by Brendan Murray | Published: Feb 18, '13
The Bad Beat Jackpot at BetVictor Poker is moving in on the €800,000 milestone, its highest level ever and from next month onwards there’ll be even more chances to win as new rules will give more people more chances to get involved. Standing today at € …
by Brendan Murray | Published: Feb 05, '13
The Bad Beat Jackpot at BetVictor Poker has soared to an all-time high of nearly €700,000. At the time of writing the €695,945 jackpot has gone longer than ever before since it was won – 7 months and 29 days compared to 7 months and 10 days – so the …
by Brendan Murray | Published: Jul 12, '11
Online poker players at ParadisePoker.com. have seen the world record bad beat jackpot soar to over €1.1 million overnight – that’s up €100,000 in just three days. Bryan Carroll, head of poker at the site, said, "We still can’t believe the jackpot has …
by Scott McDaniel | Published: Apr 07, '11
Day 2 of the EPT Berlin main event has ended with the bubble bursting, leaving only 119 of the 353 players who started the day. Fabrice Soulier, of France, has catapulted himself into the chip lead with a stack of 1,079,400, which makes him the only …
by Rebecca McAdam | Published: Oct 22, '10
In a third quarter financial statement, Party Gaming reported a 9 percent growth in all products except poker in the three months to Sept. 30, 2010. Poker revenue was down 5 percent from €31.3 million in the third quarter of 2009 to €29.6 million in the …
by Stephen A. Murphy | Published: May 10, '10
Usually, when Doyle Brunson (who has played fairly tight historically on this show) fires a $60,000 bet on the river and you’re only holding a pair of deuces, it’s probably OK to just muck your hand. But Lex Veldhuis defied logic and in doing so, made …
by Brendan Murray | Published: May 13, '09
Bwin, the Austro-German betting giant, today announced its interim results for the first quarter of 2009. Gross poker turnover was up 37 percent to €31.1 million compared to €22.7 million in the same period of 2008. This trend is continued from full year …
by Brendan Murray | Published: Jan 29, '09
Dutch gamblers spent €450 million on online gambling, including poker, in 2008, doubling the spend since 2005 according to De Telegraaf newspaper. A survey by Motivaction found 485,000 regular online bettors in the country, most of them young and many of …
by Rebecca McAdam | Published: Jan 15, '09
Amid news of poker rooms closing down recently, it’s not all doom and gloom for the poker economy — PKR.com has reached greater heights as it moves further into the new year. On Jan. 4, PKR broke its own record when 15,000 players played online at the …
by Shawn Patrick Green | Published: Sep 25, '06
As you may have already read here, the Poker Stars World Championship of Online Poker is having phenomenal success this year. Last week, this success didn't seem to hinder the other poker sites much, Party Poker even having more entrants in its Sunday …
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