World Gambling News » High Stakes News http://www.worldgamblingnews.com Bringing you the very latest news in the gambling world Sun, 10 Jul 2011 14:44:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en California to Replace Las Vegas as Gambling Capital? http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/california-to-replace-las-vegas-as-gambling-capital/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/california-to-replace-las-vegas-as-gambling-capital/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 03:47:52 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/california-to-replace-las-vegas-as-gambling-capital/ california-overview.jpg

Some of you may have already heard about Doyle Brunson’s latest blog post, but I still want to write about for those who have not and because I found it extremely interesting. Poker’s Big Papa stated that Las Vegas is an undesirable place for a professional poker player to live and that he was considering moving. (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/california-to-replace-las-vegas-as-gambling-capital/feed/ High Stakes Report of the Week http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/high-stakes-report-of-the-week/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/high-stakes-report-of-the-week/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:57:55 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/high-stakes-report-of-the-week/ patrik-antonius-front-news.jpg

This week we saw some intense action at the high stakes online poker tables, with Patrik Antonius having collected a significant figure from the other poker pros. A lot of poker pros were seen at the high stakes table even though they were also playing the Aussie Millions during the past couple of days. (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/high-stakes-report-of-the-week/feed/ Aussie Millions Finale http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/aussie-millions-finale/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/aussie-millions-finale/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 05:38:46 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/aussie-millions-finale/ aussie_millions-header.jpg

The Aussie Millions had been going on in the beautiful city of Melbourne, Australia. The tournament was hosted at the Crown Casino and it has finally come to an end.

The most exciting event is the Aussie Millions $100,000 Challenge and we have this year’s (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/aussie-millions-finale/feed/ Jonathan Duhamel Signs with PokerStars http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/jonathan-duhamel-signs-with-pokerstars/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/jonathan-duhamel-signs-with-pokerstars/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:46:21 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/jonathan-duhamel-signs-with-pokerstars/ jonathan-duhamel.jpg

We all know that once you become a recognized figure in poker sponsorship deals will start falling from the sky. In November of last year the name Jonathan Duhamel became the heading of every poker news section and he became coveted by important poker sites.

Finally, the poker pro has made a decision: (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/jonathan-duhamel-signs-with-pokerstars/feed/ Durrrr Challenge Part 2: Jungleman http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/durrrr-challenge-part-2-jungleman/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/durrrr-challenge-part-2-jungleman/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 06:31:16 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/durrrr-challenge-part-2-jungleman/ tom-dwan-poker-player.jpg

Online poker titan Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan had us hanging with his challenge against another titan of poker, Patrik Antonius. However, before that challenge came to an end, durrrr entered a new challenge this time against Dan ‘Jungleman12′ Cates. The challenge has been ongoing, and the two players met at the tables once more on Monday night. (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2011/01/durrrr-challenge-part-2-jungleman/feed/ CardPlayer Announces Player of the Year http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/cardplayer-announces-player-of-the-year/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/cardplayer-announces-player-of-the-year/#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:20:40 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/cardplayer-announces-player-of-the-year/ tmarchese.jpg

Every year the popular gaming magazine CardPlayer picks a lucky gambling figure as the “Player of the Year”. This year the winner is not a traditional poker figure, but it is a player who recently emerged from the shades in the online poker world to the live poker arena. (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/cardplayer-announces-player-of-the-year/feed/ High Stakes Poker Season 7 in Line http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/high-stakes-poker-season-7-in-line/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/high-stakes-poker-season-7-in-line/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 02:04:39 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/high-stakes-poker-season-7-in-line/ high_stakes_poker-show.jpg

The 7th season of the highly acclaimed poker TV show High Stakes Poker is in line and the schedule and list of players is starting to form. Earlier news reported that the new main sponsor of the show is PokerStars, so we probably will not be seeing a lot of Full Tilt pros on the set this time. (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/high-stakes-poker-season-7-in-line/feed/ 2010 Poker Cheating Scandals? http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/2010-poker-cheating-scandals/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/2010-poker-cheating-scandals/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:37:30 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/2010-poker-cheating-scandals/ cheatingspouse.png

Recently, Sam Simon, the co-creator of one of the most popular animated TV series ‘The Simpsons’, talked to the Las Vegas Review Journal and informed them of some cheating scandals he has witnessed this year.

The first scandal that Simon talked about was the fact that one of the greatest titans of poker, a high stakes professional poker player has continued to lose millions of money due to a (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/12/2010-poker-cheating-scandals/feed/ Gus Hansen’s Night Results in a -$556,270 Fest http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/gus-hansens-night-results-in-a-556270-fest/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/gus-hansens-night-results-in-a-556270-fest/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 06:58:22 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/gus-hansens-night-results-in-a-556270-fest/ gus-hansen.jpg

The virtual high stakes poker games never seize to amaze me. The pros just throw crazy amounts of money in which makes the action more intense and enjoyable everytime (regardless of how the games make me wish I had THAT much money available to gamble).

Anyway, Gus Hansen had been on a hot streak over the past couple of weeks but lately he dropped over half a million at the tables against some of the toughest opponents in a six-hours long gambling session.

First he played against Di ‘Urindanger’ Dang and he lost over $57,000 in 176 hands of $500/$1000 Cap Pot Limit Omaha. Next came Ilari ‘Ziigmund’ Sahamies who played against Hansen for nearly three hours and drained $375,282 from him in 686 hands.

Sahamies logged off and along came (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/gus-hansens-night-results-in-a-556270-fest/feed/ Cole South Takes $1.1 Million from Top Pros in 1 Day http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/cole-south-takes-11-million-from-top-pros-in-1-day/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/cole-south-takes-11-million-from-top-pros-in-1-day/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:49:30 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/cole-south-takes-11-million-from-top-pros-in-1-day/ cole-south.jpg

The Full Tilt Poker high stakes games are always extremely interesting to watch. Mainly because the world’s top pros compete there and bet mad money at every game. Last week the action got intense when Cole South had a super week at the high stakes table.

South probably scored his highest record for one day ever taking $1.1 million away from the other players. He took about $750,000 from recognized pro Ilari ‘Ziigmund’ Sahamies and another $350,000 from great poker player Patrik Antonius.

Cole South also managed to take the largest pot of the year so far off Ziigmund with a value of $634,777. The day prior to this, South had been playing Phil Ivey heads up at 300/600 PLO and took $152,000. Cole South is on fire!

Watch some videos of the above described titan matches clicking here.

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