Across the major online poker sites, it was a busy weekend with the largest weekly WSOP tournament “PokerStars Sunday Million, held online, had an overlay. It was a little more than $10,000, as 7,446 poker expectants registered. In the last moment, the first prize of $184,500 won by doulas12 at the Sunday Million event which engraved his name in poker history.
Dennis Phillips, the Chip Champion of WSOP, introduced a new twist on sponsorship, at the Final Table of the WSOP Main Event. Number of companies and communities can bid for a logo post on Dennis Phillips’ jersey, from October 16 to October 26, 2008.
On each Sunday, a million dollar guaranteed tournament generated by two the famous online poker rooms, Poker Stars and Party Poker. To any of the poker player, winning a Sunday Million can set an intense effect their resume (let alone bankroll!).
The WSOP 2008-2009 Circuit plan has begun the first championship event, on Oct 13th at recently restructured and renamed Horseshoe Southern Indiana. In all, total 84 players are participating in the $5,000 + $150 to play the event which would create a $420,000 prize pool. The winner will go home with $143,064 and a $10,000 seat in the 2009 WSOP Main Event
Using an additional Ongame platform, Vienna planned online gambling group Bwin continues to roll out with the launch of Bulgarian language and full localized website to expand it into European online poker.
The main event of United States Poker Championship’s $10,000 started on Sunday afternoon, last year 164 players were fascinated towards this event but this year only 52 players turned out to play. ESPN has suspended their contract, due to the most frequently cited issue, although the recent developments in the financial markets and high gas prices have also contributed to the low turnout.
Dutch Professor Ben van der Genugten, a skilled mathematical statistics, confronted last Friday, to the Dutch Supreme Court’s classification of poker as a game of chance, he has also mentioned that how a formula can co-developed and it is used by the courts pegs poker at a higher skill level than most fantasy sports, which the court rules are a game of skill. Due to this contradiction the Professor is calling for the court to repeal the classification of poker as a game of chance.
From Friday 3rd October 3, the second annual PartyPoker Women’s World Open held at London, till Monday 6th October 6 2008, with 36 female players from all over the world, challenging for a share of the USD 108,000 prize-pool. The buy-in for the tournament is set at $3,000. USD 50,000 will go home with the champion.
On the iPoker network, Titan Poker is the leading online poker room site, launching an exclusive tournament series for members of its elite club. The Elite Club has introduced by Titan poker, to challenge the players. They also reward the players, who have represented the poker room around the world, in their efficient way. This is a way to thanks all those players and gives them a heads-up at additional poker tribute.
To ban the payment handling online poker and internet gambling business, the Norwegian Government has continued to press forward with legislation, using UIGEA-style. A Gambling Compliance reported that recently the government has submitted the proposed ban for online poker internet gambling to parliamentary vote.