACF and the Cercle Cadet forced Parisians players to see over places and make a cross on poker tournaments in the French capital for several moments. Alexander Réard won the title and the amount of 53,300 promised to the winner after having beaten John Archibald Delafontaine during the final heads-up. But he still leaves the final table with 33,400 in prize money.
Tuesday, 04 November 2014
Online poker ban proposal is under discussion - South Africa
Online poker ban has been subject to heated debate between elected officials and the federal government in South Africa these days. Actually, the Department of Trade and Industry plans to ban online poker activity from the country, the purpose of which is being discussed with the National Gambling Policy Council. On the other side of the bench, Democratic Alliance, the local opposition party, strongly disagree with the ban proposal. As a reminder, this online poker ban is part of the South African governments initiatives to regulate gambling industry in the region. Concerned by the Federal governments initiatives are prohibition on dog racing and new forms of underground gambling activities, and a more serious regulation on electronic bingo machines and horse racing.
Monday, 03 November 2014
Scott Hosbach as winner of the Event # 1 - Seneca Niagara Fall Poker Classic 2014
The Seneca Niagara Fall Poker Classic 2014 (SNFPC) kicked-off last Saturday in the eastern part of the United States. As its name suggests, the event was hosted by the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel, a gambling facility located in Niagara Falls, NY. The Seneca Niagara Fall Poker Classic features five poker events until November 9. Of course, the Main Event (from November 7 to 9) is the most anticipated battle in this SNFPC 2014. As a foretaste, the curtain went up on Saturday with the $ 500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em. Two other events of $ 125 of buy-ins were run the following day, but that of Saturday recorded the highest turnout. With its 144 entries, the prize pool jumped up to $ 61,560.
Monday, 03 November 2014
11-days festivity at Adelaide Casino - Adelaide Poker Championships 2014
Once again, poker fans in the Asia-Pacific region will soon move under the rhythms of another poker event, the Adelaide Poker Championships. Scheduled from November 3rd to 14th at the Poker Zone of Adelaide Casino, the structure of this poker tournament promises to be all attractive. Run over 11 days, the Adelaide Poker Championships 2014 feature five events, including the $ 2,400 buy-in Main Event. Kicking off the battle on Monday is the $ 340 buy-in NLHE Terminator; players will enter the game with a starting stack of 20,000 chips. Other events listed on the agenda are: the $ 340 buy-in Teams Event, the $ 450 buy-in "Damien Viney" Triple Chance and the $ 340 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha. Like the first two Side Events of Adelaide Poker Championships, the other two battles are played to 25-minute level each.
Monday, 03 November 2014
Bryan Devonshire sealed the win - Ante Up Poker Cruise Main Event
The Ante Up Poker Cruise is one of the top poker tournaments in the United States, especially for those who love cruise shipping while indulging in the game of poker. Indeed, the Ante Up Poker Cruise offers participants an unparalleled opportunity to relax aboard the Royal Caribbean cruise ship while enjoying the beauty of the Caribbean. To run the festivity, the conference room of this prestigious ship has been transformed into a poker room. Held from October 19 to 26 in Galveston, a city in southern Texas, the Ante Up Poker Cruise attracted a great number of players. It featured three events, ranging from No-Limit Hold'Em of $ 20 to $ 100 of buy-ins.
Monday, 03 November 2014
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