February 21, 2007
The Grosvenor U.K. Poker Tour juggernaut continued to attract major player attention over the weekend with its second leg tourney in Walsall, UK, earning winner Jerome Bradpiece, who qualified for the tourney online, a very nice GBP 121 600 payday. 23 year old Bradpiece is from London and has been on the pro player side […]
February 21, 2007
The inter-city poker extravaganza “Poker Bowl” hype is growing, and the team lists promise a feast of fast moving action at the event, which is scheduled for May 1 to 6 and will take place in Las Vegas. The latest news is that the youngest player every to win a World Series of Poker bracelet, […]
February 21, 2007
Poker network operator Digital Gaming Network (DGN) has added BetonUSA.com to its list of licensees, benefiting from the site’s departure from the Microgaming Poker Network. It is not yet clear why the poker site left Microgaming for DGN. DGN recently acquired Dobrosoft, its software provider, and signed up the high profile Full Contact Poker site […]
February 17, 2007
In earlier bulletins we reported on the imminent US pull-out of the Tribeca Tables network, which was acquired by turnkey provider Playtech last year. The withdrawal has placed several of the network’s sites, including Doyle’s Room, Golden Palace, Straightflush and Poker Host on notice that their US days, at least with Tribeca, are numbered. Poker […]
February 16, 2007
Party Poker.com’s latest tournament spectacular has been announced and will feature a televised series of games in which 12 of the world’s top players duke it out. The groundbreaking series, developed by Matchroom Sport, will feature a unique league format for a mouth-watering US$500 000 pot. With a system developed especially to showcase the legendary […]
February 16, 2007
In an expected but still unwelcome move this week, the online poker network Tribeca Tables has announced that it will no longer welcome new US players, and that with effect from February 28 all US IP addresses will be locked out. The liklihood of such a move was announced some time previously when the company […]
February 14, 2007
Ultimate Bet’s ambitious plans to televise its Ultimate Poker Challenge over weekends at the famous Binion’s Casino in downtown Las Vegas have been impacted by the paucity of advertising from online poker sites feeling the heat of the UIGEA. Poker News reports that posted notices at Binions and on the web advise that all future […]
February 14, 2007
In the current hostile climate toward online gambling generated by the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, website operators need more than ever to operate with care and professionalism. Those two qualities were not much in evidence this week when a Canadian online poker information site succeeded in drawing attention to itself, probably with an eye […]
February 14, 2007
Absolute Poker.com has launched a new Java version of their online poker product called Instant Play, claiming that the no-download option is “easy, accessible and immediate for all poker players.” The new product also opens the door to Apple Mac users, which will be welcomed. Instant Play enables Absolute Poker players to log in and […]
February 14, 2007
Although online qualifying games for the next Party Poker European Challenge have already started, the veteran online poker site has introduce a new competitive element for those who achieve a place. The first 50 online qualifiers from Eastern Europe and a similar number from Western Europe will face off against each other in a bonus […]