Mother’s Day is celebrated on different days and dates around the world, a day when sons and daughters, as well as the odd thoughtful husband, show their appreciation of “mum” by letting her put her feet up, as Dad does the dishes, the kids make breakfast and the dog fetches the TV remote. Most commonly, […]
When poker reached the internet a decade ago the gamers and maths whizzes that began turning their new found talents into careers raised a few eyebrows among the existing poker fraternity. These players had learned their trade over years of hard work in live card rooms (paying significant amounts of money on their “education” in […]
Australian poker players woke up to some potentially good news this week as it emerged that the government may be on the brink of legalising online poker within six to 12 months. The report, published in the Australian newspaper the Daily Telegraph, stated that the government had briefed the gaming industry of this time frame, […]
The poker world is buzzing over the release of a new documentary examining the story of poker’s “boom” during the early years of the 21st century. ALL-IN – THE POKER MOVIE recounts poker’s journey to the game we now know it to be; from an activity cloaked in stereotype – of back rooms, cigars and […]
In a glimpse of what organised national poker looks like the German Poker Federation (the DPSB) staged its fourth National Heads-Up Team Championship in Hannover last weekend, bringing together qualifying teams from across the country to compete head to head for title of German champion. Poker in Germany has surged in the past decade, with […]