October 13, 2011
Some months back the Merge Poker Network, overwhelmed by large numbers of American players looking for a new home in the wake of Black Friday, had to curtail new US sign-ups. The network said it needed to increase its administrative capabilities before taking on new US action, and that it would be open for business […]
October 13, 2011
Swiss news aggregator Paperboy.com has carried an intriguing report from La Tribune de Geneve this week, claiming local enforcement authorities have seized 18 million Swiss francs (around $20 million) from the Geneva bank Pictet & Co. The action is understood to be related to the US government?s in rem seizure warrants issued against the property […]
October 13, 2011
Three Italians and a Frenchman have been arrested in Cannes, the French city which is currently hosting the World Series of Poker Europe, on fraud charges…fortunately not in any way connected with the WSOP tournament. French police reported Thursday that the quartet used invisible ink to cheat at live poker at the Les Princes casino, […]
October 13, 2011
With the November climax to this year’s World Series of Poker main event just around the corner, the Nevada regulators have given their stamp of approval for state bookmakers to accept five new proposition bets on the competition. Following an application by WSOP owner Caesars Entertainment, the gaming control board has approved the following: * […]
October 12, 2011
The independent online poker industry monitor Pokerscout’s latest weekly report continues to showcase internet poker traffic in a declining trend year-on-year, which it attributed to the Black Friday enforcement actions in the United States, and a sluggish post-summer recovery. According to PokerScout’s ACES indicator, online poker traffic (excluding Italy) has decreased by 34 percent in […]
October 11, 2011
Ahead of the anticipated Californian legislative decision on the future of legal online poker in the State, the California Online Poker Association (COPA), a coalition of California tribes and card rooms, has announced the launch of a new free-play poker site CalShark.com offering what it describes as “state-of-the-art online experience to players around the world”. […]
October 11, 2011
The World Series of Poker tournament’s first European event, held in France for the first time, yielded an unlikely victor much to the delight of spectators and fans last night (Sunday). In a result scattered with “first-time ever’s”, 26-year-old Swiss bartender Guillaume Humbert took home a handsome Euro 215 999 after topping a stacked field […]
October 11, 2011
The reappearance of the well-known BetCris online poker subsidiary Americas Card Room on the Yatahay Network last month has been followed by an announcement from the operator that it has acquired Doyle’s Room for an undisclosed consideration. Doyle’s Room is already on the Yatahay network, but over the years has moved around the industry in […]
October 10, 2011
World Poker Tour, a subsidiary of Bwin Party Digital, has confirmed that Bwin.com will be the presenting sponsor for its exciting new event in the Czech Republic capital of Prague. The Euro 3,500 re-entry WPT Prague will take place at the stylish five-star Corinthia Hotel Prague from December 1 ? 5, 2011. This will be […]
October 10, 2011
Titan Poker.com reports growing traction for its entertaining new feature on online poker tables – Back Betting. The new facility enables players at specified virtual tables to call up a series of easily accessible proposition bets on future events like what cards the user bets will be dealt next or what the outcome of a […]