Phil Laak, also known as the Unabomber to most poker fans and players, has recently been hospitalized after having a bad run on an ATV. The widely successful poker pro had been out on a camping trip with some friends and fellow poker players, including Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari. During their outing they had decided to ride some ATVs. Laak had been injured during the ride, and Esfandiari had been doing updates on Laak’s condition over Twitter. According to Esfandiari, Laak had broken at least seven bones and suffered a laceration on one of his eyes. A long recovery is [ Read More ]
Archive for August, 2010
The online poker offering from Ladbrokes.com is offering customers the chance to go head-to-head against six-time World Champion snooker player Steve Davis in a series of monthly bounty tournaments. London-born Davis is one of the snooker world’s greatest living players and will be appearing once a month at Ladbrokes.com beginning on August 18 from half-past seven o’clock in the evening London time. Ladbrokes.com revealed that the ‘Ginger Magician’ will also join some cash tables and take part in a sit-and-go tournament after being eliminated from the bounty competitions with the player knocking him out being rewarded with a cash prize [ Read More ]
The Macau Daily Times reports that, following a small slump in gambling revenues in June 2010, the operators on Macau enjoyed soaring revenues again in July, continuing the region’s impressive progress. Data from the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) shows that the casinos brought in MOP 16.31 billion, 19.6% more than in June, and up a stunning 70.4% on the same period in 2009. Analysts were expecting market growth in the casino sector “to resume” after the FIFA football World Cup, which finished on July 11. Hopes are even higher for the current season, according to Deutsche Bank analyst [ Read More ]
