Poker prodigy wooed by Adelson poker room

February 1, 2016

Norwegian poker prodigy Annette Obrestad, also known online as Annette_15, has become the Ambassador of the Venetian Poker Room in Las Vegas eliciting a strong, most likely unwarranted, reaction from the online poker community. Why? Because the Venetian Poker Room is owned by vociferous anti-online poker campaigner Sheldon Adelson who has thrown millions at political […]

Tournament directors conference switched to the Aria

April 6, 2015

The proposal by the Tournament Directors Association to hold its annual conference at Sheldon Adelson’s The Venetian resort in Las Vegas rightly met with a storm of protest from outraged online poker luminaries (see previous reports) but all is well now following an announcement over the weekend by the TDA Board that the venue has […]