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Bodog.com is Back for All Poker Players

Bodog.com is back. The popular online gaming site, which offers poker, sports betting, and other casino games, has returned to its original domain address, bodog.com. Bodog told Card Player that it was “a great day for all who have come to know Bodog as a pioneer in the worlds of online gaming and online entertainment.” […]

Online Poker — The $1K Roundup, Week of June 8, 2009

Read the results for the $1,000 events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, and Absolute Poker below. Full Tilt Poker — $1K Monday Buy-In: $1,000+$60 Prize Pool: $300,000 Entrants: 286 Places Paid: 36 Final Table Results: 1. AD_84 — $75,000 2. HHHUGO — $48,000 3. ALLinwithdaBEST — $36,000 4. kudos1017 — $27,750 5. bizzleraises — $21,000 6. […]

Final Table from Hell Returns to DevilfishPoker

The hugely popular Final Table from Hell has returned to DevilfishPoker.com for its second instalment. The promotion will see the top players of five weekly bounty tournaments held every Thursday at 8 p.m. (BST) come together for a six-seater single table battle featuring the ambassador of the site, David Ulliott. However, because Devilfish is currently […]

Italian Online Poker Grows Six Percent in May 2009

The Italian poker boom shows little sign of abating with online poker wagers up six percent to €200 million in May 2009 from €188 million in April 2009 according to new figures releases by state gambling monopoly AAMS. The Italian market was partially deregulated last year and a number of big online poker companies moved […]

Everest Poker for Sale as Revenue Down

Gigamedia, the publicly-quoted parent company of Everest Poker, yesterday confirmed it was in advanced discussions with two parties for the sale or strategic partnership relating to its poker and casino offerings. It also reported a decrease in poker revenue for the first quarter of 2009 of 27 percent compared to the first quarter of 2008. […]

EU Calls on U.S. to Drop Gambling Ban

The European Commission yesterday urged the U.S. to enter discussions with it over the current online gambling ban, insisting the ban contravenes global trade rules according to Reuters. The U.S. introduced the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in 2006, a move which European based companies such as PartyGaming and Sportingbet says has cost them up […]

WSOP — Brock Parker Wins His Second Bracelet

On June 7, Brock Parker won his first gold bracelet in event No. 14 ($2,500 six-handed limit hold’em) at the World Series of Poker, along with $223,688 in prize money. The morning after his victory, Parker entered event No. 19 ($2,500 six-handed no-limit hold’em), and he survived day 1 on June 8. June 9 saw […]

John O’Shea WSOP Share Bounty on Boylepoker Tonight

Boylepoker.com pro John O’Shea earlier this week won his second European Championship of Online Poker event in less than a week, one of which was the defence of his pot-Limit Omaha high-low victory from last year. In celebration of O’Shea’s incredible double act, Boylepoker.com is offering a $10 + $1 no-limit hold’em bounty tournament tomorrow […]

WSOP Gold — Lemke Overcomes Tragedy to Win

Brian Lemke volunteered to go to Las Vegas to pick up his late cousin Justin Shronk’s belongings. Shronk, a respected member of the poker media, suddenly passed away at the age of 27 last April. Lemke remembers how difficult of a time it was for him and his family, but still remains grateful for the […]

Run It Twice — Phil Galfond

Phil Galfond has become one of the most respected cash game players in the world during his short career. At age 24, Galfond has earned millions playing the highest staked games live and online where he plays under the handle “OMGClayAiken.” Galfond can often be found playing the $500-$1,000 half pot-limit Omaha half pot-limit hold’em […]

New International Poker Governing Body Established

The International Poker Federation was launched today comprising seven founding members. The IPF has elected the highly regarded poker writer Anthony Holden as its first president and states that its aim is to “free poker from the cruel and unfair restraints of gambling legislation across the globe.” Holden, author of Big Deal, said “The Federation […]

William Hill Attempts Charity Poker Event Record

William Hill Poker today announced it will host a $30 buy in, with $20 rebuys, charity online tournament at 8 p.m. BST on Friday June 26. The company hopes to attract 1,000 players in an attempt to set a new record for the largest ever charity poker tournament held in the U.K. The prize pool […]

Ongame Network Releases New Software

Ongame Network, home to online poker rooms such as bwin, Betsson, Winamax, RedKings and bet24, has just released its new P5 poker software. All sites on the network will be migrated to the new poker client by June 16 and players will be able to avail of a host of new features including: New lobby […]

WSOP — Daniel Alaei Wins Event No. 18

Daniel Alaei won event No. 18 ($10,000 Omaha eight-or-better world championship) at the World Series of Poker on Tuesday, June 9. Alaei took home the first-place prize of $445,898 and his second gold bracelet for defeating a tough field of 179 players. Alaei won his first gold bracelet at the 2006 WSOP in a $5,000 […]

WSOP — Lisa Hamilton Wins Event No. 17

Lisa Hamilton picked the right time to play her first major live poker tournament. Among a field of 1,060 players in event No. 17 ($1,000 ladies no-limit hold’em world championship) at the World Series of Poker, Hamilton was the last one standing, taking down a first-place prize of $195,390. The 37-year-old Hawaiian didn’t have to […]

