Casino and poker software provider Playtech has proudly announced its half-year results, which show an impressive 85% increase of total revenues compared to last year.
Most of the growth came from the poker sector, with revenues up by 109% from $10.5 million last year to $22 million this year. The casino revenues – which account for [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | September 3, 2008

The first APT Macau – and the largest guaranteed tournament in Asia – was won by 20 year old Yevgeniy Timoshenko from the USA. Timoshenko took home a respectable prize of $500,000.
The newly inaugurated APT Room at the Galaxy StarWorld casino hosted 257 players from more than 40 countries, all of whom were vying for [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | September 2, 2008

Last night, at approximately 8:45 pm EST, Telefonkiosk’s Ace Queen found a Queen on the flop to beat Skat579’s pocket nines and put an end to the August 31 Party Poker $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool No Limit Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament. Here are the top ten finishers with their respective prize monies and countries of [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | September 1, 2008

Will someone please just check the damned deal box already?
Flying in the face of massive 50,000/ 100,000 + 2,500 ante blinds and relatively even stacks, only one player at the final table for the August 31st Party Poker 300K ever even checked yes to the golden dealmaking box. To further exacerbate matters, when play became [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | September 1, 2008