As a consequence of the recent ruling by Russian sports officials that poker should not be considered a “sport”, organizers for the European Poker Tour were forced to make arrangements to relocate the event. They found a welcome host site at the Palace of Sports in Kiev, Ukraine, more than four hundred and fifty miles [...]
Poker-themed movies have a long history in American and European cinema; heck even James Bond is a bit of a card shark. To date though poker hasn’t gotten much love on the silver screens of Asia. According to AsianLogic—the company that owns and operates the Asian World Tour—that’s about to change.
The Macau leg of [...]
Well folks with all the excitement of the first days of the Main Event we let another important WSOP event slip under our writing radar. Last week the pro-founded poker charity Ante Up for Africa held its third annual WSOP event. The charity’s founders Norman Epstein, Annie Duke and Don Cheadle often lament that our [...]
Heads-up legend and notorious trash talker Phil Hellmuth got a taste of his own medicine on the second day of WSOP Event 38 on Saturday. Hellmuth, famously nicknamed “the Poker Brat,” immediately started Day 2 with some of his signature slurs but after hours of back-and-forth the 11-time WSOP bracelet winner had had enough of [...]
Australia’s notoriously strict Office of Film and Literature Classification Board has denied yet another new game title.
Gameloft’s racy Sexy Poker game is slated for release on the Wii platform later this year, but poker fans may never legally see a copy of the game down under. The concept of the game is nothing new; [...]
Full Tilt Poker has already had a big month with the addition to its brand of an Oscar-nominated friend in the form of film star and poker aficionado Don Cheadle. Don Cheadle has been a very successful celebrity player, but more importantly he’s a co-founder of the poker-related charity Ante Up for Africa.
Cheadle and [...]
Now that Democrat Senator and Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Barney Frank, has publicly released the legislation he and countless other pro-online gambling activists hope will repeal the UIGEA and foster online gambling regulation, the prospects of just how likely the legislation stands a chance of passing, not to mention the support or [...]
