October 27, 2012
German poker pro Dominik Nitsche boosted his bank balance this week with a $206,153 victory in the inaugural World Poker Tour South Africa main event at the Emperors Palace in Johannesburg, South Africa. His prize includes a $25,000 seat in the WPT Championships. Nitsche (22) largely dominated the event, which attracted 230 players, including international […]
October 26, 2012
A spokesman for the California Online Poker Association, Ryan Hightower, gave more detail on the sudden collapse of the tribal group and card room internet poker legalisation alliance (see previous report) Thursday, revealing that the decision to dissolve the body was based upon insufficient progress within the California legislature toward the passage of an online […]
October 26, 2012
The Washington DC publication The Hill reports that Nevada’s Republican governor, Brian Sandoval, has written to Congressional leaders in support of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s initiative to legalise online poker at federal level. Governor Sandoval’s state is already far advanced in creating its own intrastate regulatory jurisdiction for online poker (see previous reports). “As […]
October 25, 2012
Pokerstars marketers have dreamed up another major online poker event, in which the winner will walk away with half a million dollars and impressive bragging rights. Dubbed the Pokerstars All-Star Showdown and scheduled for October 27 to November 8, this new high-stakes online competition is expected to attract some of the top players in the […]
October 25, 2012
Readers following the long-running and often complicated attempts by rival groups to grab the high ground in the struggle for online poker legalisation in California will be familiar with the California Online Poker Association, a trade group comprising California Indian tribes and commercial card rooms in the state which appeared to have ambitions to corner […]
October 25, 2012
Finnish online poker ace Ilari Sahamies has ended something of an earnings drought that has plagued him for much of the year with a three day heater this week that saw him harvest a profit of over a million dollars, narrowing the $1.4 million red ink gap he has struggled to close so far. Hitting […]
October 24, 2012
Remember the hype over a year ago on a proposed cybersecurity bill as online poker’s best chance of coat-tailing it to legalisation in the US Congress? Well, it appears that it is here again. Political pundits and reports in the legislative media were speculating this week on the energy that Nevada Senator Harry Reid is […]
October 24, 2012
The US poker and games start-up PLAOR has announced the successful relaunch of Hollywood Poker with a new mission to extend celebrity interaction with fans in an internet gaming environment. The start-up claims it has lined up a stable of celebrities who will be on deck to play online poker games with ordinary folks, with […]
October 24, 2012
News of a software glitch that reportedly occurred at PartyPoker towards the end of last month have lit up the poker forums this week. The glitch apparently allowed some players to see a set of hole cards while wagering and a revealed a completely different set once the cards were turned over as well as […]
October 24, 2012
Euroclub Network Ltd. announced Wednesday that it has launched a new online poker network, branded League Network (http://www.playersleague.com/), with its showcase premier customer, Goldbet. It is believed that Eurobet is itself associated with the Euro Cake Network.net. The League Network differentiates itself from other poker networks through its focus on entertainment value, balanced player pools […]