Full Tilt Poker shut down for scheduled maintenance this morning, and the poker forums are already swarming with posts from disgruntled players who have no access to their favorite site.
The down time was scheduled to last between 3AM PST to 8AM PST, which was meant to cause minimal disruption to players in the Eastern and [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | August 5, 2008

At 8:15 pm EST, Players edyltt, Dustybin777, MySweetCaro and Praschk brought the August 3rd edition of the Party Poker $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool Weekly No Limit Texas Hold’em Tournament to a close with a more than $130,000 deal. Here are the top 10 finishers and their respective prize moneys (all dollar values are in USD.)
1. edyltt [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | August 4, 2008

After a whole month of nothing but short-sighted deal (and non-deal) making, the very first Party Poker 300K of August ended in a brilliant one.
With four players left and the blinds set to jump to 50,000/100,000, the remaining entrants agreed to a four-way deal divvying up more than $130,000 USD.
Let’s take a look at the [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | August 4, 2008

Earlier this week, Forbes magazine published an article about the U.S. government's seizure of Bodog funds for a total of $12 million and hinting at potential legal actions against the company. Bodog’s North America licensee Morris Mohawk group has another side to that story, which they claim “creates several misimpressions.”
Alwyn Morris, CEO of Morris Mohawk Gaming [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | August 1, 2008