June 4, 2013
Judging by numbers just released by Pokerstars, this year’s edition of the popular Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) tournament was one of the biggest and richest gambling festivals of the year, with millions in prize money won, a packed schedule, and separate buy-in levels designed to suit all bankrolls. SCOOP 2013 awarded a record-breaking […]
June 4, 2013
After a mere ten months in operation, the online poker room Poker Ace has announced that it is to shut down tomorrow (Wednesday), with players, their account balances and loyalty rewards transferred to iPoker network skin DafaPoker. Based and licensed in the Philippines and targeted on Asian players, Poker Ace launched late 2012 using proprietary […]
June 4, 2013
The arrival in Las Vegas of thousands of poker fans eager to compete in the 44th World Series of Poker has had a beneficial side effect for the newly launched Nevada-licensed online poker website Ultimate Poker.com, reports the independent internet poker monitor Pokerscout. Last Friday Ultimate hosted a new high of over 550 players, boosting […]
June 3, 2013
The third event in the current World Series of Poker spectacular unfolding at the Rio in Las Vegas, the $1,500 buy-in NLHE Re-entry competition, was taken down after four days of action by French-Canadian amateur player Charles Sylvestre over the weekend, playing against some of the biggest professional names in world poker. To win his […]
June 3, 2013
One of this year’s World Series of Poker innovations – the $1500 buy-in NLHE Millionaire Maker” competition – has so far proved to be an unqualified success, with Day 1A entries topping 3,713 and a further 2,630 hopefuls piling in on Day 1B – many of them top international players. That meant that the event […]
June 3, 2013
It looks as if the late million dollars guaranteed prize involvement of Dusk Til Dawn poker chief Robert Yong has saved the day for the International Stadiums Poker Tournament currently on-going in two rather chilly marquees at Wembley Stadium in London. The guarantee has undoubtedly boosted the credibility and attendance at the inaugural event, which […]
June 2, 2013
Aides for Texas Congressman Joe Barton and New York Representative Peter King have confirmed that both will be presenting online poker legalisation bills in Congress in the quest for a federal solution, the latter perhaps submitting his proposal as early as next week according to some reports, but over the weekend a well-informed Washington newspaper […]
June 2, 2013
Wisconsin poker pro Trevor Pope has claimed the winner’s bracelet and $553,906 in the second event to conclude in the current World Series of Poker tournament – the $5,000 buy-in 8-Max NLHE event. Fighting his way through an original entry field of 481 players, Pope entered the final table with the chip lead and dominated […]
June 2, 2013
Ultimate Poker.com, the first Nevada-licensed online poker room to become operational just thirty days ago, is making good progress, according to an assessment by poker information site Quadjacks, which notes that the room opened its virtual doors on April 30 this year and has already dealt over 2 million hands. Early hassles with cell phone […]
June 2, 2013
Gamesys, which acquired the assets of Virgin Games earlier this year and subsequently dropped content from a slew of top online gambling software developers in favour of IGT and its own offerings (see previous reports) is reportedly developing its own java-based online poker product, according to the publication Street Corner. The report claims that Gamesys […]