Isaac Haxton – This Week’s Biggest Online Winner

by May 23, 2015

The online poker stage was quite action-packed over the past seven days. Apart from the Spring Championship of Online Poker, which is currently taking place, one of the biggest highlights was American player Isaac Haxton winning more than $300,000 online and thus, offsetting last ...

Sorel Mizzi Enters Top 10 of the GPI Player of the Year Ranking

by May 22, 2015

Not many changes were registered in this week’s update of both the GPI and the GPI Player of the Year rankings. American Scott Seiver topped the first leaderboard for the fourth consecutive week with a total of 3,970.10 points. As for the latter ranking, Polish player Dzmit ...

Lucky Dragon Hotel & Casino on Schedule for 2016 Opening

by May 22, 2015

The Las Vegas Economic Impact Regional Center released new renderings of its $373-million project for the construction of Lucky Dragon Hotel & Casino, located in the northern part of the Las Vegas Strip.The boutique hotel is to feature 206 luxury rooms for visitors. As fo ...

Phil Hellmuth Drops Out of the GPI Top 300 Ranking

by May 21, 2015

The Global Poker Index updated its ranking on Wednesday as usual. However, no movement was seen in top 5 of the leaderboard. In other words, Scott Seiver topped it for a fourth consecutive week with a total of 3,970.10 points. Ole Schemion ranked 2nd with 3,859.58 points and Dan ...

Bill Wright Appointed as President of Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood

by May 21, 2015

Larry Mullin, Chief Operating Officer of Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, announced the appointment of Bill Wright as the venue’s new President. He will be in charge of the property’s operations and management.Mr. Wright has quite a long experienc ...

Daniel Colman – the Kid Who Defeated Kid Poker

by May 20, 2015

Where is Daniel Colman? A question that some poker fans are certainly asking themselves. The 24-year-old Massachusetts native became popular about this time last year, as he won the The BIG ONE for ONE DROP topping a field of 54 of the world’s best and most profitable poker ...

Gov. Baker Will Not Attend Plainridge Park Casino Opening

by May 20, 2015

It seems that Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker will not attend the official opening of Plainridge Park Casino in Plainville, which is to take place on June 24.The slot parlor is the first gaming venue to open doors on the territory of the state under the casino law adopte ...

Gala Coral Posts Increase in H1 Net Revenue

by May 19, 2015

British gambling operator Gala Coral Group announced its financial results for this fiscal year’s first half ended April 11. The gaming company posted increase in both net revenue and EBITDA.Total net revenue for the first half of the fiscal year amounted to £684.8 mill ...

Josh Moua Wins WPTDeepStacks Central California $1,100 Main Event

by May 19, 2015

The Turlock Poker room in Turlock, Central California played host to the WPTDeepStacks $1,100 Main Event with a guaranteed prize pool of $100,000, which was completed late last night. Josh Moua emerged victorious over a field of 175 entries to capture the amount of $50,594, a sea ...

Robert De Niro and Chef Nobu Cut Ribbon on First Nobu Hotel in Asia

by May 18, 2015

Two-time Academy Award winner Robert De Niro and popular Japanese Chef Nobu Matsuhisa were among the celebrities who attended the official launch of the first Nobu Hotel on the territory of Asia. The luxurious property is part of City of Dreams, which is one of the two integrated ...

888 Holdings Confirms Bid for bwin.party

by May 18, 2015

British gambling operator 888 Holdings confirmed that it had made a takeover bid for bwin.party, thus joining gaming company GVC Holdings in the battle for the online gaming provider.Last week, GVC Holdings announced that it had approached its bigger rival. Officials pointed ...

Farid Yachou Wins WPT Amsterdam €3,300 Main Event

by May 17, 2015

The first-ever WPT Amsterdam was completed late last night with Netherlands-based Farid Yachou topping a field of 341 entries to win the €3,300 Main Event. The player received the amount of €215,000 of the entire prize pool for his debut on the felt.As mentioned above, the Ma ...

Steve Warburton Leads WPT Amsterdam €3,300 Main Event Final Table

by May 16, 2015

The first-ever WPT Amsterdam tournament, hosted by Holland Casino, is entering its final stage. The six-handed final table of the €3,300 Main Event is to start today at 2:00 pm local time.The event attracted a total of 341 players who created a prize pool of €992,310. The ch ...

WSOP Champion Martin Jacobson Re-enters Top 20 of the GPI Leaderboard

by May 15, 2015

This week’s update of the Global Poker Index leaderboard showed American player Scott Seiver remaining at its top for a third consecutive week, followed by German Ole Schemion and fellow countryman Dan Smith.Martin Jacobson, the Swedish player who won the 2014 WSOP Mai ...

Alabama Senate Committee Passes Lottery and Casino Bill

by May 15, 2015

The Alabama Tourism and Marketing Committee voted on Thursday in favor of a bill that would allow the provision of lottery and casino options on the territory of the state.The proposal was sponsored by Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh and calls for casino facilities to be a ...