November 28, 2013
Following her appointment in October, Erika Schwartz Poole has taken up her duties as head of 888Poker’s live events and offline partnerships division. Holding a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications, Poole is a graduate of Emerson University and holds dual UK-USA citizenship status…a handy facility with 888 activities in the United States growing […]
November 28, 2013
Getting in on the festive season spirit next (December) month, online poker operator Pokerstars has released details of its planned December Festival, with $27 million laid aside for guaranteed prize pools. The Festival will take place over 22 days starting December 1 and will be rich in special tournament and ring-game promotions and content. It […]
November 28, 2013
Add the PokerinVenice online poker network to the sad and deeply worrying list of supposedly well-regulated online poker operators licensed by Malta’s Lotteries and Gaming Authority that have closed their doors, leaving players unpaid with their account balances unshielded. Posts on the twoplustwo forum indicate that the operator shut down in June this year after […]
November 28, 2013
A former Branch Manager at Manhattan Bank has pled guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to assisting Illya Trincher, a key figure in an international sportsbook ring, with structuring financial transactions. Ronald Uy (33) is the nineteenth defendant to plead guilty in the New York “art gallery” illegal gambling ring investigation (see previous reports) led by […]
November 27, 2013
The PokerStars MicroMillions 6 series ended this week, delivering a set of figures that, whilst not quite matching the record-breaking edition 4 in the series, still delivered impressive statistics. The 100 events generated a prize pool totalling $8,823,501.19 and 1,420,306 entrants, second only to MicroMillions 4, where 1,572,760 entries generated a prize pool of $9,588,892.60. […]
November 27, 2013
Hero Poker CEO David Jung has revealed that his popular but previously business problem plagued online poker site is to go the network route again, this time with the MPN (Microgaming Poker Network), launching next (December) month. The new arrangement is currently undergoing testing at Hero Poker.net, although this is at present only open to […]
November 27, 2013
Party Poker has promised that the upcoming Pokerfest series – Pokerfest: Micro Turbo Edition – will present players with plenty of dynamic and rewarding action when it kicks off with 67 events over 15 days on December 1st. The series will feature Hold’em, Omaha, bounty tournaments, rebuys and more with buy-ins as low as $0.11 […]
November 27, 2013
In a software upgrade so extensive that it could reasonably be regarded as new, Sky Poker has improved its proprietary download and browser-based software with 20 major changes. The launch of the revamped software this week followed an extensive testing program. The enhancements include redesigned and resizable tables and preferred seating options that will be […]
November 26, 2013
Caesars Entertainment’s World Series Of Poker announced significant changes to its International event schedule Tuesday, consolidating and making bi-annual the WSOP Asia-Pacific and the WSOP Europe events. The second WSOP Asia-Pacific (WSOP APAC), in partnership with Australia’s Crown Melbourne, will be expanded to feature 10 open bracelet events and is expected to run from October […]
November 26, 2013
Land gambling mogul Steve Wynn of Wynn Resorts has come out with an opposing view to that of Sheldon Adelson that online poker should be banned. Speaking to a Las Vegas Review Journal reporter at a Wynn function this week, Wynn says that uncertainty in Congress makes him unsure of where online poker is going. […]