June 22, 2012
Earlier this year the hopes of former Full Tilt Poker players disadvantaged by that company’s closure on Black Friday (see previous reports) were raised when reports surfaced that Pokerstars was in talks with the company and the US Department of Justice regarding a possible acquisition. The French Groupe Bernard Tapie had abandoned its takeover bid […]
June 22, 2012
Playtech’s iPoker Network has followed press releases on its launch of fast-fold product Sprint Poker (see previous report) with a more controversial advisory on a policy change designed to divide player liquidity by grading operators on their active and new player numbers, with some virtual tables only available to top-tier rooms. The rumours of a […]
June 21, 2012
The online poker operations of industry pioneer Intertops has abruptly and inexplicably banned new US sign-ups. Would-be new US players receive the following message from the operator: “Thank you for your interest in Intertops! Unfortunately, we are unable to accept new customers from your country or region at this time. If you believe you received […]
June 21, 2012
Two more World Series of Poker players were sporting shiny new winner’s bracelets…and fatter bank accounts…. Thursday as events 34 and 35 passed into the history books. In event 34 – the $5,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha Six Handed competition, Naoya Kihara survived a field of 419 entrants to engage in an exciting if brief heads […]
June 20, 2012
The US land gambling group Station Casinos enjoyed widespread publicity Tuesday over its announcement that it is to launch an online poker site on Facebook this week under a brand that has historically garnered some unfortunate industry publicity – Ultimate Poker. The owner’s choice of Ultimate Poker stems from their involvement in the Ultimate Fighting […]
June 20, 2012
The independent online poker monitor Pokerscout’s weekly report on industry performance showed a decline in internet poker traffic last week of 6.3 percent compared with the same period last year – the sixth week of a continued downward slide. Pokerstars continued to lead the market by a healthy margin, followed at the top by iPoker […]
June 18, 2012
One of the biggest fields so far at this year’s World Series of Poker is currently playing down to a winner, with just seven survivors from a field of 4,128 left around the final table at the Rio when we went to press Monday morning. Former World Series of Poker main event champ Dennis Phillips […]
June 18, 2012
Texas cattle rancher and World Series of Poker regular player Larry Wright (58) upended many predictions on Father?s Day by besting some of the most recognisable names in international poker, winning event 30 – $1,500 Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball. Wright faced a formidable final table that included Brandon Cantu, Andrew Lichtenberger, Michael Mizrachi, Erick Lindgren, Rep […]
June 18, 2012
The Microgaming Poker Network has suspended the operations of licensee 5050 Poker Limited, claiming in a public statement that the operator is in ‘material breach of contract’, and that the directors of 5050 have been aware they were in breach since June 14 this year. The network does not appear to have completely written off […]
June 17, 2012
The trial and punishment of former Absolute Poker finance exec Brent Beckley, one of 11 online poker executives indicted on Black Friday last year, entered a new phase earlier this month when his legal team requested a delay in sentencing in order to prepare arguments against a possible increase in his punishment. Beckley (31) originally […]