September 7, 2008
888.com subsidiary Paradise Poker.com has launched a new $100 000 guaranteed poker tournament branded the “$100 000 Deep Stack Challenge” to compete in the tough Sunday tournament field. The new poker tournament runs every Sunday at 19:00 GMT with a $200+20 buy-in and $100 000 guaranteed prize pool. With a starting stack of 10 000 […]
September 6, 2008
Apple MacIntosh internet poker players who have been using the beta version of the new PokerStars Mac platform now have the fully tested final product in play following its launch this week, just in time for the seventh edition of the firm’s World Championship of Online Poker PokerStars announced that its Mac-compatible software was fully-functional […]
September 6, 2008
UK poker fans can look forward to some typically entertaining and boisterous action from poker pro Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott with the imminent launch of a five part, thirty minute television series called “How to Become a Poker Millionaire.” Ulliott will present the show, which has been produced for ITV Wales by the Bafta-winning team at […]
September 6, 2008
The Poker Players Alliance – American Gaming Association charity poker tournament in aid of the Paralyzed Veterans of America attracted 100 supporters in Minneapolis mid-week despite the competing attraction of Sarah Palin’s vice presidential acceptance speech at the Republican Party’s National Convention in the same city. Adam Radman, the programs and communications manager for the […]
September 5, 2008
It seems just yesterday that the 3D online poker site PKR.com founded by Internet whiz Jez San, OBE – the first person ever to be awarded an OBE for services to the computer games industry – celebrated its one millionth player registration, yet this week that number had doubled, according to a press release from […]
September 5, 2008
One of online poker’s biggest tournaments kicks off Friday (Sept. 5) when the seventh edition of the Poker Stars World Championship of Online Poker starts, with nine new events in the overall 33 event program that will culminate with the $10 million guaranteed No Limit Texas Hold’em Main Event between September 21-22. Looking back to […]
September 4, 2008
Players using the SkyPoker.com platform should see a dramatic improvement in speed, according to company spokesmen this week – the firm has refreshed and perked up the website and software, and claims the operation is six times faster. “Responding to customer demand, skypoker.com now runs six times faster than the previous version with cards being […]
September 4, 2008
Poker fans hoping to see online poker legalised in the state of California will have to wait a little longer following news this week that Assemblyman Lloyd Levine’s bill AB 2026, currently before the Senate Appropriations Committee before going to the vote, will now only be reintroduced in January 2009. No reason was given for […]
September 2, 2008
The online poker company formerly known as 24hPoker, Entraction Holding AB in Sweden and Malta has posted a commendable net profit of SEK 8.4 million – all the more remarkable when compared to last year’s SEK 11.3 million loss. Net revenues of SEK 77.6 million were achieved, 48.4 percent up on the same period in […]
September 2, 2008
Poker has a great and expanding future in the vast Chinese gambling market, and appeals to mahjong and big-deuce players because of the similarities with mathematical odds and strategy, say experts in the game in a report carried this week in the Hong Kong Standard newspaper. The article is topical with the 2008 APT just […]