August 12, 2012
Immediately following the announcement of the multi-million Pokerstars acquisition deal on Full Tilt Poker (see previous reports) the Poker Players Alliance independent action group flagged its preparedness to be involved in the long awaited pay-outs to players through US government agencies. In a public statement at the end of July, the Alliance noted: “The government […]
August 12, 2012
The unfortunate (or undisciplined) poker pro Matt Marafioti has been linked to another controversial issue in recent online poker media reports flowing from an extensive 73-page thread on the twoplustwo message board. The latest uproar comes only weeks after Marafioti drew attention to himself – and not in a good way – by using social […]
August 11, 2012
The size and volume of online poker’s biggest operator, Pokerstars, was illustrated Friday when the company announced that its 85th billion hand is imminent…perhaps this week. That’s five billion hands on from May this year, when the poker giant reported its 80 billionth milestone hand and paid out a Spanish fan $22,940 and his seven […]
August 10, 2012
German ace Marvin Rettenmaier entered the World Poker Tour record books Thursday when he took the WPT Merit Cyprus Classic honours in his second major WPT victory this year. In May the young German banked a massive $1,196,858 by winning the 2012 WPT Championship at the Bellagio. His win in Cyprus – $287,784 – was […]
August 10, 2012
This week’s storm in a teacup involved the US National Football League and its first female referee, Shannon Eastin (42), along with a group of disgruntled referees with contractual issues. Eastin was just one of a number of replacement refs drafted in to enable the football games to continue despite the contract dispute, and it […]
August 10, 2012
The complicated – and expensive – Full Tilt Poker acquisition deal between Pokerstars and the US Department of Justice (see previous reports) was cemented Thursday when the Isle of Man company paid over the first $225 million required within six days of the agreement. The payment is part of a massive $547 million deal with […]
August 9, 2012
The Kahnawake Gaming Commission generated extensive media coverage Wednesday with a statement on the situation regarding its former licensee, Absolute Poker and UltimateBet operator and owner Blanca Games. Blanca was impacted badly by the Black Friday closure of Absolute Poker, along with a slew of related companies and brands that included Absolute Poker, Ultimate Bet, […]
August 9, 2012
The rather pessimistic view expressed by politicians earlier this week that online poker legalisation in California is unlikely to be achieved in the current session (see previous reports) has been followed by news that one tribal and card room alliance is making a last-minute attempt to reach a workable compromise. Subject to specific changes, the […]
August 9, 2012
Michael Gaughan’s South Point Casino application for an intrastate online poker operator, service provider and software manufacturer licence (see previous reports) moved forward at a hearing of the Nevada Gaming Control Board in Las Vegas Wednesday, winning the approval of the Board and progressing the application to the Nevada Gaming Commission. Under the title South […]
August 9, 2012
Surprisingly for an online poker company that is a pioneer in the industry, Bwin’s Party Poker subsidiary is only now getting into the fast-fold poker sector that has proved so hugely popular with other providers. First introduced to speed up the action by Full Tilt Poker back in 2010 with its Rush Poker, the variant […]