Once again online poker room Full Tilt Poker has launched their impressive FTOPS tournaments, the Full Tilt Online Poker Series with huge prize guarantees. Last year the FTOPS VIII exceeded just about every one of their events when it came to the guarantees, and players are looking for a repeat with FTOPS IX. The first event kicked off on Wednesday with a $1 million tourney with Allen Cunningham as the host…
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Online poker room Bodog Poker has updated their software and a lot of players are responding, “It’s about time!” The update may seem insignificant to players who do not spend a lot of time online, but for the online grinders and rounders it is a big deal. The update will allow players at Bodog Poker to resize the window that holds their game table. This will, in turn, allow for more games to fit on a computer screen - an important thing if you are a multi game player… Last year was the first World Series of Poker Europe, with events spread out over three London casinos. This year all the events will be held in one of those casinos, the Casino at the Empire in Leicester Square. Lots of big name players will appear at the tables this year, including Phil Hellmuth, who showed up last year with a bevy of English beauties as an entourage… When Pacific Poker and 888.com announced their gaming revenues, the numbers showed a drop in the three months to June 30, and football is to blame. 888.com representatives have pointed to the Euro 2008 football tournament as the culprit, saying that online poker players stopped playing during the run of the tournament to watch it on the television. Poker revenues were down an average of $116 per player… When the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) went into effect in 2006 it upset the online poker community, but it did not expressly label online poker as illegal. A new bill, HR 6663, called Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Clarification and Implementation Act (UIGECIA), which was described as a positive element as it would clarify the UIGEA, is upsetting poker players and the Poker Players Alliance. It turns out that the UIGECIA wants to specify sports betting online as illegal, and by doing so implicate online poker as illegal. Related Articles: The schedule has been released for this year’s Poker in the Park, one of the biggest poker festivals to take place in Europe. Poker in the Park will be held in London’s Leicester Square and will feature pro poker players, freeroll events and plenty of prizes. On Friday, August 15 The SubTV Student Poker League Cup will be held at 6:30, followed by The LondonPubPoker.co.uk Trophy at 7:30… The 2009 World Poker Tour Legends of Poker Main Event is some time off, but that won’t stop players from trying to win a free seat to it, even if those players are big time Hollywood celebrities. That is the prize up for grabs at the upcoming Summer Nights fundraising event, where more than 150 players are expected to show up. Kelly Hu, Melinda Clark, Kristie Swanson, Justin Hartley, and Tia Carrere are expected to attend, as is 2006 WSOP champion Jamie Gold… The European Union was planning on a meeting with the US to discuss current online gaming regulations next week, but the Americans have postponed the highly anticipated meeting. The EU was hoping to meet in order to discuss the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), which they view as a treaty violation, referring to the treaty put out by the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Washington, DC meeting has been put off, causing concern for the tone of the meeting when it is finally held… Nearly sixty players generated HK$88,500 for a good cause in Macau over the weekend. The Macau Cup, held in the PokerStars Macau Poker Room at the Grand Waldo Casino, pulled in players who put up HK$1,500 each to play. The money was gathered up and passed on to Macau Caritas, while players vied for a seat to the second season Asia Pacific Poker Tournament to be held in Macau… Card Player Magazine has conducted research using a global poker tourney tracking system to determine what place has the most successful poker players in the world. The system, the “World Tracker”, found that Denmark is the top spot, with 1.85 medals per million people. The medals are victories in certain qualifying events, such as the World Poker Tour, the World Series of Poker and the European Poker Tour… |
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