August 10, 2009
Pro-online poker Massachusetts activists have wasted no time in launching an initiative in order to gather the public support necessary for a legalisation proposal to be included on next year’s ballot Associated Press reports that the Internet, paid help and networks of volunteers are all being mobilised to collect the tens of thousands of voter […]
August 8, 2009
Boss Media’s International Poker Network has paid out one of the biggest bad beat jackpots yet, awarding an unlucky-turned-fortunate player and tablemates some $590 000 (Euro 412 781) Player ‘AlkaliEars’ may have been disappointed when he lost a hand despite having Quad Jacks, but his dismay turned to triumph when he was told he had […]
August 7, 2009
Online poker provider PokerStars.com is offering its players what it describes as “…a unique solution for protecting their accounts” in the form of a miniaturised electronic memory device that is small enough to fit onto a key ring. The RSA Security Token works by displaying a six-digit number that changes every minute and forms part […]
August 6, 2009
A new bid to license and regulate online poker will be launched today (Thursday) by New Jersey Democrat, Senator Robert Menendez, a member of the senator’s staff told the Dow Jones news service this week. The proposal seeks to create a regulatory framework allowing online poker companies to register in the U.S. and subject to […]
August 6, 2009
The secure transfer between online poker sites of chips in a business gaining significant ground in the online poker sector, with a new service from Send My Chips.com leading the way. Major sites like Full Tilt Poker.com, UltimateBet.com and Cake Poker.com are using the service, empowering poker players to transfer their chips quickly and securely […]
August 6, 2009
The latest in Full Tilt Poker’s Online Series of Poker tournaments, FTOPS XIII has launched this week, offering online poker fans 25 different tournaments and over $14 million in prize pools over the next two weeks. The current series started with a $200+$16 NLHE event hosted by dual WSOP bracelet winner Vitaly Lunkin. FTOPS XIII […]
August 6, 2009
Massachusetts residents who made the ballot initiative deadline set by Attorney General Martha Coakley this week rushed to file proposed initiatives on everything from rolling back a sales tax hike to legalising online poker, reports the Associated Press news service. The suggestions are the first step in a long road to the 2010 ballot. All […]
August 6, 2009
The respected poker information website Pokerlistings.com reports that Andreas Oscarsson, its founder, has suffered a violent death in Sweden whilst visiting his childhood home in Trollhättan, western Sweden. Details are still sketchy, but it appears that he was found dead in his bed with a gunshot wound on August 3rd. “For all of us who […]
August 5, 2009
Bluff Magazine reports that the family entertainment console company Nintendo has released a new game for it Wii fans branded “Sexy Poker”. Developed by Gameloft, the new game is not as raunchy as it sounds, despite including a video game version of strip poker where avatars of female players place bets using their own clothing […]
August 4, 2009
Surviving a field of 439 players – many of them pro players – this week was Manchester, UK poker pro Matt Perrins (21), who won himself Euro 200 000 in taking down the Venice stop on the PokerStars.it Italian Poker Tour. Perrins played a skilled game, emerging as chip leader on the first day of […]