November 18, 2008
The Swedish and Malta-based online poker provider and network Entraction has opened an office in Madrid, Spain to better meet the strong demand from Southern Europe. The firm anticipates that the gaming market will show an annual growth of more than 17 percent in Spain and France and 21 percent in Italy through to 2012. […]
November 16, 2008
U.S. poker ace Cycalona “Clonie” Gowen and the major online poker website that she has long promoted, Full Tilt Poker are set to bump heads in court soon after Gowen was told that her services were no longer required, and that her image would be removed from company promotional material. According to court records in […]
November 15, 2008
Internet poker players and marketing affiliates alike were left in the dark this week when T.6 Poker.com suddenly went offline, leaving a cryptic notice that it would be back with new software soon. The only clue to the problem was a website notice which read: “Dear Players, “We have an important announcement to make. We […]
November 15, 2008
Officials at Harrah’s and television network ESPN will feel vindicated in their decision to postpone the World Series of Poker final table in order to increase television interest. This week ESPN released its screening ratings for the two hour telecast of the final table played last Tuesday. The 2008 rating soared by 46 percent compared […]
November 14, 2008
The latest Full Tilt Online Poker Series continued to produce plenty of action this week, with a well-named player nicknamed “Frankly Perfect” delivering a polished performance to take down Event 16, the $200+$22 NLHE 6-max with rebuys. The game attracted a field of 1 032 entrants with 2 047 rebuys and 688 add-ons, generating a […]
November 14, 2008
In an interesting interview with the poker information publication CardPlayer.com this week, the executive director of the Poker Players Alliance, John Pappas explained the way forward for pending Internet gambling legislation not passed in the current session of the US Congress. The 110th session of Congress has only weeks left to run, and inevitably there […]
November 14, 2008
Ladbrokes Poker internet player James Sudworth aka James666 is putting to good use the GBP 25 000 he won in the recently completed LEOCOP series of poker competitions, where he finished top of the leader board. The 22-year-old from Kent, who has won over GBP 200 000 playing online poker and could win up to […]
November 13, 2008
Jonathan “FieryJustice” Little lived up to his Internet handle this week by winning the World Poker Tour Foxwoods World Poker Final in one of the longest heads-up contests on record. For Little it was worth the stress and stamina, with a winner’s prize of $1 120 310 and his second WPT title in the bag. […]
November 13, 2008
The Poker Players Alliance has reacted to the news that Treasury officials have rammed home the controversial UIGEA regulations, with chairman Alphonse D’Amato advising its members: QUOTE: I have unfortunate news to report. Despite the efforts of the poker community, the opposition of the banks and the recent news exposing inappropriate influence by the White […]
November 13, 2008
Tokwiro Enterprises, the owner of controversial online poker sites Absolute Poker.com and UltimateBet.com, launched an innovative corporate communications exercise this week in the form of five inserts posted on the video-sharing website YouTube by one “KafkaCR.” The inserts consist of interviews with ex-Parlay Entertainment manager and now Tokwiro COO Paul Leggett, covering commercial operations and […]