September 26, 2012
Antonio Esfandiari continued a stellar 2012 taking the WSOPE Euro 1100 hold’em event title this week in Cannes. Competing against a final table that included Salvatore Bonavena, Antonin Teisseire and McLean Karr, Esfandiari went into heads-up with Remi Bollengier emerging victorious and Euro 126 207 richer. The Big One for One Drop winner also took […]
September 25, 2012
French gambling authority ARJEL will temporarily lift is Rekop Limited licence suspension to allow registered Full Tilt Poker players access to their accounts for the recovery of outstanding credit balances through the pokerstars.fr platform from November 6, 2012 until November 9, 2012. At an ARJEL press conference, attended by Pokerstars president of southern Europe Gino […]
September 25, 2012
Pokerstars continued to exploit its Full Tilt Poker acquisition this week with the unveiling of its payment plan following re-launch on November 6. Part of the company’s deal with the Department of Justice was a commitment to pay outstanding amounts totalling some $184 million to FTP non-US players. Pokerstars intends to pay former FTP players […]
September 25, 2012
Reports earlier this month that Korean software developers were prepared to hand over a copy of the Absolute Poker software to the US Department of Justice as an asset for forfeit have been followed by confirmation from the feds that they now hold the software. Court documents have confirmed that the CEO of Korean firm […]
September 24, 2012
The Pokerstars English Poker Open 2012 title fell to Danish Pokerstars pro Mickey Petersen over the weekend, boosting his bank balance by a healthy GBP 78,660. Petersen triumphed over an entry field of 138 that included names like Praz Bansi, James Akenhead, James Dempsey, Sam Trickett, Liv Boeree and the 2010 champion Fabian Quoss in […]
September 24, 2012
Something’s up at the Revolution Gaming network, where earlier this week the Cake Poker site started shifting its US players from its .eu site to Juicy Stakes Poker.com on the same network. A Cake spokesman said that the operator’s focus was now mainly on the European market. On Monday news surfaced that three more Revolution […]
September 24, 2012
Cardbet.com has been recruited by Betting Promotion on the back of IGT’s poker network shut-down. Under the agreed terms, Cardbet will migrate its sports betting offering to utilise Betting Promotion’s Bet Power product. Betting Promotion will cover odds management on all markets and events along with full risk management for Cardbet. Erik Skarp, Cardbet.com spokesperson […]
September 23, 2012
Little is known about a new online poker operator who has been active on industry message boards and social media sites recently promoting the imminent launch of a new online poker room branded Poker Rebel.com. The enterprise has an English – Portuguese language site up although this will not become operational until November 1, and […]
September 23, 2012
Pennsylvania poker pro Ben Hamnett will be celebrating his biggest pay day yet after besting a field of 1,180 other players to claim the $818,847 main prize in the $3,500 buy-in World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open on Friday. It was Hamnett’s biggest win yet, taking his career earnings into million dollar territory. After almost […]
September 22, 2012
Expect more fallout from the series of Poker News video interviews with former Full Tilt Poker president and part owner Howard Lederer Within hours of the last episode airing, vociferous poker ace Daniel Negreanu was tweeting and giving his views to online poker information sites, John Juanda was tweeting his disagreement with Lederer’s accusations and […]