No doubt international poker fans have always felt some favoritism for their countries’ own pros. While the internet has made players from other continents much more accessible to a world audience, there’s no denying that Daniel Negreanu will find his biggest fans in America or that the notorious Annette Obrestad owes the majority of her fame to the European circuit. For decades now players from all nations have duked it out both live and online at major tournaments on both sides of the Atlantic, but never before have the United States and Europe been openly pitted against each other. That’s [ Read More ]
Archive for June, 2009
While the final tables yesterday were of the friends and family variety, some potentially good storylines developing in other tournaments. Here’s the recap from WickedChopsPoker.com: :: Event #9 ($1,500 NLH Six-Handed): Ken Aldridge won his first bracelet while banking $428,259. Unless you’re a close relative or possible childhood best-friend, you don’t really care about the rest of the final table. But for sheer morbid curiosity, view results here. :: Event #10 ($2,500 PLH/PLO): Plenty of big names made the money in this 453 person field, but the final table was mostly blah. Cornel Cimpan just missed out on winning a WPT title [ Read More ]
eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulatory and Assurance (eCOGRA) has unleashed a new standard for online casino affiliates, one that apparently neglects the fact that a recently renewed member of the self-proclaimed regulatory group is screwing over a large number of its affiliates. As reported by Gambling911.com on Tuesday, eCOGRA just last week renewed its "Seal of Approval" for Bella Vegas, a Grand Prive branded online casino accused of cutting off a large chunk of "lifetime affiliate partners". While the Grand Prive Group is not specifically appearing under its "fine tuned" Online Casino Affiliates "Seal of Approval", eCOGRA features Bella Vegas [ Read More ]
Sometimes you hear things that make you appreciative. A lady came up to me to get an autograph and told me her husband had died a couple of months ago. She said he was my biggest fan and had asked that a picture of him and me be placed by his coffin. We had made the picture at the 2008 WSOP. Of course, I couldn’t remember it but I was touched by the thought. The lady said, "You were with him even to the end." Wow! The Champions Tournament is over with Tom McEvoy winning it. Tom broke me in [ Read More ]
