October 4, 2013
Reports on internet poker media dating back to September 20, along with exchanges on the twoplustwo forum indicate that a major Russian internet service provider, Beeline, has blocked the Pokerstars dotcom domain in compliance with Russian government directives aimed at halting illegal online gambling. Back in November last year the Russian Supreme Court placed the […]
October 3, 2013
Full Tilt Poker (FTP) Claims Administrator, Garden City Group (GCG) has issued an update on FullTiltPokerClaims.com on the progress of the FTP repayment process. According to GCG, the company has received a meagre 23 500 petitions or 1.69 percent in response to the 1.4 million e-mail notifications it sent to FTP players over the past […]
October 2, 2013
German online poker player “PlayinWasted” has taken the Main Event title as the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) wrapped up Tuesday. Besting a huge field of 2 133, PlayinWasted banked $1 493 499.15 following a three-way chop with Daniel “Allanon85” Drescher and SwissCantMis from a prize pool of $10 655 000.00. The final […]
October 1, 2013
Political and legal fears that online poker is a high risk area in terms of money laundering may be exaggerated, appears to be the conclusion of a new academic study commissioned from the department of economics at Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria and the International Research Institute for Gambling and Gaming in Bonn, Germany. […]
October 1, 2013
Professional poker sharks who occupy seats at virtual poker tables but do not play until a less experienced victim, or “fish”, takes a seat will find their style cramped on 888Poker going forward. The operator has joined other major online poker sites in halting the practice, called “bum-hunting” or “table camping” in table slang, according […]
September 30, 2013
Frankfurt, Germany-based online grinder Louis Cartarius emerged victorious in the Euro 550 buy-in 2013 Pokerlistings Battle of Malta tournament over the weekend, besting a field of 887 – three times the size of the event last year – to claim a main prize worth Euro 80,000 (US $108,000). It was his biggest live tournament win […]
September 29, 2013
The arrival of Caesars’ WSOP.com online poker site in the intrastate Nevada online poker market is creating a competitive advertising environment with Fertitta Interactive’s Ultimate Poker.com longer-established website, reports the publication Advertising Age. This weekend saw the launch of the Nevada-focused television element of a comprehensive advertising campaign designed by the Californian agency Zambezi. Elements […]
September 29, 2013
In reports that almost beggar belief, US media outlets Saturday started covering allegations that a top US navy officer may be involved in a counterfeit poker chip case Vice Admiral Tim Giardina, a thirty-year navy man and second in command of U.S. Strategic Command, was suspended from his duties earlier this month following a probe […]
September 28, 2013
The online poker executive who steered French online poker site Winamax through the introduction of the French dedicated market to become its leading cash game operation, Canel Frichet, departs the company next week for reasons that are not clear. The site is at the peak of its performance in a troubled market, and Frichet has […]
September 28, 2013
Our readers may recall the case of Paul Carr, a 33-year-old Irish poker pro who has been contesting the seizure of Euro 36,000 found during a police search of a residential premises occupied by the girlfriend of one of Carr’s friends in May 2011. Prosecutors alleged the money was the proceeds of crime and should […]