WPT: Legends of Poker Q & A — Scott Montgomery

Scott Montgomery was the only member of the November Nine to play on day 1A in the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker championship event at the Bicycle Casino. He might also be the only player from the World Series of Poker main event final table to play at Legends, which would come as no […]

APT Charity Poker In Macau and Doyle Brunson Book Signing

On Tuesday 26 August, ahead of the $1.5 million guaranteed APT Macau (running 27 to 31 August), the glamorous Galaxy StarWorld Casino Resort and Hotel will open the APT Poker Room on Level 2, followed by several special events of interest to poker fans.
Following the APT poker room opening, at 4.30pm in the lobby, US […]

Crown casion hits its jackpot with poker machines

GAMBLERS pumped $1.3 billion through Crown’s poker machines, card tables and hotels last financial year despite the economic gloom.
Its coffers were 6 per cent fuller with $433.3 million, despite smoking bans and a higher gaming machine levy.
Gamblers spent $801.8 million on the casino’s main floor poker machines, roulette wheels and blackjack tables.
Money from the VIP […]

U.S. Poker Players Ask GOP to Revamp Platform on Online Gambling

Poker Players along with the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) recently inundated the Republican Platform Committee’s official message board asking them to protect individuals’ rights to play poker online, and to revise their statement regarding online gambling in their upcoming party platform.
The 2000 and 2004 Republican platforms opposed Internet gambling, and included the following verbiage: “Millions […]

Chan Poker To Close 21 August 2008

We received an email from Chan Poker Support on 20 August announcing that they will be closing on 21 August 2008. Their email follows, as well as instructions how to withdraw funds and close player accounts:
“We are sad to inform you that Chan Poker will be ceasing operation effective this Thursday, August 21, 2008. Effective […]

The Canadian Poker Tour To Televise the River Cree Resort and Casino’s Labor Day Open Poker Tournament

CALGARY, ALBERTA, Aug 19, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — The Canadian Poker Tour, the poker brand of HeadsUp Entertainment International Inc. (the “Company”) (PINK SHEETS: HDUP) is pleased to announce that it will be televising the Main Event of the Labor Day Open Poker Tournament from the River Cree Resort and Casino in Edmonton, […]

Mike “The Mad Genius of Poker” Caro on the PocketFives Podcast

Several names in the poker world have been etched as legendary: Brunson, Chan, Hellmuth, Ungar, Moss and Baldwin. They are the men who shaped poker as we know it today; without them, poker would not exist in its current form worldwide. This week, the PocketFives.com Podcast, the premier online poker podcast, welcomes Mike Caro. Known […]

Inside Scoop on Poker Player Activism, Part 1

The summer of 2006 was a turning point for poker players and tournament organizers alike. Unimpressed with prior efforts to organize players or a player-management advisory board, I arrived at the World Series of Poker with no thoughts of getting involved with either the WSOPs nascent Players Advisory Council (PAC) or the newborn World Poker […]

Michael Phelps going all in at the World Series of Poker?

Got to spend a few minutes with Michael Phelps today after he did some promotional stuff for Visa. He was absolutely exhausted and could barely keep his eyes open, having done too many interviews on too little sleep.
“I am so tired right now,” he said, and you could see it in his face.
I asked him […]

Souths bid to ban pokies gets voted down

SOUTH Sydney Leagues club has delivered a humiliating defeat to Peter Homes a Court and Russell Crowe’s proposal to ban poker machines - just three members supported it among more than 100 who voted yesterday.
“This was a vision that a lot of people embraced,” said Souths Leagues Club president Bill Alexiou-Hucker yesterday, after the vote.
“No […]