Archive for July, 2009

Everest has joined Full Tilt Poker in now enjoying five years in the business. During that time Everest has become a well established poker site with a broad base of members and is perhaps most famous for being the official sponsor of the WSOP. Everest first... 

Thursday saw a double treat for Full Tilt Poker players, with a $100 free bonus  being offered as an introduction to their new interactive poker software. The ‘Biggest Bonus Ever’ allows players to take advantage of the $100 bonus with no deposit needed... 

This year’s Irish Poker Classic tournament is scheduled to take place between August 10th and16th at the Macau Sporting Club in Cork, Ireland. The €1,100 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Main Event has a guaranteed prize pool of €100,000 and has always... 

Station Casinos Inc has joined Trump Entertainment, Las Vegas Tropicana and others as the latest to file for chapter 11 after talks between them and their creditors failed to yield any outcome. Station was started back in 1976 by the Fertittas family, who opened... 

Justin Smith a.k.a “Boosted J”,  has just signed with Full Tilt Poker to become one of their sponsored professionals. The 21 year old Smith is an online player who started playing poker at 17 after a motorbike accident confined him to a wheelchair. Poker thus... 

’2 months, $2 million’ is scheduled to begin on G4TV on August 16th and will provide a fascinating insight into the world of four young  professional of the poker world. The online pros, all aged between 22 and 24, are Jay “pr1nnyraid”... 

New online gaming laws in Italy introduced Monday mean that poker players are no longer permitted to play on the international version of PokerStars. This is not the first time the Italian government has curtailed online gaming activities in the country. In 2006... 

‘Advanced Pot-Limit Omaha, Volume I: Small Ball and Short-Handed Play’ is Jeff Hwang’s follow up book to  ‘Pot-Limit Omaha Poker: The Big Play Strategy’, which was released in  December 2007. At the time of its release Hwang conceded... 

“Europe’s largest free poker festival” is scheduled to take place on August 13th and 14th in Leicester Square in London. This will be its third year and the two day event will see live lectures from professionals, host free tournaments as well as giving members... 

Rounders is widely considered the most influential poker film made and if rumours are to be believed, the possibility of a Rounders sequel being produced is not that far fetched. David Levien and Brian Koppleman were the writing team for the first movie and Levien...