Four million players for online poker site

November 3, 2010

The UK based 3D online poker site PKR.com achieved a major milestone this week when its player base passed the four million mark. A company spokesman said “2010 has been a year of landmarks for the site, just over the past few months alone PKR has launched its PKR.FR site, celebrated its 4th Birthday and […]

ESPN and Pokerstars sign integration deal

November 1, 2010

PokerStars will be joining forces with ESPN to provide its software for the ESPN Poker Club, a free-to-play poker section on ESPN.com, reports Pokernewsdaily.com. ?ESPN.com is one of the most important online sports venues, and ESPN Poker Club is entering its fifth year on the site,? said PokerStars.net North America Regional Marketing Director Joe Versaci. […]

Another online poker payment system busted

November 1, 2010

The epicentre for US online gambling payment processing prosecutions shifted this week from the east coast of the US to Washington State, already infamous for its draconian anti-internet gambling laws. The publication Seattle PI reports that Federal prosecutors in Seattle have moved to seize $553,000 from a Canadian company they say is facilitating payments to […]

Partypoker announces latest upgrade

November 1, 2010

PartyPoker.com has released its latest software upgrade which according to the company blog includes: – Pro Players now highlighted. – Adding the tournament lobby to a table?s chat area capability. – Rabbit Hunt – post hand information. – New Anonymous Heads Up Tables A PartyPoker spokesman said, “All these new features are now live in […]

Pokerstars provides free-play poker client in Foxsports deal

October 28, 2010

FOX and PokerStars.net announced a new collaboration between PokerStars.net and FOXSports.com, which will see the poker room deliver a complete poker section and game on the FOX Sports website. The PokerStars.net poker portal and game application ? hosted on FOXSports.com ? will provide a free-play poker client as well as news, tournament results, poker strategy […]

Fleming latest PPA board member

October 27, 2010

By a near unanimous vote, Patrick Fleming, director of the Poker Players Alliance’s Litigation Support Network and an attorney with his own private practice in Portsmouth, NH, was selected as a new member of the Board of Directors of the PPA. Nominees to the PPA Board of Directors must be approved by the PPA membership […]

Anonymous tables exclusively for Ladbrokes customers

October 25, 2010

Ladbrokes Poker has a patent protection on it’s newly launched anonymous tables. The idea behind playing at an anonymous table is that other players won’t have any history on you and your playing style and focus rather on the present. If another player tags your alias or makes notes on you, they will be unable […]

Bot users banned by Full Tilt Poker

October 24, 2010

Poker News Daily reports that Full Tilt Poker sent an e-mail to an unknown number of recipients last week regarding the measures being taken to improve its security, according to PokerTableRatings and other outlets. The e-mail informed players that the site had completed an investigation that found several users in violations of Full Tilt?s Terms […]

New twists pm classic war and blackjack games

October 23, 2010

Cake Poker internet poker room has announced two additions to their roster of online gaming, Cake Games. An online version of the classic card game WAR, “Cake War”, and a tournament twist on the casino game of blackjack, “Cake Tourney Blackjack”. Cake WAR is an online multiplayer game, inspired by the all-time classic card game, […]

Poker cybersquatting case latest

October 21, 2010

The legal dispute between Mason Malmuth, owner of the respected TwoPlusTwo.com message board and American Poker Pro, Dutch Boyd, who rather cheekily registered the domain twoplustwopoker.com appears to be going Malmuth?s way In the latest information on the case, Malmuth advised that Boyd?s efforts to have his lawsuit dismissed had failed in a Las Vegas […]