February 16, 2011
The Pokerstars inaugural French Poker Series live tournament has concluded with a victory for German player Marvin Rettenmaier in Paris, giving him a take-home of Euro 244,036. 567 players ponied up Euro 2 000 apiece to compete, creating a prize-pool worth Euro 979 776 for the Grand Final, which was held at the Cercle Haussmann […]
February 15, 2011
The French online gaming regulator ARJEL has granted LB Poker a licence to operate the domain WSOP.fr. The award of the licence follows the announcement of an alliance between Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc., Lucien Barri?re H?tels & Casinos and BarrierePoker.fr which will see the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe move from London to Cannes. […]
February 15, 2011
The Microgaming Poker Network (MPN) has paid out a total of $470 792 shared between 10 lucky players when the Bad Beat Jackpot was hit twice in two days. A regular player at NordicBet Poker made the first hit on Saturday, 12 February and took home $195 404 – a lucky loser indeed! Three other […]
February 14, 2011
The respected poker information forum twoplustwo carried an announcement this week that online poker giant Pokerstars is to halt its ?Double or Nothing? Sit & Go tourneys with effect from this week. The announcement caused a stir in the online poker community due to the popularity the tourneys enjoy among players, and Pokerstars admitted it […]
February 12, 2011
Peter Eastgate was, at 21-years-old, one of the youngest World Series of Poker main event champs ever when he took the prestigious event down in 2008, winning millions in doing so. But he discovered that the fame it brought him has a serious downside, and last year he retired, selling his historic WSOP winner’s bracelet […]
February 12, 2011
A story that originally surfaced in eCommerce-Journal late December concerning a legal action launched by the US Federal Trade Commission appears to be gaining traction in online media this week following reports that a major online poker company has assisted the Commission in its investigation. Full Tilt Poker is an internet venue where the central […]
February 10, 2011
Confirming media speculation, Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. (CIE), a subsidiary of Caesars Entertainment Corporation has announced that it is bringing the World Series of Poker to France in an alliance with Lucien Barri?re H?tels & Casinos and BarrierePoker.fr for both land-based and online poker events throughout the country. Under the terms of the alliance, the […]
February 10, 2011
In a move that bound to cause a few ripples in the online poker industry, Bodog Poker has announced that it intends implementing a series of blocking systems to stop poker information portals from scraping listings from its site which “mainly serve professional players” in a bid to attract more recreational players. Patrik Selin, Bodog […]
February 10, 2011
The alliance between Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. (CIE), Lucien Barri?re H?tels & Casinos and BarrierePoker.fr sees a new series added to the poker tournament calendar. The Barri?re Poker Tour 2011 will start in April in several Group Lucien Barri?re casinos and will serve as qualifying rounds for the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE). Seven […]
February 9, 2011
The French newspaper Les Echos reports that hotel and casino operator Lucien Barriere and the former state gambling monopoly La Francaise des Jeux (FDJ) will soon announce a partnership with Caesars Interactive Entertainment, the online subsidiary of the famous Las Vegas gambling group Caesars Entertainment. It is believed that the partnership will centre on the […]