Previously unknown American name topping the WPT Tour in Florida
Posted on | February 13, 2012 | No Comments
Matt Juttelstad is currently leading the chip count in the WPT tournament in Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open in Florida. Only 34 players out of 295 are still remaining in the tournament and tomorrow is the finals.
Amongst those who are eliminated we find Jason Mercier, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, Shaun Deeb, Kathy Liebert and Matt Waxman.
In tomorrows finals there will be 27 players and $268 444 as first price. In the lead at the moment we find Matt Juttlestad, here’s an interview with yesterdays Player of the Day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKS4E23aQ2Y
In second place at the moment we find Gigi Gagne and in thrid Uri Kadosh.
Ben Lamb’s Player of the Year according to Card Player
Posted on | January 3, 2012 | No Comments
Ben Lamb, third in the WSOP main event, took the prestigious title of Player of the Year in Card Player magazine annual awards.
With a fantastic effort in this year’s World Series of Poker it was American Ben Lamb who won the prestigious title of Card Player Player of the Year.
The closest contender for the title was British Pro Chris “Moorman1″ Moorman.
In the competitor Bluff Magazine’
Global Poker Index
Posted on | December 4, 2011 | No Comments
Update on the current top ten positions on the Global Poker Index. Who are the best poker players according to the index at the moment?
The list goes as follows, top 10 poker players at the moment according to the Global Poker Index:
1) Erik Seidel (1)
2) Bertrand Grospellier (2)
3) Jason Mercier (3)
4) Eugene Katchalov (4)
5) Shawn Buchanan (5)
6) Samuel Stein (6)
7) Sam Trickett (7)
Sorel Mizzi (8)
9)Fabrice Soulier (9)
10) Matt Waxman (10)
French court: Poker is a game of skill
Posted on | August 6, 2011 | No Comments
Tribunal d’Instance de Toulouse, recently, in a case concerning gaming ruled that poker is a game of skill, at least in the format that has now been up for consideration.
Tribunal d’instance is to compare with Swedish district court, that a court of first instance and appeal can be appealed to higher courts, which means that the last word is probably still far from being said in this matter.
The case concerns the French poker player Jean-Pierre Gleize accused of having engaged in illegal gambling. Gleize has devoted himself to home games with his friends, but the prosecutor believes that there has been a question of a closed group and have therefore chosen to prosecute. If convicted, he could face both fines and prison.
The defense contends that poker is a game of skill and therefore not subject to the French gambling laws. Several expert witnesses have been heard in court, including a professor of mathematics, a poker pro and top-ranked chess and bridge player.
After an overall assessment, the Court has now ruled in favor of the defense – the Gleize and his friends have been involved in does not fall under gambling law because it involved a game of skill. Since it is a skill game, it could be counted as income and be taxable.
The prosecutor announced after the sentence was handed down that an appeal will be made. This means that the matter be taken before a court of appeal.
If higher courts would agree with the first instance assessment, this could mean that the poker sites do not need a gaming license to operate in France, but the players have to pay taxes.
Another three women elected to join the Poker Hall of Fame.
Posted on | August 6, 2011 | No Comments
After letting the public vote three people has now been elected to the Women of Poker Hall of Fame – these are Kristy Gazes, Phyllis Caro, and Margie Heintz. They are the fourth edition of elected and is now part of a known group of women which include Jennifer Harman, Kathy Liebert and Barbara Enright.
Kristy Gazes is one of the most successful women in the poker world and has earned over a million dollars in live tournaments. Phyllis Caro, poker manager for Hollywood Park, and Margie Heintz is initially one of Las Vegas’ best-known dealers. For example, whatever deals he final table of WSOP 1977, the first time the event televised across the United States.
On September 2, they will officially be given entry at a gala at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas.
More poker rooms closed
Posted on | May 24, 2011 | No Comments
Another batch of poker rooms have been closed down by the US authorities, amongst them Dolyesroom.com that we mentioned the other day. Guess Dolye had a hunch since he parted with the site just a short while ago.
The indictments allege that the defendants own and manage illegal offshore gambling businesses, stating that internet gambling operators rely upon the U.S. banking system and payment processors to facilitate the movement of funds. In addition, 11 bank accounts — located in the United States, Guam, Panama, Malta, Portugal, and the Netherlands — were seized on Monday.
A few of the sites now closed:
- Bookmaker.com
- Truepoker.com
- Betmaker.com
- Betgrandesports.com
- Doylesroom.com
There are large changes going on in the US online poker market. This will once again mean a shift in the rankings which is good news for a number of smaller poker sites. Bad news for the players that were members on the now closed sites tho.
This probably means the end of Yatahay Network and the end of some other sites affiliated with them.
Read more at Cardplayer.com: http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/11393-doylesroom-seized-as-more-indictments-issued.
Doyle Brunson parts ways with DoyleRoom
Posted on | May 18, 2011 | No Comments
10 time World Series of Poker Champion Doyle Brunson and DoyleRoom parts way after Black Friday, 15th of april 2011, when FBI raided PokerStars, FullTilt and UB/AB. Doyle supposevly chose to part with DoyleRoom in fright of being brought to court due to the company still operating on the American market.
Doyle started as a promising runner and basketplayer but after a knee injury he started playing more poker and soon realised he could earn more money to finance his studies.
Up til 2009 Brunson had $5.800.000 in combined poker winnings. and he regularly play at the Big Game in Bobby’s Room on Bellagio in Vegas.
He’s written books on playing poker, amongst them ”A Course in Power Poker” 1979, ”My 50 Most Memorable Hands” 2007 and ”The Godfather of Poker” 2009.
DoyleRoom are still using Doyle in the marketing, if this will change soon or not we’ll soon find out.
You can follow news about Doyle on his official twitter http://twitter.com/TEXDOLLY.
Poker online
Posted on | May 8, 2011 | No Comments
Playing poker online is something that is very common today. There are many sites that provide tips and advice for poker players and offers tips on rakeback and online poker tables around the world.
There is the opportunity to win a lot of money, quickly, which attracts lots of people to become members at various poker sites worldwide and deposit money for the opportunity to be with and play Texas Hold em or similar against poker players from all over the world.
We will continually provide poker tips, tips on rakeback, tips on poker tournaments and the latest poker news. All of that for you to enjoy as much playing poker online as possible .