Archive for August, 2009

G4′s new reality poker programme “2 Months, $2 Million” aired August 16th and treated the viewers to a revealing insight into the life of four young poker millionaires living in Vegas. The stars of the show are Dani Stern, Emil Patel, Brian Roberts,... 

Playtech is a leading software development company to the online gaming industry, and also operates the iPoker Network which is a series of poker rooms sharing the same software, but maintaining their own individual brands. Playtech Ltd’s 2nd Quarter 2009... 

CryptoLogic Inc, the Canadian software provider to the Gaming Industry, released figures showing a decrease in 2nd quarter revenue from last year’s comparative figure of $16.8 million to $10.1 million in 2009. The Irish based company blamed the 40% drop in... 

Liv Boeree’s poker career has gone from strength to strength since she learnt to play the game back in 2005, and this is reflected in her latest move from Absolute Poker to Team Ultimate Bet. Liv, an astrophysics student from Kent, England, got her first... 

The high tech poker company, PKR, in consideration of the ailments suffered by poker players during live play have announced a partnership with professional poker massage therapists, Xhilarate which will see the company being the sole supplier of massages at all... 

Online poker player, ‘AlkaliEars’, holding four jacks was feeling confident with his hand and looking forward to scooping the pot when he looked across to see his opponent’s four kings.  “I was so sure my four Jacks would take the pot. My heart... 

PokerNews.com proclaimed their intention to develop poker in the Portuguese, Spanish, Brazilian, and Latin American market and they aim to achieve this goal through forming a strategic partnership with four other major poker related websites; PokerPT.com,  PokerPoquer.com, ... 

Tony Hachem, the younger brother of the 2005 WSOP champion Joe Hachem, has carried on the family tradition of poker tournament success by being crowned the new ANZPT champion. Tony, beaming with pride after his victory, said: “A lot of people ask, ‘what’s... 

Antoine Saout has just been recruited by Everest Poker who are keen to see the ‘November Nine’ qualifier represent their online poker site at the 2009 WSOP. Antoine’s story is all the more impressive as he was able to qualifiy for the tournament via... 

The young founder of PokerListings, Andreas Oscarsson, was found shot dead in his house in Sweden on August 3 and since then police have failed to make any concrete conclusions while rumours continue to circulate on the web regarding his death. PokerListings is...