August 8, 2010
The encryption issue at the Cake Poker network which was picked up by independent poker information website Poker Table Ratings.com (see prevous report) has been successfully addressed. PTR confirmed this week that the problems at Cake Poker had been solved by adding SSL encryption to the old XOR client and new beta software. The site’s […]
August 7, 2010
Pokerstars has released the full and final schedule for its 2010 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), after seeking input from the online poker community. The 2010 championship – the ninth year in which the series has been presented – promises to be the best yet, with $50 million in guaranteed prize pools over 62 […]
August 4, 2010
The seventeenth edition of the popular Full Tilt Online Poker Series kicked off this week with 34 events offering a total of $19 million in guaranteed prize pools and plenty of action over an average of three events a day for the next 11 days. Highlights of the 34 tournaments include a six-max format for […]
August 4, 2010
The 50 000 hand Dwan Challenge has been active again after lying dormant for almost three months. This week Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius confronted each other online twice in as many days, with Dwan taking down the first clash (see previous report) and repeating his win over Antonius in the most recent confrontation. In […]
July 31, 2010
Poker fans among the fairer sex have a new online destination this week as Pokerstars.com launches it’s Women’s Poker League with the emphasis that this one is strictly and exclusively for the female gender. The initial plan is to run the League until the end of 2010, with daily tournaments with buy-ins as low as […]
July 28, 2010
Lee Jones, the Cake Poker Network cardroom manager, has ‘fessed up to the embarrassing disclosures by Poker Table Ratings Tuesday (see previous report) that the security encryption on the network was not all that it should be. The PTR sleuths have in the meantime produced video evidence of their ability to successfully steal hole cards […]
July 28, 2010
The World Series of Poker has launched a new Facebook application called Poker Palace, where fans of the game can play for free and win virtual cash. Poker Palace is powered by Playdom Games and has five and ten-handed ring games and Sit & Go tournaments. Players begin with 6,000 virtual chips in their account […]
July 27, 2010
888.com?s b2b division Dragonfish reports that it has signed agreements with ad Astra and Full Fun to join the joint liquidity poker network recently established in France with Microgaming. This follows the announcement (see previous reports) that 888 has been awarded a licence by Autorit? de R?gulation des Jeux En Ligne (ARJEL), the French gaming […]
July 27, 2010
Our readers will recall the recent security warnings from internet poker monitor PokerTable Ratings regarding encryption at the Cereus online poker network, a situation addressed speedily by the network in collaboration with PTR. One would think that such a very public occurrence would have encouraged other networks to re-evaluate their own security measures, but this […]
July 27, 2010
Poker player Justin Grant proved this week that he is not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, showing that he was good at escaping custody but not so hot at evading recapture. The 21-year-old, who faced charges involving drugs, escaped from prison custody in north Queensland, Australia whilst receiving treatment at the Townsville Hospital […]