February 18th, 2008 by Renee K
At first glance, Vivek “Psyduck’ Rajkumar looks like your typical young man. But this 21 year old has a lot more going for him than most at his age.
Vivek has cashed five times in the World Series of Poker (2007) and has just walked away with over $100,000 in prize money after winning a $2500 [...]
February 18th, 2008 by Renee K
Last week, the executive director of the PPA, Mr. John Pappas, outlined some of the plans that his group has for 2008.
The Poker Player’s Alliance is one of the most influential gambling bodies in the United States. The organization works on a membership basis and has ongoing campaigns in order to fight for the status [...]
February 16th, 2008 by Tom L
While the European Union is trying to create a uniform policy for the continent’s online gambling activities, it is finding laws such as the recent German ban on internet poker and casino gambling particularly frustrating.
As such, nobody was surprised this week when it was announced that the European Union would not be waiting long to [...]
February 15th, 2008 by Tom L
William Hill, one of Europe’s leading bookmaker is now facing their own legal troubles and quite possibly setting precedent with the pending lawsuit from a greyhound trainer and former customer Graham Calvert.
Graham Calvert, a former customer of William Hill is suing the company for failing to adhere to the customer’s requests to close his account [...]
February 14th, 2008 by Roger S
After months of plagued bad checks Bodog seems to have gotten their act together. Poker players from the poker forum twoplustwo are saying the checks have stopped bouncing.
Bodog announced earlier this week that they have cleared up the issue with their payment processor and all new checks will be free and clear to cash.
The new [...]
February 13th, 2008 by Maria T
GSN, the new network home of the World Poker Tour, has announced the telecast schedule for the airing of the sixth season of the WPT.
From March 24th, poker fans will be glued to their seats every Monday night at 9 pm (ET/PT) to watch two hours of action packed, heart stopping poker excitement.
Said Steve Liscombe, [...]
February 13th, 2008 by Maria T
The Indian population has always been known to enjoy card games and competitive sports, so it comes as no surprise that Indian players are usually extremely successful in poker tournaments held close to home.
Last year’s Asian Poker Classic was just one example of how well Indian poker players are doing in the industry today.
As such, [...]
February 11th, 2008 by Renee K
Yesterday it was announced that one of the most successful acquisitions in the poker industry has reached its completion stage.
Absolute Poker, one of the most popular poker sites on the internet, that serves literally millions of players at all levels, recently acquired Vegas 247 – another popular site that has been acting as a skin [...]
