World Gambling News » Featured http://www.worldgamblingnews.com Bringing you the very latest news in the gambling world Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:15:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en Panic at EPT Berlin http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/03/panic-at-ept-berlin/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/03/panic-at-ept-berlin/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:15:26 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/03/panic-at-ept-berlin/

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News broke that a scandalous robbery happened yesterday at the EPT Berlin. The tournament was taking place at the Grand Hyatt in Berlin and the crime resembled a scene out of a movie. Six men with masks and (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/03/panic-at-ept-berlin/feed/ Poker Pros Say You Cannot Learn Everything by Playing Online Only http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/03/poker-pros-say-you-cannot-learn-everything-by-playing-online-only/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/03/poker-pros-say-you-cannot-learn-everything-by-playing-online-only/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:43:11 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/03/poker-pros-say-you-cannot-learn-everything-by-playing-online-only/ poker_yevgeniy_timoshenko2_300.jpg

Professional poker players Hoyt Corkins, Jason Mercier and Yevgeniy Timoshenko recently shared a story to PokerListings that I thought was very interesting. In it, the poker pros talk about how it is easy to gain experience really fast in online poker because you get to play a lot of hands in a short amount of time. However, they remark that (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/03/poker-pros-say-you-cannot-learn-everything-by-playing-online-only/feed/ Poker Pros Lose Prop Bet and Will Have to Tattoo Gavin Smith’s Face to Their Bodies http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/poker-pros-lose-prop-bet-and-will-have-to-tattoo-gavin-smiths-face-to-their-bodies/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/poker-pros-lose-prop-bet-and-will-have-to-tattoo-gavin-smiths-face-to-their-bodies/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:26:36 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/poker-pros-lose-prop-bet-and-will-have-to-tattoo-gavin-smiths-face-to-their-bodies/ gavin_smith_large.jpg

Gavin Smith was taking part of the WPT LA Poker Classic Main Event at the Commerce Casino when this prop best came to exist. The Canadian poker pro won a crazy last longer prop bet with fellow poker pros (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/poker-pros-lose-prop-bet-and-will-have-to-tattoo-gavin-smiths-face-to-their-bodies/feed/ LAPT Punta del Este Main Event Ends, Barbero Takes the Title http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/lapt-punta-del-este-main-event-ends-barbero-takes-the-title/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/lapt-punta-del-este-main-event-ends-barbero-takes-the-title/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:48:07 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/lapt-punta-del-este-main-event-ends-barbero-takes-the-title/ punta.jpg

The Latin American Poker Tour came to an end and it was Team PokerStars Pro member Jose ‘Nacho’ Barbero who took down the event and became the second Latin American player to achieve this. Barbero was awarded with (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/lapt-punta-del-este-main-event-ends-barbero-takes-the-title/feed/ NBA’s Tony Parker Signs with BetClic http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/nbas-tony-parker-signs-with-betclic/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/nbas-tony-parker-signs-with-betclic/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:14:06 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/nbas-tony-parker-signs-with-betclic/

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Tony Parker is an NBA champion who began his career in PAris and played with the French national team and then became part of the San Antonio Spurs in 2001. He is also recognized for being married to beautiful Eva Longoria and for winning the NBA Finals MVP award in 2007.

Recently, we heard that Parker was developing a more serious interest in poker. For the past couple of years he was seen at high-profile charity poker events with Longoria but now the NBA star has signed an endorsement deal with (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/nbas-tony-parker-signs-with-betclic/feed/ EPT Copenhagen Final Table Set http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/ept-copenhagen-final-table-set/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/ept-copenhagen-final-table-set/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:57:58 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/ept-copenhagen-final-table-set/ copenhagen.jpg

The PokerStars EPT Copenhagen is already down to 9 players (instead of the usual 8 at the final table) and they will be broadcasting the action on PokerStars.tv

Italian poker player Francesco De Vivo is on the lead and right behind him is (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/ept-copenhagen-final-table-set/feed/ Poker.org Domain Sold for Record Breaking Figure http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/pokerorg-domain-sold-for-record-breaking-figure/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/pokerorg-domain-sold-for-record-breaking-figure/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:54:19 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/pokerorg-domain-sold-for-record-breaking-figure/ aces_poker_chips.gif

Last Thursday it was announced that Sedo, a global domain marketplace, sold the domain Poker.org for $1 million! This was a record-breaking figure for a .org domain. The buyer was (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/pokerorg-domain-sold-for-record-breaking-figure/feed/ Online Casino Jackpots Now at Higher Levels http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/online-casino-jackpots-now-at-higher-levels/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/online-casino-jackpots-now-at-higher-levels/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:15:40 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/online-casino-jackpots-now-at-higher-levels/ jackpot.jpeg

Online casino jackpots have been breaking records lately. Currently, the highest progressive jackpot is the MegaJackpots from WagerWorks. This jackpot is running at a stunning figure of   (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/online-casino-jackpots-now-at-higher-levels/feed/ Durrrr’s Live Challenge Episode 2 is Out http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/durrrrs-live-challenge-episode-2-is-out/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/durrrrs-live-challenge-episode-2-is-out/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:22:38 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/durrrrs-live-challenge-episode-2-is-out/ tom-dwan.gif

We already saw the first part of Durrrr’s Live Challenge so if you got hooked the good news are that you can now watch the second episode online too.

If you missed out on this, Durrrr’s Live Challenge was played in London in November 2009 and he faced three opponents heads up. Each player brought (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/durrrrs-live-challenge-episode-2-is-out/feed/ WSOPE Main Event Broadcast Episode 1: Lots of fun and great action! http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/wsope-main-event-broadcast-episode-1-lots-of-fun-and-great-action/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/wsope-main-event-broadcast-episode-1-lots-of-fun-and-great-action/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:17:51 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/wsope-main-event-broadcast-episode-1-lots-of-fun-and-great-action/ doylebrunson.jpg

On Sunday we got to see the first episode of the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event broadcast on ESPN. The action was intense as it involved a great hand between Ian Munns and Viktor Blom (who many think is Isildur1).

In the hand Viktor Blom starts out by raising to 3,000 with Kd 2d, Munn re-raised to (more…)

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