January 16, 2012
Online poker fans have been watching the Merge Poker Network Bad Beat Jackpot climbing steadily towards the million dollar mark, and it was finally won Monday, a great start to the lucky players’ week. The big payout came when four Queens beat a player’s Quad Sevens on the $1/$2 LHE virtual table, earning the players […]
January 13, 2012
Amid rumours that it is about to be acquired by the Pinnacle group (see previous report), the Epic Poker League has nevertheless forged ahead with an agreement that will see it achieve more than 70 hours of tournament broadcast coverage on The Poker Channel throughout Europe, which broadcasts to over 30 million cable and satellite […]
January 13, 2012
UK online gambling group Betfair has launched three new community dice games under its Poker Cubed brand. In the new games players face each other across the virtual felt of an online gaming table, using a familiar poker-style betting format in which the cards are replaced by dice. The three new offerings are: * Dice […]
January 12, 2012
The Costa Rica-based Yatahay Poker Network has announced that effective January 12, 2012, it has been renamed The Winning Poker Network. A company spokesman said the name change is a natural fit for a network that has grown substantially since early 2011. “After the fall of the big three last April, the Yatahay Poker Network […]
January 12, 2012
Several usually reliable poker information sites started carrying an interesting story on the recently formed Epic Poker League Wednesday, claiming that the professional poker body is taking some financial strain and is in acquisition talks with Pinnacle Enterainment. Some sources suggest that a deal could be concluded within the next two months, and point to […]
January 11, 2012
Independent online poker site monitor Pokerscout’s latest weekly numbers show that the industry benefitted from an unexpected 9.8 percent boost to traffic last week as a new year started, with the top ten sites mostly showing positive swings. Pokerstars.fr was the only top site to show a decline, which has been attributed to its dispute […]
January 11, 2012
The players vs. operator dispute at Pokerstars.fr appears to have worsened, with reports indicating that many big-action players are withholding their business from Pokerstars in a boycott that is allegedly having a significant impact on the site. On January 1st a mass sit-out by players was staged to draw attention to complaints regarding changes by […]
January 11, 2012
In another step forward in the legalisation of online poker in Nevada, the state’s gaming control board has announced that work has started on drafting supplementary regulations and requirements for the accreditation of private testing agencies. Certificates issued by approved agencies will be accepted as supporting documents in applications for online poker licenses in the […]
January 10, 2012
Internet poker player Randy “nanonoko” Lew is respected as one of the fastest online poker players around, and on Sunday he proved it in a dedicated event at the Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure by setting a new world record for most hands played with an overall profit in an 8 hour timeframe. Supervised by a Guiness […]
January 9, 2012
The UK-based poker pro David Shallow (29) celebrated on Sunday after besting a field of 338 that included an impressive number of top international players to take down the inaugural World Poker Tour Ireland main event in Dublin, and claim the $289,031 main prize and a $25,000 seat at the WPT World Championships. Shallow delivered […]