August 4, 2011
The respected online poker information site PocketFives.com has become the latest poker-oriented operation to insulate itself from promotional activities in the United States of America. In an announcement Tuesday, the management of the site advised that it would no longer promote online poker rooms that still accept customers from the United States. PocketFives co-founder Adam […]
August 4, 2011
Video poker fans were speculating Tuesday on where famous poker pro Huck Seed was when he tweeted news of a major video poker machine win, boosting his information with a photograph of the generous machine and its welcome message to call for an attendant. Seed triggered the interest when he tweeted: “Internet poker is down […]
August 3, 2011
Modern Times Group’s internet gambling subsidiary Bet24.com has announced the appointment of Lars Kollind (35) as poker manager for the enterprise, reporting to chief operating officer Thomas Petersen. “We believe that Lars is the perfect choice as our new poker manager for Bet24. With his extensive knowledge in the poker world, marketing, events and PR, […]
August 3, 2011
The latest addition to the B3W software group’s licensee list is a white label operation branded Yachting-Poker.com, which claims Malta licensing but displays a non-linking LGA logo. Dr Sasha Gicquel, managing director of B3W, revealed this week that the poker site was the first in his company’s new online poker network and is offering players […]
August 2, 2011
The Alderney Gaming Control Commission may be reconsidering Full Tilt Poker’s online poker licence in the wake of Black Friday, but it appears that the Kahnawake Gaming Commission has no such qualms. On July 19 the KGC granted an application to renew the Secondary Client Provider Authorization (?Secondary CPA?) held by Kolyma Corporation A.V.V. , […]
August 2, 2011
Swedish high stakes online poker pro Viktor Blom (20) – better known as Isildur1 – appears to be on something of a heater, telling Bluff Europe magazine this week that he took $2 000 and turned it into $2 million in a matter of three weeks. Interviewed by Bluff, Blom claimed that he had deposited […]
August 2, 2011
It took nine hours of hectic final table action to decide the winner of this year’s Pokerstars Asia Pacific Poker Tour Melbourne this week, with local player Leo Boxell emerging as the winner of the A$330 000 main prize after a tough tussle heads up with New Zealander Phil Willcocks. The win boosted Boxell’s career […]
August 2, 2011
A report in the French publication Madeinpoker.com attracted plenty of attention and comment at the respected poker information site twoplustwo this week, advising that a French court has ruled that Texas Hold’Em poker is a game more of skill than chance. The distinction is important because, as a game of skill, the game is not […]
August 1, 2011
In Melbourne, Australia nine players survived to a final table in the Asia Pacific Poker Tour V’s first stop, with New Zealander Phil Willcocks (28) continuing his long run as chip leader in this exciting event into the Day 4 finale, and a A$330,000 incentive to excel. The final table of survivors from an original […]
August 1, 2011
Danish player S?ren T. Larsen has beaten a field of 303 to win the fourth European Masters of Poker Season III title. The tournament held at the Clontarf Castle Hotel in Dublin, Ireland culminated in a heads-up between Larsen and Irish player Dara O?Kearney. Winners of the other three stops to date are Bulgaria : […]