October 9, 2012
Full Tilt Poker, now part of the Pokerstars-Rational group, has been granted an operating licence by the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission (GSC), allowing the company to provide online poker services from the Isle of Man. The Rational Group, which operates Pokerstars and acquired the assets of Full Tilt Poker in August (see previous […]
October 7, 2012
Online poker operators offering fast-fold poker variants, widely acknowledged to have been initially launched by Full Tilt Poker with its Rush Poker product, will be watching industry leader Pokerstars carefully this week following the news that the company is reviewing the patentability of the concept after acquiring FTP. Fast-fold or speed poker, in which a […]
October 7, 2012
Top international poker pro Phil Ivey went on a heater playing Punto Banco at London’s exclusive Crockfords gaming club six weeks ago, but is still awaiting payment of GBP 7.3 million in winnings. The 184-year-old Mayfair-based Crockfords, owned by the Malaysian Genting gambling group, has confirmed to the authorities that it is withholding payment, but […]
October 6, 2012
Annual comparative numbers issued by Italy’s online gambling regulator AAMS Friday have industry analysts concerned at an apparent decline of almost 31 percent between August this year and August 2011. Italian poker cash games were approved in July last year with great expectations, and the latest numbers therefore represent the first year-on-year overall assessment; unfortunately […]
October 6, 2012
The ‘run it twice’ option favoured by many high stakes online poker pros may find application in the wider internet poker market if Pokerstars has its way; the market leader has announced that it is planning to introduce the innovation and is currently carrying out practical testing. Rumours of a wider introduction for the feature […]
October 5, 2012
Win2Day launched by Prima Networks – powered by Microgaming earlier this year has extended its offering to include poker for the Belgian market. Owned by Casinos Austria International, win2day.be will augment its casino and bingo products with poker from Prima Networks that will include the fast-fold variant “Blaze”. Loraine Schoevers, director of Prima Networks, said: […]
October 5, 2012
An elated Phil Hellmuth said “I played the best poker of my life in this tournament” after emerging the victor of the Sixth World Series of Poker Europe Championship held at Hotel Majestic Barriere in Cannes, France. Hellmuth’s win gives him the accolade of having the most accomplished WSOP career of any player in the […]
October 4, 2012
Following what has been described as fast and furious play along with dramatic eliminations, the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event final table of eight is set. Play will kick-off on Thursday at 13:30 CET until four players remain. The last four standing will resume play at 21:45 CET until the WSOPE Main Event […]
October 4, 2012
The Nevada Gaming Control Board has recommended that three more companies be granted intrastate online poker licenses, progressing the applications of Boyd Gaming, Golden Nugget and Fertitta Interactive to the Nevada Gaming Commission for approval. The Commission will probably consider the applications at its October 18 meeting. The Boyd Group, a respected land casino owner […]
October 4, 2012
Last weekend a select audience gathered at the London Film Museum for a preview of a major software upgrade planned by industry leader Pokerstars. In a fifteen minute presentation, guests were walked through some extensive changes under the working title Pokerstars 7, which will be released soon for beta testing according to sources who were […]