July 22, 2011
The independent online poker site monitor Pokerscout continued its excellent finger-on-the-pulse study of the industry this week, pointing out that Everest Poker has done particularly well out of Full Tilt Poker’s problems, increasing traffic by a massive 62 percent since FTP’s licence was suspended three weeks ago by the Alderney Gaming Control Commission. Over the […]
July 21, 2011
Following on from the Italian Revenue Agency and Guardia di Finanza’s (Financial Police) request for income information from Italian poker professionals earlier this year (see previous report), an operation appropriately named “All In” has been launched. All income earned by Italian poker players via interactive media such as dedicated television channels run by foreign operators […]
July 21, 2011
This week a final table was reached in the World Series of Poker main event (see previous reports), with every one of the finalists worthy of respect for outlasting 6,865 other hopefuls in just under 72 hours of tough competitive poker against the best players in the world. When the final table reconvenes to decide […]
July 21, 2011
The Irish-based bookmaker Paddy Power.com rubbed a little salt into Full Tilt Poker’s deep wounds this week by opening a rather cruel betting market on whether or not the one-time second largest poker operator in the world will offer real money games on July 27 ? the day after it?s hearing with the Alderney Gambling […]
July 21, 2011
The operators of the PlusEVPoker.com information website have launched a new initiative to help poker players trying to recover monies lost or frozen through company failures or enforcement actions. Dramatically dubbed StolenBankrolls.com, the purpose of the new website is to get a better idea of how much poker money is locked up from government seizures […]
July 20, 2011
Poker Tube, an internet site that provides poker videos and a poker forum, has launched Poker Tube Speed Poker.com, a white label solution provided by Connected Table Group. The new website is hosted on the InstaDeal Poker Network and offers both a PC and MAC download option for short handed, fast poker games – all […]
July 20, 2011
Redbet Gaming Ltd, a subsidiary of Swedish online gaming provider Redbet Holding AB, has announced the acquisition of Heypoker a gaming business focused on Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. The gaming site Heypoker.com and its customer base of approximately 37000 registered customers was bought through an asset deal which will be paid partly in cash and […]
July 20, 2011
Todd Brunson is reputed to be something of a poker prankster when it comes to provocative tweets on the social messaging facility Twitter.com, but this week a tweet allegedly originating from the poker ace apparently backfired, with some very critical comments flying on poker message boards across the internet. The cause for the uproar was […]
July 20, 2011
?We are excited to have Red Panda Poker join us as this is the first room on our network to be working in unison with an organised charity towards such a noteworthy cause,? said Cake Network marketing director, Andrew Turner. Red Panda Poker works closely with the Red Panda Network, which has the goal of […]
July 20, 2011
The 2011 World Series of Poker main event final table was decided around midnight Tuesday Vegas time when John Hewitt was busted out in the tenth spot by Eoghan O’Dea, leaving a final table comprising: Martin Staszko (chip leader on 40,175,000)Eoghan O’Dea (33,925,000)Matt Giannetti (24,750,000)Phil Collins (23,875,000)Ben Lamb (20,875,000)Badih Bounahra (19,700,000)Pius Heinz (16,425,000)Anton Makievskyi (13,825,000)Samuel […]