March 1, 2012
Writing on his Chiliblog Thursday, Chili Gaming founder and chief Alexandre Dreyfus announced that his Playtech-iPoker-powered site ChiliPoker.com is closing following a merger with fellow iPoker site Poker770. The abrupt announcement, aimed primarily at affiliate marketers, advised that the change was being made immediately: “Dear Affiliate,” the announcement commenced. “Following the exciting news about Chiligaming […]
February 28, 2012
A Las Vegas-based software developer, NetEffect Networks, has become the latest company to join the queue for a Nevada online poker Class 2 (supply and service provider) licence. The new applicant brings to 19 the number of companies that have so far applied for licences of various descriptions and classes related to the now legalised […]
February 28, 2012
The timing is suspicious – on Monday Groupe Bernard Tapie lawyer Behnam Dayanim became publicly active again, using his favourite Poker Strategy information site as a megaphone to assure interested parties that the FTP deal is still alive and well and progressing. Suspicious, because it came on the heels of three days of growing publicity […]
February 28, 2012
Monday saw a local player, Joe-Boy Rahme, win the $3,300 buy-in World Series of Poker Africa main event after surviving an enthusiastic field of 218 hopefuls that included several top international aces like Mark Vos, Scotty Nguyen and Warren Zackey, last year’s champ. Rahme, a Johannesburg-based professional player, faced some solid competition on a final […]
February 28, 2012
John Campos and Chad Elie, payment processors indicted in the Black Friday action, may have had their original motion for dismissal of charges rejected but that has not discouraged them from launching a fresh motion, details of which have now emerged. When the duo again appear in court in March they hope to be permitted […]
February 26, 2012
The European Poker Tour Copenhagen produced some unusual fireworks after six days of hectic action when two Pokerstars professional players ended up facing each other in the heads up. Internet aces Mickey Petersen and Pierre Neuville slugged it out for a monumental but surprisingly unexciting six hours in the heads up before Petersen was finally […]
February 26, 2012
The LA Poker Classic finished on a high note over the weekend with Vanessa Selbst defeating a formidable final table that included the 2011 WSOP champ Jonathan Duhamel, Josh Brikis, Stephen Chidwick, Faraz Jaka, Yuri Siniak, Matt Stout, McLean Karr and Jonathan Poche. 97 hopefuls entered the $5,000 buy-in event. Selbst took home $140, 295 […]
February 25, 2012
One of two competing internet poker legalisation bills in the California legislative system received a boost Friday when the influential state Senate Leader, Darrell Steinberg, threw his support behind SB1483 introduced by Senator Roderick Wright in his latest attempt to get intrastate online poker approved. The Wright bill would allow gambling firms to apply to […]
February 24, 2012
Bwin.party digital’s World Poker Tour subsidiary has launched a charity initiative aimed at raising funds for needy causes in the world by in-spanning A-list celebrities and top poker professionals in a series of high profile sponsored events. And putting its money on the table, the company has made an initial donation of $100 000. The […]
February 24, 2012
Prominent poker personalities who are also shareholders in the embattled Full Tilt Poker company have been subjected to extensive criticism and abuse from other poker pros and understandably frustrated unpaid players for their continued silence on the debacle and the serious accusations that have been leveled against them. This week the respected pro player Matt […]