March 26, 2013
The quaintly titled Seals With Clubs online poker site was down for two full days this week following a vicious Distributed Denial of Services attack from unknown sources. Management at the Bitcoin-using, US-friendly site, which hosts around 400 players in peak hour playing periods, assured customers that no accounts were compromised. The site’s professional player, […]
March 26, 2013
Pokerstars player ‘Ges26’, from Belarus, was crowned the MicroMillions 4 main event champion in the early hours of Monday morning, as the latest MicroMillions festival broke several of its own records in terms of number of entries, as well as hitting a new prize money high for the series. The $22 buy-in main event pulled […]
March 25, 2013
The weekend saw Dinesh Alt best 459 other entrants on the third day of the Pokerstars Australia New Zealand Poker Tour Sydney main event to claim the bragging rights and a A$226,320 pay day. The field generated a worthwhile prize pool of A$ 920,000, with the prize allocation allowing for cashes of at least A$3,680 […]
March 25, 2013
Austrian Police reportedly struck against illegal poker operators over the weekend, targeting “card casinos” suspected of operating poker games along with the staple rummy and bridge games. Casinos Austria is the only operator authorised to legally offer poker according to a Constitutional court decision enacted earlier this year, said a Police spokesperson. Rigobert Rainer of […]
March 24, 2013
A problem gambling specialist in the UK, Liz Karter, told The Independent newspaper over the weekend that online gambling is becoming more attractive to women than drugs or alcohol, and that professional women in particular are turning to online poker as a stress reliever. The author of a newly published book on the subject, Karter […]
March 23, 2013
When New York state legislators vote on a final budget agreement this weekend it is unlikely they will debate the inclusion of online poker as proposed last week by two influential members of the Legislature The New York Daily News reported Friday that the proposals were not included in the final agenda agreed by Gov. […]
March 22, 2013
Following a police anti-prostitution sting operation in North Carolina last week, and allegations of involvement, respected poker pro Greg Raymer has resigned from the board of the online poker action group Poker Players Alliance. Reporting on the resignation, the poker information website PocketFives revealed that Raymer, a former 2004 World Series of Poker main event […]
March 22, 2013
Execs at online poker software provider 888 Holdings and future online poker partner Treasure Island Hotel and Resort will be celebrating this week following the award of internet poker licenses by the Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday. 888 has been busy establishing a significant foothold in the nascent Nevada intrastate online poker market, signing provider […]
March 22, 2013
Having just re-launched the Bad Beat tables across the Microgaming network, one lucky ‘losing’ player at StanJames Poker,com took down the largest jackpot in the history of the Bad Beat tables this week, with over Euro 920,000 in the total pot. The new format makes the jackpot easier to hit and that was certainly something […]
March 22, 2013
Online, and now terrestrial, poker giant PokerStars has introduced four new games to its line-up. The new games, of which its last introduction was Badugi in 2008, are Courchevel and Courchevel Hi/Lo, 5-Card Omaha and 5-Card Omaha Hi/Lo. The four new play-for-free and real-money variations of the game will be introduced across its shared liquidity […]