September 7, 2017
Following the completion of the inaugural international Global Poker League Season last December, and the launch of the League’s first regional tour in China, GPL is now planning a second regional initiative in India. In a statement Tuesday, the League revealed that the Indian GPL will involve six teams from India’s “largest and most poker-friendly” […]
September 7, 2017
Few will deny that the privately-funded Poker Players Alliance has been an energetic defender and supporter of online poker for the past decade or more, building contacts in Washington and individual state capitals, organising campaigns and communicating continually with the player community. Unfortunately, it appears that some contributors do not have the stamina to stay […]
September 6, 2017
Last week’s Distributed Denial of Service attacks on internet poker provider America’s Card Room (see previous report) may have been at the behest of an as yet unidentified business rival, according to a player report on his contact with the anonymous hacker behind the attacks. Pressed on why he didn’t get a real job, the […]
September 5, 2017
A determined series of Distributed Denial of Service attacks took place late last week on America’s Cardroom and its Winning Poker Network, stretching from Thursday into the Saturday of the Labor Day weekend holiday and disrupting player services and tournaments. It is not known whether there were attempts to extort money from the company, but […]
September 3, 2017
John Hesp, the Bridlington, UK poker amateur who finished fourth in this year’s World Series of Poker main event in Las Vegas, is in the news again with reports that negotiations have almost been finalised on a movie about his achievement. The 64-year-old retired businessman and grandfather won GBP 2 million after travelling to Las […]
September 2, 2017
Free-to-play US online poker operator Cafrino has announced the acquisition for an undisclosed consideration of the National League of Poker (NLOP) social poker enterprise. The two companies were brought together by Mike Murphy, a former CEO of NLOP who went on to join Cafrino as chief executive. Founded in 2006, NLOP has, like Cafrino, a […]
September 2, 2017
Los Angeles high stakes cash game pro Art Papazyan bested his poker idol Phil Hellmuth in the heads up of the $4,000 buy-in World Poker Tour Legends of Poker event played this week at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens near LA. The competition attracted 763 entries, many of them top names in the game, […]
September 1, 2017
Local poker pro Raphael Francisquetti bested a field of 3,386 hopefuls in the inaugural World Poker Tour Brasil main event this week, claiming the main prize of $247,321. With a buy-in of $475 the enthusiastic response from Brasilians ensured that the prize pool guarantee was doubled, finally disbursing around $1.2 million. WPT Brasil was presented […]
August 31, 2017
High profile poker pros Daniel Negreanu, Antonio Esfandiari, Brian Rast, Jeff Gross and Samantha Abernathy diversify into reality show dares in the new Poker Central-PokerGo television program Major Wager, which hits US screens on September 5. Presented by podcaster, player and blogger Joey Ingram, the show has five episodes and was filmed in and around […]
August 31, 2017
Online poker fans can look forward to a spectacular September as the top online poker operators compete for their attention with a string of 900 online poker tourneys carrying guaranteed prize pools and other rewards totalling almost $118 million. Over a three week period separate events are scheduled from PokerStars, 888Poker, Winamax and PartyPoker, providing […]