August 4, 2009
Last week’s announcment of World Poker Tour Enterprises’s second profitable quarter after some time in the doldrums has, ironically, been followed by reports that it has largely been bought for just over $9 million by private investment group Gamynia. The consideration agreed is $9 075 000 plus a percentage of future revenues earned by Gamynia […]
August 4, 2009
Matthew Parvis, who has four years in editorial management at rival Bluff Magazine on his resume, joins Poker News as editor-in-chief, taking over from Haley Hintz who herself took over from longtime editorial boss John Caldwell in early 2009 “While my time with Bluff was amazing and I’m very thankful for my experiences there, I […]
August 4, 2009
A flurry of posts by industry observers, players and some insiders on major online poker message boards like PocketFives and 2+2 suggests that a fresh software upgrade is imminent at the giant online poker website, PokerStars.com, with some interesting innovations. The introduction of synchronised breaks appears to be creating the biggest (positive) stir in the […]
August 4, 2009
Pokerheads looking to win seats for the upcoming PokerStars World Championship of Poker (WCOOP) in satellites have a million dollar’s worth of additional chances this year following a major addition to the seat sponsorship budget. Running from August 4th to 16th, the qualifiers are available daily to PokerStars players. “We’re calling them the WCOOP Extreme […]
August 4, 2009
The popular and well established online poker site CelebPoker.com is to switch networks, moving from Boss Media’s International Poker Network to Playtech’s iPoker network on August 12, 2009. Management at CelebPoker recently completed a strategic review of the business and concluded that the iPoker operation would present better opportunities for the company and its players, […]
August 4, 2009
Is the Dutch government starting to adopt a more enlightened approach to poker? This would appear to be a possibility following reports that Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin wants to increase the number of venues where Dutch residents can legally play poker for money in an effort to meet growing demand and reduce illegal gambling, […]
August 3, 2009
Ultimatebet and Absolute Poker in the Cereus online poker network have launched a new take on Hold ‘Em poker which the company claims will take online cash games to a whole new level, giving online poker players a shot at living it large with all the action, stellar bluffs and high drama that for which […]
August 3, 2009
The planet’s second largest online poker company, Full Tilt Poker.com, has launched a new software upgrade with some interesting new features. Among the improvements is a selection of lobby views for players to consider: “basic view” is an easy-to-follow beginner’s guide to playing on Full Tilt that explains virtually every aspect of play on the […]
August 3, 2009
Paradise Poker, an online poker brand owned by 888.com but operating on Boss Media’s International Poker Network, is the big name behind a new series of twelve live poker tournaments titled Paradise Series of Poker, which will launch its inaugural events starting August 26th this (2009) year. With online qualifiers now available, the live tournaments […]
August 3, 2009
Most poker players know that current U.S. President Barack Obama likes to play a hand of poker now and then, but did you know that former president Richard Nixon financed his first run for office with poker winnings earned during his WWII service? That’s just one of the interesting tidbits included in a well researched […]