November 13, 2008
Barely a week after announcing a ban on players using the poker information database SharkScope (see previous reports) the management at PokerStars appears to have reconsidered its decision following appeals by its players. In a new statement this week, PokerStars noted: “We understand that players have expressed concerns regarding our recent detection methods, and we […]
November 12, 2008
The Dublin-based online poker software and network provider Cryptologic has announced that it has entered into a strategic Internet poker agreement with Swedish online poker provider Boss Media AB, and will merge its major poker licensees with Boss Media’s International Poker Network (IPN) within the first quarter 2009. The agreement sees Crypto increasingly distancing itself […]
November 12, 2008
PartyPoker.com has declared Great Britain the winner in its 2008 Poker Nations Cup. Team Great Britain, captained by Roland de Wolfe and comprising Neil Channing, Surinder Sunar, Joe Beevers, Ian Frazer and PartyPoker.com VIP online qualifier Charlie Durbin overcame Team Ireland in the heads-up to take the GBP 100 000 main prize money and the […]
November 11, 2008
The UK-based 3D online poker site PKR.com has exclusively engaged Tom Hall’s AsianLogic Limited online and land gambling service company to market it in the Asian sector. Under the terms of the agreement, AsianLogic will be responsible for developing PKR.com’s customer base in the region. A company statement reveals that AsianLogic will use its expertise […]
November 11, 2008
The 22-year-old Danish player Peter Eastgate has survived a field of thousands, a competitive final table and a tough heads up with the formidable Russian player Ivan Demidov to emerge as the winner of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event. Starting the heads up last (Monday) night at the Rio in Las Vegas, […]
November 11, 2008
The Poker Players Alliance is mobilising resistance to the attempt by the outgoing Bush administration in the United States to rush through controversial regulations supporting the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (see previous report) The poker advocacy group is urging all members to call the U.S. Federal Reserve and object to the over-hasty process currently […]
November 10, 2008
Since mid-July, when the final nine players in the World Series of Poker Main Event was decided, poker fans have been waiting to see the resumption of action after a 117 day hiatus at the behest of television executives. On a grey and rainy Sunday morning this weekend their patience was rewarded as the November […]
November 10, 2008
When we left the WSOP final table story earlier today (November 10) Scott Montgomery had been eliminated at hand 133 in fifth place and Ivan Demidov and Peter Eastgate were significantly ahead of Dennis Phillips and Ylon Schwartz in chip counts, with the Russian in the lead by a good $14 million. We can now […]
November 8, 2008
Sunday November 9th sees a resumption of the World Series of Poker spectacular, with the start of final table action delayed since July to extract maximum television impact for ESPN. The nine surviving players from a field of thousands that were gradually whittled away in seven days of hectic poker have arrived in Las Vegas […]
November 8, 2008
The Swedish online poker network provider Entraction has delivered a positive quarter three report showing net sales up SEK 29.3 million up at SEK 86.2 million, and an operating profit of SEK 13.5 million compared to the same quarter last year when a SEK 100 000 loss was recorded. Poker revenues contributed most of the […]