February 28, 2007
If you’re one of the many poker fans champing at the bit to get your hands on “World Championship Poker 2,” you will have to be patient for another two months – the popular games latest version will not be released until April 20 according to producer Oxygen Games. Originally scheduled for release March 16 […]
February 28, 2007
There will soon be a new look and more geographically accessible online poker especially for Israeli players following a major platform switch by Victor Chandler Poker just announced. The Gibraltar-based gambling group, which has recently encountered hassles with Israeli officialdom over operations in that country, is to switch from the Playtech-owned Tribeca Tables software and […]
February 28, 2007
Online gambling websites Heypoker.com, Finansbet.com and 360Bet.com are being switched from B2B Poker to another network by Swedish parent group 360 Holdings, according to a company announcement this week. Citing player liquidity, profitability and a need for mobile facilities as reasons for the switch, 360 said that it will now join the Austrian public company […]
February 28, 2007
The final table awaits only six of the 18 survivors still remaining in the WPT LA Poker Classic currently nearing its climax at the Commerce Casino near Los Angeles. As Day 4 drew to a close J.C. Tran was the man, with a significant three-to-one chip lead over his nearest rivals Jacob Fernandez and Jason […]
February 27, 2007
Ocean Breeze Poker.com, a franchisee of the Game Cities network powered by Futurebet has launched downloadable and instant play Multiplayer Poker Global, a new poker games suite that features Texas Hold’em Poker, Omaha Poker, Omaha Hi-Lo, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo with improved 3D graphics, avatars and playing functionality. Poker players are offered […]
February 27, 2007
Websense Security laboratories has issued a further global warning on the activities of phishing criminals seeking to fool poker players into disclosing account and card details. The advisory warns that the new phishing scam targets users of online poker sites. Users receive a spoofed e-mail message claiming that a new online gambling law will soon […]
February 27, 2007
Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, owners and organisers of the World Series of Poker has added detail to an earlier announcement that the world’s biggest poker event is to have a European equivalent The first European run of the prestigious championship will take place in London between September 6 and 16 at three London casinos – Fifty, […]
February 27, 2007
The Sunday action continued this week with some serious ramping up of rewards but lower turnouts at some venues. PartyPoker upped the ante by adding a $300 000 guaranteed tournatment to its offering (see previous report) which will run every Sunday at 12:45 p.m. and has a $215 buy-in. Party just cleared the guarantee with […]
February 27, 2007
A young online poker player who thought he had it made with a $800 000 second place finish in a major online poker tournament has been caught up in the Neteller e-wallet showdown with the US Department of Justice, with his funds frozen and poor communications the apparent order of the day. Readers may recall […]
February 27, 2007
Finland’s Social Democrat Minister of Transport and Communications has rejected a proposal to extend a child pornography law to embrace online poker, according to Finnish newspaper reports. Minister Susanna Huovinen was quoted by Jyväskylä-based daily Keskisuomalainen on Tuesday as saying that the law to prevent access to child pornography sites on the Internet should not […]