July 31, 2012
Several weeks of moderate online poker traffic gains were derailed last week when a broad decline of 2.2 percent was experienced by many sites, according to the latest weekly report from the independent online poker monitor Pokerscout. Among the top 10 sites and networks, decliners outpaced advancers 8-2, with most sites falling 5 percent or […]
July 31, 2012
With the recent Purple Lounge, Everleaf and 5050 Poker internet poker room failures still a bitter and frustrating memory for many players, reports surfaced this week that yet another site appears to be in unexplained difficulties, with poor communication exacerbating an already bad scenario. Unpaid players and media alike have flagged the sudden and unannounced […]
July 31, 2012
Late Tuesday afternoon GMT the Full Tilt Poker offices in Dublin issued a statement confirming rumours over the weekend that a deal has been hammered out that sees the US Department of Justice agree to the acquisition of FTP by Pokerstars, paving the way for players to be paid at last. The company said the […]
July 31, 2012
Posters on the twoplustwo message board, followed by online media, are currently discussing the imminent surrender to the US authorities of Nelson Burtnick, head of payment processing at Full Tilt Poker’s Dublin offices and a fugitive from US justice since Black Friday. If the reports are true and Burtnick is arrested on arrival as was […]
July 30, 2012
Australian player David Allan returned home NZ$110,600 wealthier this weekend after taking down the 2012 PokerStars Australia New Zealand Poker Tour Queenstown Snowfest main event. This year the NZ$3,000 buy-in tournament attracted 149 poker players from 17 different countries, creating a prize pool of NZ$402,300 from which 15 players cashed. Players from around the Asia […]
July 28, 2012
The organisers of the inaugural event of the ambitious International Stadiums Poker Tour have generated massive publicity on their 30,000 player project, much of it based on the sheer scale of the event and the player-pulling Euro 20 million guaranteed prize pool involved, but this week fears arose that the prize pool would not be […]
July 28, 2012
There have been so many unfulfilled rumours this year about Full Tilt Poker players finally being paid that most industry people have become sceptical when YAFTPR (yet another Full Tilt Poker rumour) appears on the internet. However, on Friday two industry publications – Poker Player Newspaper.com and Gambling 911.com – both claimed that a solution […]
July 27, 2012
Online poker player and writer Scott Bell told the Quadjacks poker information site this week that he is planning on turning his extensive research and writing effort on the Ultimatebet cheating scandal into a documentary film about internet poker’s biggest scam. Bell says he will release the documentary later this year through both video-on-demand and […]
July 26, 2012
Social gaming giant Zynga chief executive Mark Pincus confirmed the company’s intention of launching its first real-money online poker game within the first half of 2013 in an earnings conference call yesterday (Wednesday). Considering the current status of U.S. regulation, the launch would more than likely initially be targeted outside of the U.S and the […]
July 26, 2012
The Bodog Poker Network has announced the launch of its Recreational Poker Model software as a fully compatible Mac client this week. Bodog Poker Network’s chief executive officer, Jonas Odman, said: “The Mac client was always a ‘must have’ offering but to have it up within the first year of the software going live puts […]