September 1, 2011
The seemingly discriminatory action by Malta internet gambling regulator the Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LGA) in singling out Lock Poker in a warning that it is not entitled to carry an LGA licensing seal is now the subject of discussion between the Merge Poker Network and the licensing jurisdiction. Earlier this week (see previous report) […]
August 31, 2011
The 2011 WPT Legends of Poker?s final table chip leader, Will ?The Thrill? Failla, was the last man standing, taking home his first WPT title and a $ 758 085 first prize for his trouble. At the first televised final table of Season X, the East Coast grinder lost and regained, going into a long […]
August 30, 2011
Primarily an online poker player, Paul Vas Nunes has taken home a first prize of Euro 105 300 and the Unibet Open Dublin leg title. The Englishman beat a 260-player field culminating in a heads-up against Denmark?s Emil Pedersen. The win marks Nunes? largest live score to date with the final table finishing up: 1 […]
August 29, 2011
The often controversial former World Series of Poker champion Jamie Gold was in the news again over the weekend, this time generating publicity for a new venture in which he is apparently involved titled Free Gold Poker.com. Described by one publication as “…a cross between Zynga Poker – a completely free online poker room with […]
August 29, 2011
German poker pro Marcel Schreiner proved he has what it takes over three days of play in the 2011 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Queenstown main event over the weekend, holding the chip lead for much of the action. For Schreiner it was his first live tournament win and biggest payday yet, although he has […]
August 29, 2011
Seemingly discriminatory action from the Malta Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LGA) singling out Lock Poker has industry observers speculating on the reasons why. A short statement posted on the Authority?s website distancing itself from Lock Poker reads: “Lockpoker.eu is not licensed by the LGA “The Lotteries and Gaming Authority (the ?Authority’) would like to inform […]
August 26, 2011
Party Poker’s plans to change the rake formula announced mid-week (see previous report) came under immediate attack by unhappy players and has reportedly been put on hold whilst the company reconsiders the implications. The policy change proposed by Party Poker indicated an intention to move to weighted contributed rake from the present dealt rake structure. […]
August 26, 2011
Finnish online poker high stakes expert Ilari Sahamies took down the eccentric but highly entertaining Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom for $492 000 in a heads up clash over 1,132 hands at Pokerstars this week. Both players have reputations for valley-and-mountain swings in their online poker fortunes, on occasion seeing million dollar see-saws in wins and losses. […]
August 26, 2011
Industry observers studying Thursday’s Playtech corporate results have noted the brighter future which the suspension of Full Tilt Poker operations is likely to deliver. Playtech’s i-Poker network suffered a drop in online poker revenue of 33 percent between the first half of 2011 and the first half of 2010, falling from Euro 15.8 million to […]
August 26, 2011
Cake Poker Network operator Poker Pros Network has announced its departure from Cake and the American market. “In an effort to comply with current US legislation, Poker Pros Network recently adjusted its URL to PPNpoker.eu,” a company statement revealed Thursday. “In addition, PPNpoker.eu will be moved to a proprietary network in the near future.” Effective […]