Day: 23 October 2017

Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy Emerges Victorious from PokerStars Festival Sochi Main Event

Mon 23 Oct 2017 10.17 Harry Evans
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy Emerges Victorious from PokerStars Festival Sochi Main Event

This year’s edition of the PokerStars Festival Sochi Main Event finally saw its champion with Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy being crowned as a winner. The Russian poker player emerged victorious out of a massive players field of a total of 699 entries to take home a monetary pool portion of RUB 7,700,000, which equal to almost $134,000. PokerStars Festival Sochi was held between October 16th and 22nd at the Sochi Casino and Resort, with a number of live events standing out. The Main Event of the festival offered a guaranteed prize pool…

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James Packer Does Not Support Crown Resorts’ Japanese Expansion

Mon 23 Oct 2017 8.28 Olivia Cole
James Packer Does Not Support Crown Resorts’ Japanese Expansion

The Australian businessman James Packer has given little importance to the possibility of Crown Resorts trying to acquire a casino license on the territory of Japan. He also warned of a certain risk of overcapitalisation of the company on its leading Crown Sydney casino project estimated to AU$2.4 billion, especially taking into account the fact that the brand has already spent massive amounts of money on its properties in Perth and Melbourne. Ahead of the annual general meeting of Crown Resorts, Mr. Packer told The Australian that he did not…

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