Archive for June, 2008
Man Falls to His Death After Losing Poker Game
A British man on holiday died after falling 40 feet from a hotel during a forfeit for losing a game of poker. The man was according to news reports, Mark Day, age 20. Day reportedly plunged to his death in a freak accident on Sunday evening during a holiday with friends from University. The group [...]
German Speaking Max Poker Bonus Site Open
The new German speaking poker portal Max Poker Bonus was launched this month and the founders of the new site want to refrain from the common practice of promoting a myriad of poker rooms and just focus on a few. Right now they have two poker sites to promote but the intend to promote up [...]
John Bonetti 3x WSOP Bracelet Winner Passes On
Three time World Series of Poker bracelet winner John Bonetti has died of cancer on Saturday, June 28th in Houston, Texas. Bonetti got his first WSOP bracelet in 1990 at the No Limit Deuce to Seven Lowball event, he then went on to win his second bracelet in 1993 at the $1,500 Pot Limit Hold’em [...]
Underground Poker Room Busted in Mission
An alleged mini casino, also referred to as an underground casino or underground poker room was being run out of a Mission area home. The allegedly illegal gambling home was shut down by police Saturday not during a raid. Police received an anonymous tip and raided a poker game that was being held at 913 [...]
OMG ClayAiken Wins PLO Event in 2008 WSOP
Phil Galfond who goes by the screen name OMGClayAiken when playing high stakes poker online has placed his stake in the World Series of Poker. By the time he was done he had taken out some of the biggest names in high stakes poker including Daniel Negreanu, John Juanda, Phill Helmuth, and Johnny Chan. In [...]
No International Poker Network for Svenska Spel says Swedish Government
Permission has been denied for an international poker network with other state controlled gaming companies. Sweden’s Finance Minister, Anders Borg has denied it permission even though it was recommended in the governments own report on online poker. Their justification for their initial recommendation was that by combining players state run sites would then be able [...]
