Feb
04
2008
A fifty percent upgrade to the guarantee of the Grand Tournament is coming from online poker room Hollywood Poker. A recent press release from Hollywood Poker announced that the Grand’s guarantee will be $750,000. This will likely draw in plenty of people to play in an already popular event, as seen in December when 846 entrants played and built up a $846,000 prize pool…
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Feb
04
2008
Last year was the first for the Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza, a live poker event at the Venetian casino in Las Vegas, and this year’s version kicks off on Monday. The first event is a $300 buy in No Limit Holdem tournament. The first season was a 19 event series, followed by a 31 event series…
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Feb
04
2008
Online poker room Betfair was hit for more than £100,000 when a computer glitch started paying out 2nd place money to every player that busted out under 1st place, which still got 1st place money. The news hit the internet and players started to move up to super high stake games and started going in every hand to trigger the glitch. Betfair has contacted more than 20 players to demand the money back, accusing them of perpetrating a fraud by taking advantage of a known glitch and of using collusion to profit, which is against the rules.Related Articles:Online poker room ups grand moneyNew loyalty shop for Mansion Poker…
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