Robert Williamson III “Poker a day to learn and a lifetime to master.”

Paul Newman “If you are playing a poker game and you look around the table and and can not tell who the sucker is, its you.”

Archive for ‘November, 2009’

Congratulations Online Poker – 10 Years Old!

Congratulations Online Poker – 10 Years Old!

Online poker has only been around for little over 10 years.
But for us who started playing during the first poker boom it feels like a whole lot longer than that. In many ways, poker on the internet shaped our lives; for good and for bad.
This year, online poker celebrates its 10th birthday, and [...]

Patrik Antonius and Isildur1 Play Largest-Ever Online Pot at $1.3 Million

Patrik Antonius and Isildur1 Play Largest-Ever Online Pot at $1.3 Million

For the second time in less than five days, Patrik Antonius and Isildur1 broke the record for the largest pot in online poker history. At just before 9:30 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday night, Antonius and Isildur1 were in the middle of a…

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Online Poker Expanding to Mobile at PokerStars

Online Poker Expanding to Mobile at PokerStars

PokerStars bought Cecure, a company that develops mobile gaming software, as the online poker operator prepares for the growing boom in mobile gambling.

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Match-fix probe targets 200 games

Match-fix probe targets 200 games

About 200 football ties are under investigation in what one Uefa official calls Europe’s biggest match-fixing scandal.

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Latin American Poker Tour, Day 2: Eric Levesque Sits in Pole Position

Latin American Poker Tour, Day 2: Eric Levesque Sits in Pole Position

The 2009 PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour Playa Conchal concluded its second day of action on Friday. At the beginning of the day, 119 players returned to the felt after having made it through from Day 1 and when things were all said and…

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