March 10, 2012
Californian poker pro Moon Kim is $960,900 wealthier this weekend, having taken down the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star main event in San Jose, besting an entry field of 364 top players. Along with the big money goes a $25,000 seat in the WPT Championship later this year Kim started the final table […]
March 8, 2012
The giant European online gambling conglomerate Bwin.Party digital entertainment has become the latest internet gambling operator to file for a Nevada internet poker licence, reports Card Player.com, which has been closely monitoring applications. PartyPoker, a key element in the group, cleared its pre-UIGEA slate with the US Department of Justice some time ago with a […]
March 8, 2012
One has to wonder how much is truth and how much is corporate maneuvering in the multitude of ‘informal’ statements on Full Tilt Poker made this week to a variety of industry media, with ‘exclusives’ that seem to cover the same ground, executive apologies and ad hoc lawyer comments all combining to cloud rather than […]
March 8, 2012
Fourth Row Films has announced a March 23 launch date for the much-anticipated documentary on poker titled All In – The Poker Movie. Directed by Douglas Tirola, who also wrote the script, the movie stars the likes of Matt Damon, Phil Hellmuth Jr, Chris Moneymaker, Ira Glass, Frank Deford, Annie Duke, Kenny Rogers, Chris Ferguson, […]
March 8, 2012
The Costa Rica-based and US-friendly online poker site Americas Cardroom has announced a new solution for players who want fast action and better value – 4-Max tables. “Here we go again with more improvements designed for poker players who love faster action and better value,” Americas Cardroom spokesman Michael Harris said this week. “Our new […]
March 8, 2012
The full schedule for the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe have been unveiled by the World Series of Poker and Barriere Poker.fr with minimal changes to a successful formula, and the location again the Casino Barri?re de Cannes Croisette in Cannes, France. This year’s tournament will run from September 21 to October 4, and […]
March 7, 2012
Bodog Poker and its Recreational Poker Model has expanded into Asia with the addition of Bodog88 on its network. Bodog Poker through Bodog88 will offer players all-site anonymous tables which it believes will prove to be a hit with Asian players in particular while the company enjoys increased liquidity and access to a virtually untapped […]
March 7, 2012
The Australian gaming supply company Aristocrat Technologies has partnered with the interactive division of US gambling content provider Bally Technologies to offer the benefit of their poker networks as a business-to-business product for US operators as the possibility of legalised online poker in the United States draws closer. The two companies will arrange deals with […]
March 6, 2012
Land gambling equipment supplier Shuffle Master Inc turned rumour into fact Monday with its announcement that it has inked an agreement to acquire the Ongame Poker Network from Bwin.Party digital entertainment. The rumour that a deal was in the works has been circulating for the past month or more (see previous reports) Ongame is one […]
March 5, 2012
Mason Malmuth, the owner of the popular twoplustwo poker forum and ancillary companies, has been successful in defending his domain in a long-running case against poker pro Dutch Boyd. Malmuth originally took the case to court back in late 2009 when he claimed that Boyd had infringed his domain rights on twoplusttwo with his registration […]