PokerStars has released the 2017 World Championship of Online Poker schedule, and Isaac Haxton believes his former employers are playing the long con with their newfound interest in customer service.
The wait is over.
PokerStars has released the menu for the 2017 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP).
The crème de la crème of the 81-course feast runs from Sep 3 thru Sep 26 culminating with a hearty $5,200 $10m Guaranteed Main Event.
The World Poker Tour has pulled off the shock of the year by announcing the 14-time World Series of Poker champion, Phil Hellmuth Jr., as the replacement for Tony Dunst as the host of the Raw Deal.
I didn’t see that one coming.
In May, Mike Sexton retired from his role as the commentator of the World Poker Tour (WPT) after 15 glorious years.
But Sexton wasn’t ready to don his pipe & slippers.
In this week’s poker routines, Tournament Director and top poker player Kenny Hallaert shares the habits and routines that have helped him become a significant force in the game.
Nobody is killing the game like Kenny Hallaert right now.
The Belgian had another phenomenal World Series of Poker (WSOP), winning close to half a million dollars, a year after making the Main Event final table finishing sixth for $1.4m, and he recently won the Online Triple Crown taking down major events at PokerStars, 888Poker and partypoker.
What makes Hallaert so special, is his determination and perseverance to carve out a decade plus long career, while also investing in time as a tournament director.
Imagine being heads-up for $150,000 in a poker tournament and sticking your money all-in on the river with the nuts, getting called by your opponent, and the dealer says your […]
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August has been a hot month for lottery jackpot chasers, with both Mega Millions and Powerball simultaneously reaching massive levels. Even though Mega Millions has been won, Powerball continues to roll, now surpassing the half-billion dollar mark.Powerball, Jackpots, Multi-State Game
While there won’t be a Canadian Triple Crown champion this year, Prince of Wales Stakes winner Cool Catomine will vie for his second jewel of the series in the $400,000 Breeders’ Stakes (G3T), the third leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, at Woodbine.
There’s a common thread in three of Phil D’Amato’s older grass horses running in stakes on TVG Pacific Classic (G1) weekend at Del Mar. All three have dabbled, with varying degrees of success, on the dirt.
Trooper John, the winner of five straight, is the morning-line favorite for Northlands Park’s Aug. 19 Canadian Derby (G3), but will be challenged by Chief Know It All, a recent $100,000 claim at Churchill Downs.
Multiple grade 1 winner Shaman Ghost will undergo throat surgery, which will prevent him from competing in the $750,000 Woodward Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course Sept. 2.
Trainer Kenny McPeek took both of Churchill Downs’ closing-night stakes for 2-year-olds with the colt Ten City and the filly Sunny Skies and now will shoot for a sweep in the Ellis Park Juvenile Stakes and Ellis Park Debutante Stakes Aug. 20.
Oaklawn, with sponsorship support from various companies, will host the 17th annual Track Superintendents Conference March 25-27.
Earlier this week, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino completed its 18-event 2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) series in South Florida. Among the highlights was “The Big […]
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Sweden-based gaming operator LeoVegas chalked a 60 percent revenue growth on the back of strong mobile gaming segment.
LeoVegas in a regulatory filing that its revenue period swings to €49.7 million ($58.2 million) in April to June 2017. This was higher compared to the €31 million ($36.37 million) posted in the corresponding period last year.
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of Leo Vegas has bounced back to €6.1 million ($7.16 million) in the second quarter of 2017 compared to a loss of €2.5 million ($2.93 million) last year, with a heightened margin of 12.4%.
Gustaf Hagman, group chief executive and co-founder of LeoVegas, attributed the sharp rise of its revenue to the company’s reliance on mobile gaming, which has so far been profitable.
The 2017 Sporting Art Auction, a collaboration between Keeneland Association and Cross Gate Gallery of Lexington, will be held Sunday, Nov. 19, in the Keeneland Sales Pavilion.
The China Horse Club’s annual cultural festival Aug. 19-20 in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, mixes a celebration for CHC members, a bit of racing, and a message of international unity.
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Casino heavyweights are now anxiously watching how the public debate on casinos in Japan as they seek clarity in a multi-billion dollar prospect that is now muddled by evolving gambling regulations.
Analysts have been warning for months that the Japanese government is already nipping the casino industry’s full potential in the bud as it toys with the idea of imposing curbs.
Bloomberg reported that many operators are now following the developments in the public debate on Japan’s effort to allow casinos since as they take cue whether or not the multi-billion dollar prospect in the developed island nation will turn into a dud.
“Our common goal is to see the introduction of world-class integrated resorts in Japan that drive economic, tourism and employment growth,” Steven Tight, president of international development at Caesars Entertainment, told the news agency.
British racecourses and Colossus Bets have today announced a significant partnership that will enhance the future pool betting offering on British Racing.
This arrangement between the Project Steering Board, currently representing 54 racecourses and Colossus Bets will ensure that customers have access to an innovative ‘exotic’ bets portfolio, including cash out opportunities, access to the ‘Syndicates’ platform provided by Colossus Bets and six and seven figure minimum guaranteed prize pools.
The team representing racecourses will now work with Colossus Bets to finalise the range of bets to be offered. The bets will be owned by British racecourses, but will be delivered using Colossus Bets’ technology.
Nigel Roddis, Managing Director of the British Racecourses pool betting project, said, “This arrangement gives us access to the most advanced and flexible pool betting platform available, so I am delighted that we have been able to partner with Colossus Bets. Innovation is a key aim as we want to offer customers an improved service and ensure pool betting is at the heart of the bets available on racing. We think that the opportunities provided by this initiative will go a long way towards us achieving that goal.
Hollywood Wildcat, the filly who stretch her winning streak to three races in the Aug. 22 Del Mar Invitational Oaks (G2T), seems to be the kind trainers and riders love most. She’s mistake-proof.
Thirty years ago, before he became the leader of the free world, U.S. President Donald Trump dreamt of opening the first casino in Sydney—a dream that Australian regulators immediately put the kibosh on over concerns of the then-businessman’s “mafia connections.”
Trump and its partner, Queensland-based Kern Corporation, was one of the four groups bidding for the Darling Harbour project in Sydney. Trump’s proposal, however, was rejected by the New South Wales (NSW) government in May 1987, along with two other bidders.
The reason?
According to a report from The Australian, a secret report by NSW police board recommended against approving Trump’s offer because it would have been “dangerous.”