Day: 23 November 2017

Andre Haneberg Conquers PokerStars Festival Hamburg for €46,300

Thu 23 Nov 2017 11.01 Harry Evans
Andre Haneberg Conquers PokerStars Festival Hamburg for €46,300

PokerStars Festival Hamburg €2,200 High Roller tournament saw a victor emerge, after Andre Haneberg managed to take down the event and take home a monetary portion estimated to €46,380. The German poker player emerged victorious after only 28 of the 90 players returned for the action, each of them having his eyes on the tournament’s trophy. Apart from the trophy, the first place of the PokerStars Festival Hamburg High Roller event also brought the winner a cash portion of €46,380. Three former winners of EPT tournaments, as well as many…

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Woolworths Doubts AU$1 Pokies’ Bet Limits Would Be Helpful for Gambling Addicts

Thu 23 Nov 2017 8.45 Daniel Williams
Woolworths Doubts AU$1 Pokies’ Bet Limits Would Be Helpful for Gambling Addicts

The Chairman of Woolworths Gordon Cairns has shared his doubt that setting a AU$1 bet limit on pokies would be helpful for players who suffer from problem gambling behaviour. Currently, Woolworths is one of the largest Australian poker machine operators thanks to the fact that it owns over 330 hotels. Over its latest annual general meeting which took place on Thursday, the company’s shareholders and anti-gambling advocates put Mr. Cairns under some criticism and asked him questions about its poker machine operations. Woolworths’ Chairman was asked whether he would take…

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