Don’t ask me why, but the other day my mind randomly wandered to the summer of 2006, when I was covering the World Series of Poker for another website. While I was walking around the poker lifestyle expo with a friend one day, a representative from Ladbrokes approached and asked if we would mind taking [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | March 14, 2009

An earnings report released Wednesday by PartyGaming showed a 3% increase in overall net revenue for the company during 2008. The company, which is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange, saw growth in its casino, sports betting and bingo ventures, but saw a 7% revenue decrease for Party Poker, the largest branch of PartyGaming. [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | March 12, 2009

In a statistically unlikely turn of events, the progressive bad beat jackpot at PartyPoker hit not just once, but twice, in a nine hour span this past Sunday. In order for players to qualify for the bad beat, they must have quad eights or better beaten by another player’s hand. Additionally, several other parameters must [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | March 10, 2009

Continuing what has been a time of change for the company, PartyGaming PLC announced on Wednesday that Rami Lerner would be taking over as a Non-Executive Director with the company.
Lerner will take over from John Davy, who announced back on February 19th that he would be leaving the company for personal reasons. Davy stayed on [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | March 7, 2009

Lately, my two year-old daughter has been obsessed with my wife and I telling her the story “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” as she lays down in her crib for the night. As I usually sit down to write at night, I am often brainstorming as we do the bedtime routine. Tonight, my brain mixed [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | March 6, 2009

It may not have the biggest prize pool or the toughest field of the year, but poker players and fans alike always look forward to the annual World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational which boasts a star-studded field of famous pros and Hollywood celebrities. In the end, popular Lebanese pro Freddy Deeb defeated actor Nick Gonzalez [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | March 5, 2009

Sunday marked the first of the month and the second installment of the Party Poker Monthly Million tournament. The $600+$40 multi-table tournament garnered 1,591 entrants—a slight decrease from last month’s 1,659-person field. 200 players made the money and the final nine players were all guaranteed a five-figure payout.

The final table brought back memories of [...]

Read More... | 1 Comment | By Kory Travers | March 3, 2009