October 4, 2012
Thursday afternoon in Cannes will see the last eight survivors from an original field of 420 registered for the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe main event gathering for what promises to be an epic final table. 24 players started the day, but after only eight hours the final table of eight had been decided. […]
October 4, 2012
IGT’s decision to curtail its online poker network activities on the former Entraction network (see previous reports) has resulted in further departures this week with the news that Cardbet.com will move to the Revolution poker network. That presumably includes the company’s four white label poker rooms, Metspoker.com, M8poker.com, Pro-factory.com and SuomiVegas.com. The company will use […]
October 4, 2012
U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan showed once again this week that he views the activities of cash processors who assisted Black Friday indicted operators in a dim light, going beyond the prosecution’s sentencing recommendations in punishing Chad Elie (32). Despite a prosecution sentencing recommendation that Elie be sentenced to probation, six months of home […]
October 4, 2012
European online poker players looked likely to be short another internet destination this week as news surfaced that the UK Bodog brand franchise holder Bodog.co.uk will not include poker when it relaunches its revamped and re-targeted online and live dealer casino operation. Many players had only just settled down after being transferred to the old […]
October 4, 2012
Hopefully changing attitudes toward legalised online poker in the United States appear to have persuaded the top French operator Winamax to put a toe in the water, launching a free-to-play site branded Winamax Poker.com, powered by the firm’s proprietary software. Winamax has traditionally only offered real money action in regulated markets, and maintains this policy […]
October 3, 2012
Delivering his address to the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas Tuesday, top US gambling executive Frank Fahrenkopf Jnr held out little hope for federal legalisation of online poker this year, noting that time was running out for current initiatives planned in Congress. Fahrenkopf, as chief executive of the powerful US gambling trade body the […]
October 3, 2012
Former Full Tilt Poker Pro Gus Hansen will pick up his ambassadorial duties where he left off on the new PokerStar’s owned Full Tilt website set for launch November 6, 2012. “I’m very excited to represent the industry’s most authentic poker brand. Full Tilt Poker has the best games, most innovative software and the strongest […]
October 2, 2012
The influential Washington DC political publication The Hill reports that a push for the federal legalisation of online poker by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the US Congress’s lame-duck session this year “could run into a buzz-saw of opposition from state legislatures and governors.” Apparently concern is growing at state level that federal government […]
October 1, 2012
Despite the absence of company statements – one is expected from Amaya today – the rumoured sale of Bwin’s Ongame Poker Network to Montreal-based Amaya Gaming remained the subject of continued speculation over the weekend. The original rumour, which suggested that Amaya would be paying as little as $6.5 to $8 million, was revised sharply […]
October 1, 2012
Hopes for a record turnout for the second flight of Day 1 of the main event at the World Series of Poker Europe main event faded over the weekend when only 205 players registered, leaving total entries for this year’s main event around 420…well short of the hoped for 600 (last year total entries were […]