Seen that? - Poker Billionaires

Filed in archive Best of on October 2, 2009

Poker Billionaires at Internet Poker

Forbes Magazine recently posted its latest list of the world's richest people. Among the 746 billionaires are three of Party Poker's founders. Anurag Dikshit is #207 on the list with a net worth of $3.3 billion, while cofounders Ruth Parasol and husband J. Russell DeLeon are tied at #428 with a net worth of $1.8 billion each.It's good to be the rake. [...] Read More


Live Poker Tournament on FSN at Internet Poker

The fulltiltpoker.net pro poker showdown will air live on Fox Sports Net at 6 PM EST on June 22nd. The tournament features a select group of "full tilt" pros including Phil Ivey, Mike Matasow, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, John Juanda, Erik Siedel, and Erik Lindgren. The players will put up a $120,000 entry fee in return for a chance at a $600,000 first place prize. The players combined have 22 WSOP [...] Read More


Home Runs and Bar Poker at Internet Poker

pic from Diamond's Sports Bar website When you Play Online poker, there are many strange calls and raises you may see at the tables, regardless of the limits you play at. But, the online player eventually will step away from the laptop/keyboard and try their chops at the local casino or cardroom. A good (depending who you speak with) middle is the bar poker scene. After a softball tourney today (I [...] Read More


Race For A Seat Poker Tournament at The Gambling Weblog

Here's another opportunity to win a free entry into a major Poker tournament and this one is worth $10,000.00. The Cake Poker Rake Race tournament entry contest is being sponsored by, obviously, Cake Poker and this Internet gambling site accepts online Poker players from the U.S.. If you're going to play online Poker, you may as well play at a site that offers appealing bonuses, so check out the full press release [...] Read More


The haves and the have yachts at Sox First

PricewaterhouseCoopers is forecasting that London is set to eclipse Paris and Chicago as the fourth biggest economy among world cities by 2020, as reported by the BBC, so it's no surprise that the massive growth in business and financial services is expanding the ranks of the mega-rich.With all the money sloshing in to London, the "haves and have yachts" are growing, reports MSNBC via the Washington Post.Rich London bankers and [...] Read More