April 19, 2010
Party Gaming has the new week off to a good start with its announcement that it has clinched a second important French b2b deal with an exclusive multi-year agreement to provide a white label online poker service for AB Groupe, one of the country’s leading TV broadcasters. The new service will be branded ‘LuckyJeux’ and […]
April 17, 2010
Playing poker for a good cause, there was a good turnout of Capitol Hill lawmakers at this week’s charity poker tournament in Washington DC organised by the Poker Players Alliance and poker siblings Annie Duke and Howard “The Professor” Lederer. The event, in aid of the Ante Up for Africa charity, gave the politicians a […]
April 14, 2010
The World Poker Tour Texas Hold ‘Em poker application on Facebook (see previous reports) is reportedly getting plenty of attention due to its free-to-play format and the possibility of winning prizes. The application enables players to put their own poker persona into the game using customisable avatars, and new players are provided with a free […]
April 13, 2010
Gaming Media group’s The Poker Channel, has announced that it is to launch Poker Channel France, the first dedicated poker channel for French viewers, on 8th June. The new service will offer exclusive French-language poker entertainment to over 4 million television subscribers in France, with satellite TV expansion to another 5 million French subscribers by […]
April 13, 2010
Cake Poker Network’s French players are seeking a new home following the network’s advisory that it is closed to French players with effect from the end of last week. The ban on French action will affect all Cake network member sites which have French players. It is understood that the move was motivated by Cake’s […]
April 12, 2010
Accomplished land and online poker pro Vanessa Selbst (25) defeated a formidable final table over the weekend to win the North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun main event; her biggest win yet at $750 000 after besting 715 entrants in the competition. The hard-core final table consisted of Mike Beasley holding the chip lead at […]
April 11, 2010
Using the now well known .net advertising strategy to get around domestic anti-online gambling laws in Australia, Full Tilt Poker is set to do some productive advertising in the sports market, according to widespread reports in local media. The reports concern an alleged email circulating around National Rugby League clubs advising managements that the League […]
April 10, 2010
The hype around Isildur1’s hoped-for outing at the upcoming Party Poker show The Big Game heightened over the weekend with the posting of an amusing and very well done Youtube.com presentation titled “I am Isildur1” – view it here (it’s well worth the time). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jx3pc-QvtQ&feature=player_embedded 0ver 24 500 hits had been recorded on the Youtube […]
April 10, 2010
The forthcoming migration this month of PlayersOnly and Sportsbook.com poker players to the Merge Poker Network (see previous reports) is set to dramatically increase player liquidity, boosting player numbers by as much as five times by some estimates. The US-friendly network has also announced a five percent increase in maximum rakeback to 35 percent, which […]
April 10, 2010
After weeks of hyping the possible unmasking of mystery Swedish high stakes player Isildur1, Party Poker’s The Big Game has told disappointed fans that one of the major attractions for the tournament starting this weekend will not, after all, be attending. TonyG followed the announcement with a notification of his own on his blog at […]