PPA ‘Disappointed’ by Seizure of Online Poker Funds

The Poker Players Alliance released a statement today condemning the recent action taken by the Southern District of New York that has left an estimated $30 million of online poker players’ money frozen. “The PPA is disappointed that this unprecedented action has been commenced against law-abiding poker players,” said PPA Chairman and former N.Y. Senator […]

“j.thaddeus” Continues Sweet Run

Jude “j.thaddeus” Ainsworth is continuing his remarkable run since winning the Spring Championship of Online Poker on PokerStars.com in April. He won the PokerStars $109 rebuy two nights running on May 31 and June 1 and finished second in the event on June 7 and third on May 29. This heater netted the Galway player […]

iPoker to Host Bounty Tournament at WSOP

The iPoker network, home to online poker rooms such as PaddyPowerPoker.com and Boylepoker.com, will host a massive bounty tournament on July 13 at the Hard Rock Casino Las Vegas with $13,000 bounties on the heads of players such as Jamie Gold, Montel Williams, Tony G, Neil Channing, Scotty Nguyen & Marty Smyth. Twenty-one lucky iPoker […]

French Gaming Regulation Comes Under Pressure

France, which recently announced moves to regulate online gaming including poker, has been given one month by the European Commission to clarify and modify its draft legislation. While the details of the Commission request remain unclear the European Gaming and Betting Association welcomed the move saying there were a number of troubling aspects to the […]

PaddyPowerPoker Players Come Up Trumps in ECOOP

The fourth instalment of the European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP) produced some fantastic results for PaddyPowerPoker.com players, the best being “Domceee”, who took down the $2,500 no-limit hold’em High Roller event for $145,800 and an ECOOP bracelet. Other top notch results included a sixth place for “ace2ace234” in the $1,500 main event for $60,000; […]

WSOP — Brian Lemke Wins Event No. 15

Brian Lemke came from behind in the final heads-up match against Fabian Quoss at the final table of event No. 15 ($5,000 no-limit hold’em) to win his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet in the early hours of June 9. Quoss took a nearly 4-1 chip lead into the final battle, but Lemke fought […]

WSOP Q and A — Steve Sung

Event No.4 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em) at the 2009 World Series of Poker drew a field of 6,012 entrants, and the man left standing at the end of the four-day event was a player who had been close numerous times to a no-limit hold’em title. Steve Sung happened to capture his first major tournament victory in […]

WSOP — Jeffrey Lisandro Wins Event No. 16

Jeffrey Lisandro scored his second gold bracelet on Monday, June 8, when he won event No. 16 ($1,500 seven-card stud) at the World Series of Poker. Lisandro took home $124,959 for topping a field of 359 players. This is the second year in a row now that Lisandro has won a seven-card stud bracelet, his […]

Keven Stammen — What’s My Line?

Keven Stammen, otherwise known as Stammdogg, was having a great tournament. Sitting at the final table with a mountain of chips, only one other opponent had the stack to take Stammen out of the running for his first bracelet. Then a hand came down that took all the wind out his opponent’s sails and put […]

Online Poker — Turko_man Wins Sunday Million

You can check out the final results for Sunday’s flagship events on Full Tilt, PokerStars, UltimateBet, and Cake below: PokerStars — Sunday Million Buy-In: $200+$15 Prize Pool: $1,500,000 Entrants: 7,196 Places Paid: 1,080 Final Table Results: 1. Turko_man — $225,000 2. Chucklo — $165,555 3. DGMB — $120,000 4. crnagora71 — $79,500 5. Luke “BdBeatSlayer” […]

Double Victory for John O’Shea in ECOOP

John “doesalrite” O’Shea has done it again. In just one week, the Boylepoker.com pro successfully defended his title in the European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP) Omaha hi-lo event, and then went on to take down the $400 + $30 buy-in ECOOP pot-limit Omaha event. His winnings of $25,000 and $40,500 respectively come just before […]

Analyst Says 2009 Online Poker Growth of 7.8 Percent

Gambling analyst James Hollins of Daniel Stewart & Co has published his gambling industry sector note giving an overview of the first half of 2009 and looking forward to what the rest of the year will bring for companies in the sector, including poker operators. “Gambling has proved resilient in H1 ’09," says the report. […]

PokerStars Announces Team Italia; Puchelli Wins IPT

Stefano Puccilli has won the first leg of the new PokerStars.com Italian Poker Tour in San Remo, beating Vittorio Meraviglia and taking down €120,000. Meraviglia lifted €75,000 for his second place with Roger Hairabedian (pictured left) winning €50,000 for his third place finish. Enzo Nardotto got fourth for €35,000, Alessandro Speranza made fifth for €27,000, […]

WSOP — Brock Parker Wins Event 14

Brock Parker defeated a tough final table that included Daniel Negreanu and Barry Shulman to win event No. 14 ($2,500 six-handed limit hold’em) at the World Series of Poker on Sunday, June 7. Parker was awarded $223,688 for finishing in the top spot out of a field of 367 players. The final day of play […]

WSOP — Keven Stammen Wins Event No. 13

Keven Stammen defeated a field of 1,088 players in event No. 13 ($2,500 no-limit hold’em) at the World Series of Poker on Sunday, June 7. Stammen took home the $506,786 first-place prize and his first gold bracelet for the victory. The final day of the event began with 20 players, and action played down quickly […]