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Kyle Julius wins his first WSOP bracelet in the $1,000 Top Up Turbo No Limit Hold’em

After finishing runner-up in a $5,000 NLH WSOP-tournament in 2012 (for $589,687, losing the heads-up against Peter Vilandos ($952,694)), Kyle Julius managed to score his first bracelet in the $1,000 turbo tournament     The line-up of the final table was as follows: Seat Player Chips Seat 1 Vinny..
10 years ago

Robert Mizrachi wins fourth WSOP bracelet in $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship

Robert Mizrachi started the final table of Event #3, the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship, as chipleader Despite being a very tough final table, with the likes of Ted Forrest, David Benyamine and George Danzer, Mizrachi managed to scoop the win and earn his fourth WSOP bracelet     These were the chipcounts at te start of the..
10 years ago

German family party: Rainer Kempe beats Fedor Holz heads-up and wins the $300.000 Super High Roller Bowl

49 high rollers from all over the world paid $300000 to enter the Super High Roller Bowl in the Aria Casino in Las Vegas Last night seven of them returned, all competing for the $5 million first price The Germans were unbeatable, and Rainer Kempe drew the longest straw beating Holz heads-up to take home the cash and the title     The..
10 years ago

Macau Casino revenue decreases more than estimates

Revenue of Macau's gaming business fell more in May than analysts had estimated The main reason for this are tighter rules affecting gamblers Revenue fell 96% in May compared with a 95% drop in April     The gaming revenue in May amount 184 billion patacas (roughly $23 billion), which means there is a decline for two full years now,..
10 years ago

Illinois Daily Fantasy Sports betting bill postponed

Legislation to regulate DFS betting in Illionois was postponed Sunday after the proposal became embroiled in vote-buying allegations     Democratic Rep Michael Zalewski, one of the bill's sponsors, told colleagues in a House committee Sunday that he would not put the proposal up to a vote before the Legislature shelves its spring..
10 years ago

Macau Slot, Macau’s only sports bet firm, gets licence renewal

According to Macau's Official Gazette, Macau sports betting licensee Macau Slot Co Ltd will have its sports betting concession extended to June 5, 2021     The currenct concession will expire next Sunday, June 5, 2016 This included football and basketball Macau Slot is part of the business empire built by Stanley Ho Hung Sun, founder..
10 years ago

E-commerce portal in Indonesia enables payments by Bitcoins

E-commerce and digital payment platform KinerjaPay Corp, located in Indonesia, has enabled bitcoin payments for transactions on its platform This is a scoop, no e-commerce platform in Indonesia before allowed bitcoin transactions     Users of KinjeraPay Corp can now settle transactions on the marketplace with bitcoins KinerjaPay Corp..
10 years ago

Bitcoin price increases by 20%, two reasons why

In the past five days the value of the cryptocurrency rose with 100$ On May 26 a bitcoin was sold for a little over 450$, five days later the price is suddenly 550$ What is the reason of this recent price increase     Chinese investors The bitcoin is highly dependent on China Approximately three quarters of the transactions of the..
10 years ago

Talal ‘raidalot’ Shakerchi wins $10K SCOOP Main Event

The SCOOP-series have come to an end, and the most prestigious tournament of them all, the $10K SCOOP (H) Main Event was won by hedge fund manager and pokerfanatic Talal Shakerchi To be able to do that, he had to beat a strong field of 824 entries     At the final table, Shakerchi was accompanied by the likes of Scott Seiver and John..
10 years ago

Mike ‘Tímex’ McDonald wins EPT player of the year award

For a long time it looked as if Steve O'Dwyer was going to take down the EPT player of the year award, but Tímex has beaten O'Dwyer by less than a single point to take down the Season 12 European Poker Tour Player of the Year     O’Dwyer took the lead on May 1st when he finished ninth in the €50,000 No-Limit..
10 years ago

Dario Sammartino wins the $21,000 NLH 8-Max High Roller

The 2016 PokerStars Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) is the place to turn a small buy-in into big money, and possibly a prestigious SCOOP-title That is exactly what Dario “Secret_M0d3” Sammartino did, although the buy-in wasn't to be called small     113 unique players entered the $21K tournament, and 30 of..
10 years ago

On Tuesday, May 17th Full Tilt and PokerStars will continue on one network

After the announciaton in February that PokerStars and Full Tilt would join hands by sharing their player traffic on one network, online pokerplayers were waiting until this would be realized One week from now the wait will be over     Head of PokerStars and Full Tilt Public Relations Michael Josem announced in a press conference that..
10 years ago

Holland Casino Breda hosts European Dealer Championship 2016

The European Dealer Championship 2016 will take place on Wednesday May 11th and Thursday May 12th in Holland Casino Breda It is the first time that the European event will take place in the Netherlands     A total of 32 players from 18 different nationalities will participate, including two Dutch players Ted Bakker, an employee of..
10 years ago

The definite schedule of the Spring Championship of Online Poker 2016

The SCOOP kicked off today, and below are all the tournaments you can play in this year's prestigious SCOOP-events on PokerStars All the times are in Central European Time     Sunday, May 8th 14:00 01-L $11 NL Hold'em (Re-Entries Enabled, Max: 3)   14:00 01-M $109 NL Hold'em [Sunday..
10 years ago

Fabian Quoss wins EPT Grand Final €50.000 Super High Roller

Fabian Quoss managed to bink the €50000 Single-Day Super High Roller at the 2016 EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo for €849059 In heads-up play he made a deal with no one less than fellow German Ole Schemion, who won the €100000 Super High Roller two days earlier for nearly €16 million A total of 62 players dug deep in their pockets to..
10 years ago

Nevada wants to legalize online sports betting in all 50 states

The aspiration to legalize online sports betting for money in the United States might get a jump this year The Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) is considering a process that would legalize sports betting nationally     For now, only four states have legalized sports betting for money, whether this is online or in casinos: Nevada,..
10 years ago

‘Inventor Bitcoin’ doesn’t want to deliver extra proof

Australian computerscientist Craig Wright waives of delivering definite proof to show he is the inventor of the Bitcoin After years of speculations last Monday Wright admitted to different social media he is indeed the brains beheind the Bitcoin Wright substantiated that he is the person behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto by sharing a series..
10 years ago

Chance Kornuth wins €10.000 High Roller after 3-way deal

American poker pro Chance Kornuth has had an amazing year so far, winning the A$25K event during the Aussie Millions in January and finishing second in the €25K event in Dublin 2 weeks after Kornuth shows he's planning to continue his streak after winning the €10K High Roller during the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo for..
10 years ago

Ole Schemion wins EPT Grand Final €100.000 Super High Roller for €1.597.800

A total of 46 unique players bought in for €100K in the Super High Roller during the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo 15 players opted to rebuy after busting early, creating a total prize pool of €5978000 The first price money was originally €1775500 with eight players reaching the money     The final table saw Iranian..
10 years ago

Maurice Hawkins wins second WSOP Circuit Main Event in a row

Maurice Hawkins, a Florida-rooted professional poker player, won his third gold ring and second Main Event of this month In previous years Hawkins has won a total of four more rings, which made his last earned ring his seventh gold ring     On Monday, April 11th he bested a field of 321 players to earn himself $113,152 after beating..
10 years ago