10 Jul 05 Favorites Make Early Exit WSOP favorites Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth were eliminated from the $75 million dollar main event on the first day. Another big favorite, Chris Ferguson, was also knocked out.
We'll continue to update the event as it proceeds.
09 Jul 05 Pokertropolis Bot Rumors There has been quite a bit of discussion recently about the poker room Pokertropolis using bots (computerized players), in an attempt to create more activity at their tables.
Bots are always a hot topic in the online poker industry.
09 Jul 05 Brunson Makes Bid A group, including poker champ Doyle Brunson, has bid $700 million cash for WPT Enterprises Inc. just days after the company launched an online gaming site (WPT is best known for broadcasting the World Poker Tour).
Market rumors of the bid, which were later confirmed by WPT, sent its shares surging almost 59 percent on Friday to a new high of $28.20 on Nasdaq.
07 Jul 05 WSOP Video Game to Debut in Las Vegas Activision, Inc. will unveil a sneak preview of the highly anticipated World Series of Poker video game based on the widely popular World Series of Poker (WSOP) Tournament at this year's Lifestyle Show in Las Vegas on July 6 - 10.
Activision will develop and publish the World Series of Poker video game for PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, PSP, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube and PC featuring the likenesses of poker professionals participating in the 2005 WSOP Tournament.
07 Jul 05 Situation in London We have had contact with several gaming companies with offices in London, and the early reports have been that everyone within these offices is okay, but obviously shook up.
Our support and thoughts are with them.
If anyone from the London gaming community has info they'd like to update us with, you can email info@winneronline.com.
06 Jul 05 Underdog London Awarded Olympics In speaking with several online sportsbooks, the interest in wagering on who would win the 2012 Olympic bid ranged from quite mild for North American-focused books, to more revved up for the European books.
Paris was the clear frontrunner leading into today's announcement, but it was London (+480 at several shops yesterday, meaning a $100 bet would return $480 in profit) who pulled off the upset.
06 Jul 05 Online Casino Eyes Blues (Sort Of) The always publicity hungry Casino Fortune Group made another PR-focused offer to purchase a pro sports team.
Like the offers to buy the Cleveland Cavalier and Phoenix Suns before this one, the offer to purchase the St. Louis Blues likely won't happen either - but they obviously believe these offers are a good way to get their name out there (and look, we just wrote about it :)
06 Jul 05 Cheating at WSOP? Two black souvenir poker chips that are nearly indistinguishable when stacked with actual $100 chips being used in the World Series of Poker were discovered in play during an official event Tuesday, raising concerns among tournament organizers of a new form of cheating.
They were replaced and the players were given real chips, based on the fact the dealers weren't able to tell if they were slipped in after the chips were doled out, or if they somehow came from the official stack of chips.
From now on, all offical stacks will be carefully checked, and any new instances of the chips being found will result in the offending parties being disqualified from the tournament.
06 Jul 05 AST Gaming Software There's an interesting discussion going on related to AST Software - including a troubling screenshot (you have to see it), and apparent correspondence from the company that should have players steering far clear of their operators.
06 Jul 05 The King Wins His 10th Arguably the greatest poker player of all-time, Doyle Brunson (age 72) won his 10th WSOP bracelet, tying Johnny Chan for the most career bracelets won. At the final table, Brunson beat out an impressive group, one that boasted 18 career bracelets amongst them.
05 Jul 05 Royal Sports Saga The on-going difficulties with players getting paid (stalling payments is common practice by this sportsbook) and one player situation in particular, has entered the realm of the comical. The usual "watchdog" forums are slinging mud at each other; there are accusations of "doctored" tapes, extortion, etc.
Meanwhile Royal's practice of doing everything they can to make it as difficult as possible to get your money continues - under the watchful eye of key shareholder "Tej" a notorious figure in the offshore sportsbook world.
05 Jul 05 WSOP Numbers Shatter Previous Marks The jump in numbers at the World Series of Poker are yet another indicator of the surging popularity of poker.
It is expected that the total prize money for this year's WSOP will eclipse $100 million, more than doubling the previous high, set last year at $45 million.
Also more than doubling in one year is the number of entrants - with approx. 6,600 in 2005, compared to the benchmark of 2,576 last year.
04 Jul 05 Playing Poker Full-Time? So you love Texas Hold'em, you've been doing okay at it, and now feel like you might want to chuck the day job and give this poker thing your full attention. Hold on a minute....
Here's a good thread on the topic of making the jump to being a full-time poker player.
04 Jul 05 BetUs Making Good Sportsbook BetUs (also known as "little NASA"), a book that previously players should have run away from as fast as they could, appears to be making some positive changes.
The hiring of Mike Foreman (from MVP Sportsbook) was a good first step, and now they are resolving old payout disputes.
If you've been stiffed by this outfit in the past, it's time to give them a ring.
03 Jul 05 Poker Software Upgrades Software developer, CryptoLogic Inc., has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, WagerLogic Limited, has released new enhancements to their poker software, used by top licensees such as InterPoker.com.
New features include high-speed “Lightning” games and an expanded range of lower-limit games that offer players a choice of games at their desired speed and levels.
03 Jul 05 Public Pushes Party Gaming Price PartyGaming's market capitalisation has risen above US$10 billion after the public was allowed to start trading the shares on the London Stock Exchange (institutions have been trading since last Monday).
Shares opened on 116p and climbed as high as 154.7p before closing at 144p on Friday 1 July, a rise of almost 25%.
03 Jul 05 Vegas Partner Lounge Acquisition Respected operator Vegas Partner Lounge has acquired the Golden Star group, which includes the brands Golden Riviera Casino, Miami Paradise Casino, Slots Royale, River Nile Casino and Casino France Net, as wel as the poker room Golden Riviera Poker.
02 Jul 05 Deloitte Drops WPT Respected auditing firm Deloitte dropped the WPT as one of their clinets. This comes after WPT (the host of the Wolrd Poker Tour) launched a website where non-US residents can play poker and other casino games for real money.
Deloitte's reasoning for the split was that WPT's "involvement in an online gaming venture created audit risks that would require an inordinate investment in time and resources, relative to the company's size as a client."
02 Jul 05 Tattooed Forehead A woman from Utah has agreed to have Goldenpalace.com tattooed on her forehead, for the grand sum of $15,000. This isn't a temporary tattoo, similar to what Goldenpalace has paid for in the past - this is the real thing.
30 Jun 05 Trouble With Rochester Casino An on-going thread outlines some troublesome behaviour and payment issues by Rochester Casino. Read all the details...
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