Eugene Katchalov won his first World Series of Poker bracelet Saturday in Event #5 the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud tournament at the Rio in Las Vegas. Katchalov, the 30-year-old Ney York City pro, won $122,909 in the victory after three close calls in 2010. Katchalov won the high roller event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure [...]
Friday evening PokerStars, Full Tilt poker and Absolute poker was seized by the U.S. federal police, the FBI, which also has issued arrest warrants for the owners of the three sites. Americans have probably played their last hand at PokerStars, Full Tilt poker and Absolute poker for a very long time. Friday evening, it was [...]
Zynga is announcing today that it has “acquired the team” from MarketZero, a long-time poker services provider. The Austin, Texas company, which is apparently not being acquired itself, runs a web site for online card players called PokerTableRatings. Self-described as a “collection of useful tools designed to help poker players maximize their online profits,” the [...]
The Interior Department has rejected the proposal by the Stockbridge-Munsee Indians to build a casino in the Catskills in Upstate New York, throwing another wrench into the deal between the tribe and New York State. The decision will likely nullify the deal, made between former Governor David Paterson and the tribe. In exchange for giving [...]
The Swedish online internet sensation Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom will take on last year’s biggest online winner Daniel ‘w00ki3z’ Cates in the third installment of PokerStars Superstar Showdown on Sunday January 30th. ‘Isildur1′ has been the biggest name in online poker for the last year since turning a bankroll of $2000 into over $5 million and [...]
Robert Varkonyi shocked the Poker world when he won the main event of the World Series of Poker in 2002. Quiet and unassuming, Varkonyi was an unknown in a very tough field, but in the end he came through to outlast 630 other players, and claim his $2 Million. Robert Varkonyi was born in New [...]
