October 21, 2012
Tiffany Michelle and Maria Ho travelled the world the hard way, competing in the uber-stressful The Amazing Race reality television series, but fellow poker pros Kevin MacPhee and Liv Boeree are doing it in considerably more comfort and style in their new travel television series I Bet My Life. Produced by Stornoway Productions for the […]
October 20, 2012
Politico writer Steve Friess says after studying the hard-to-get draft of the Reid-Kyl proposal for licensing online poker at the federal level that the bill favours Reid’s home state of Nevada. Friess claims that the bill – widely expected to be flighted during the lame duck session of Congress after the presidential elections in early […]
October 20, 2012
In an innovative marketing move, online poker operator BetVictor launched its new BetVictor Club Friday, setting in motion a community service which offers a free-play league with real cash prizes, members-only freerolls and money added tournaments. The Club is open to all, subject to some simple joining requirements; applicants download the software, log into the […]
October 19, 2012
Fertitta Interactive and Golden Nugget were granted Nevada intrastate online poker licenses Thursday by the Nevada Gaming Commission, joining an earlier approval awarded to Boyd Gaming The parent companies of both are prominent operators on the Nevada terrestrial casino landscape. Twelve companies have now been awarded licenses as operators or service providers, including South Point […]
October 19, 2012
Californian poker player Matthew Weber broke the Punta Cana winning tradition of Canadians Thursday, sweeping up the main event first prize of $135,475 after besting an entry field of 380 players over four days. The 2012 season was held at the Marvelous Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Punta Cana with Weber the first Punta Cana […]
October 18, 2012
High-profile poker pro Isaac Haxton has joined the Pokerstars professional player team, the Isle of Man company announced Thursday. Although a native of New York City, the legal situation in post-Black Friday America persuaded Haxton to relocate to the Mediterranean island of Malta, a convenient and central location with easy access to other EU nations. […]
October 18, 2012
Could international online poker be emerging from the doldrums? New numbers from the respected H2 Gambling Capital firm may indicate that this is happening. The company reported this week that real money internet poker has broken a two-year drought, again showing growth in gross gaming yield, which in September reached Euro 248 million – up […]
October 18, 2012
A mystery Canadian player using the handle Barcode (1Il|1Il|1il|) and specialising in Pot Limit Omaha has been cleaning up again on the Pokerstars nosebleed tables, this week adding a further $554,000 to the million dollars he has already won this (October) month. According to High Stakes DB.com, Barcode started lighting up the virtual high stakes […]
October 18, 2012
The Nevada Gaming Commission has accepted the recommendation of the Nevada Gaming Control Commission (see previous report), granting Boyd Interactive Gaming a Nevada interactive poker licence on Thursday. When we went to press it was not yet clear whether two other applicants, Fertitta Interactive and the Golden Nugget, had also been successful. Boyd is in […]
October 17, 2012
Former marketing affiliates of the ‘old’ Full Tilt Poker group who were left unpaid when the company failed in the wake of Black Friday received bad news Tuesday, when new owner Pokerstars advised that it will not be paying them out, and player accounts linked to former affiliate accounts will not be tracked. Affiliates who […]