December 12, 2008
Tokwiro Enterprises’ new online poker network, Cereus, has announced a series of new features and tweaks that will be immediately available to players on both the Absolute Poker and UltimateBet websites that form the core of the network. The new features, which a Cereus spokesman said have been introduced in response to feedback generated from […]
December 12, 2008
Online poker sleuth Nat Arem, now famous for his contribution to uncovering major cheating scams at Absolute Poker and UltimateBet, has been on the investigative trail again, and this time the subject of his attention is the world’s second largest online poker website, Full Tilt Poker.com. Arem’s blog details meticulous enquiries the determined detective has […]
December 11, 2008
The continued attraction of poker has again been illustrated – for the third consecutive year – by Lycos’s “Most searched word for 2008” news released this week, which shows the game not only at the top of the ten most searched words, but the only gambling term on the list. The search term “poker” again […]
December 11, 2008
Gibraltar-based online poker operator Party Poker.com has introduced a simple, straightforward reward program and launched Palladium Lounge.com, a virtual VIP stop for its top players. In addition, the latest software upgrade on the site has introduced resizable Pot Limit Omaha tables and selected stakes heads-up no-limit cash game tables will be available from next week. […]
December 11, 2008
The motto of the famed SAS special forces unit – “Who Dares, Wins” – regularly comes to mind when reading about Internet poker ace Tom “durrr” Dwan. This is a player not afraid of taking big risks, and his skill and talent often enable him to pull off outrageous wins….and some terrible losses at times! […]
December 11, 2008
The Internet’s biggest online poker operation, Poker Stars.com has signed a site banner agreement with the Arabic and French language gambling information, community, and proprietary search engine website Yatinoo that targets people who speak English, French, and Arabic. Launched early in January 2007, Yatinoo claims that most of its visitors come from Saudi Arabia and […]
December 11, 2008
The Chicago-based user experience consulting firm User Centric took an interesting look at the question of online poker tells and how to read these in an article this week at http://www.usercentric.com/about/news_item.php?m_id=4&s_id=4&id=198. As psychologists and professionals in usability and user interface design the company was curious to see if additional behavioural cues can be gathered from […]
December 11, 2008
Can you still launch a profitable standalone Internet poker site in today’s world of large networks and the preoccupation with player liquidity? Gioco Digitale, a Cyberarts-powered poker site in the Italian market says you can, and points to its success so far in the Italian real-money online poker market. Within the first month of going […]
December 10, 2008
The recent fiasco of bumbling Nuevo Vallarta gaming officials ruining a PokerStars LAPT Mexico tournament (see previous report) could have a happier ending, it appears from a PokerStars statement. Customer relations-smart PokerStars has announced that the 89 players who still held chips at the time the Latin American Poker Tour event was screwed up by […]
December 10, 2008
Internet poker ace Paul “Pab” Foltyn proved this week that he is also a formidable live tournament player by winning the Grand Final of the GBP 3 000 buy-in Grosvenor U.K. Poker Tour, surviving a field full of highly experienced and competitive pros. The 24-year-old from Doncaster was a strong contender throughout the GUKPTcompetition, well […]