June 10, 2011
During the recent US enforcement crisis that has engulfed Full Tilt Poker and other major online poker sites, a poster on the twoplustwo message board, FTPDoug, has assumed prominence as a spokesman for the beleaguered company…but this week the question was “is FTPDoug really a Doug at all?” The poker information and entertainment website Quadjacks.com […]
June 10, 2011
July 4th will see another new online poker room using the club subscription business model offer its services in the US market. Poker Room USA.com is currently beta-testing on the run-up to an Independence Day launch in which members’ monthly subscription fees will be converted into points for tournament action that can yield prizes, cash […]
June 10, 2011
The action continued unabated at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas as event 10 – the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em – Six Handed – unfolded on its third day of play with the 15 survivors of an original field of 1 920 returning to the felt. When we last monitored the game it […]
June 10, 2011
25-year-old ace poker pro Sorel Mizzi has helped establish a new charitable program with an initial $10,000 donation for Poker Players Against Poverty (PPAP) under A Good Idea, a nonprofit that connects people in need with people who want to help to alleviate poverty and homelessness. With Sorel in the lead, Poker Players Against Poverty […]
June 9, 2011
U.S. citizen Ira Rubin (52) has been denied bail by U.S. Magistrate Judge James L. Cott at a detention hearing held in Manhattan, New York, this week. Rubin was among eleven people indicted in April 2011 in an internet poker crackdown by U.S. authorities and has been charged with nine counts including conspiracy to violate […]
June 9, 2011
Odette Tremblay, a golden haired poker and WSOP veteran from North Las Vegas, became the second woman at the 2011 World Series of Poker to make a final table early Wednesday, but was unfortunately unable to hold on to her position and was eliminated early in the action by Sadan Turker. Tremblay’s ninth position on […]
June 8, 2011
GTECH G2 has announced a Euro 2 Million investment into its International Poker Network (IPN). A company spokesperson revealed that the investment will deliver bigger promotions and tournaments to its existing players and will be an important step towards attracting new players to the network. The company additionally be investing in its poker software by […]
June 7, 2011
The young Brit player Matt Perrins barely knew how to play No Limit 2-7 Lowball when he flew into Las Vegas this week, yet on the sixth day of the World Series of Poker he was able to take down Event 9, the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit 2-7 Lowball competition, against an entry field of 275 […]
June 7, 2011
The Ongame online poker network has announced that internet gambling group Sportingbet, owner of ParadisePoker.com, will join its global poker network in the second half of this year. The addition of Sportingbet will enhance player liquidity on the network and also bring the recreational players that Ongame is consciously targeting to maintain a healthy poker […]
June 6, 2011
The actions of US enforcement agencies in shutting down the US operations of three foreign-based online poker websites “has made a mockery of America’s stated commitment to Internet freedom,” opines the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), an organisation dedicated to “free markets and limited government.” On April 15, the DOJ seized the domain names of three […]