September 5, 2016
PokerStars.RO players now have access to NextGen Gaming digital content with the development providing other third party content providers opportunity to enter the Romanian market in future via the platform. Sam Hobcraft, Director of Casino at Amaya Inc., commented on the development: ”We are pleased to have games from NYX on our new PokerStars.RO domain. […]
September 3, 2016
California professional poker player Pat Lyons has scored the biggest win of his career to date in the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker tournament, taking home $615,346 after besting a tough field at the Bicycle Hotel & Casino in the Los Angeles. The win comes following a $241,700 win for the pro in August […]
September 3, 2016
Party Poker’s new mobile app has been lighting up the online poker message boards this week with the promise of new features and a slicker product. One of the biggest innovations is the iOS and Android app’s ability to handle multi-tabling on up to four tables – players can now play four cash games, four […]
September 2, 2016
High stakes online and live poker ace Phil Galfond lit up the online media this week with his disclosure that he plans to start a real-money online poker operation through his RunItOnce training enterprise. Galfond does not yet have name for the new site and has not disclosed which software he will use, but he […]
September 2, 2016
The World Poker Tour has announced the launch of a new app titled PlayWPT, which the company hopes will enable it to open up new market opportunities. The app features both poker and progressive slot action branded Time Slots. PlayWPT is a free-to-play social casino platform with support for desktop and Facebook, and plans for […]
September 1, 2016
Two years on from leaving the MPN to become a standalone poker offering on its own, Unibet has unveiled its latest poker software iteration, developed and improved in collaboration once again with Relax Gaming. The company used its tournament in Copenhagen to announce the launch, initially in beta format; ultimately it will be rolled out […]
September 1, 2016
The launch of Pokerstars’ latest ‘Duel’ promo on Youtube is generating major publicity for the online poker provider, combining as it does celebrities and top poker player coaches in heads-up games for charity, all channelled via Youtube. The professionally produced and presented vids have kicked off with a confrontation between football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo and […]
September 1, 2016
For the ninth year running the legalisation of online poker has been denied to Californian poker fans. On Wednesday night members of the Legislature worked late in trying to pass last-minute measures before the midnight shutdown for this session, but Assemblyman Adam Gray’s AB2863 bill was not among those presented. Despite a patient effort to […]
August 29, 2016
In a tough competition against top players in the Euro 10,300 buy-in European Poker Tour High Roller event in Barcelona, US poker pro Conan Drinan bested a field of 571 to claim the Euro 849,200 top prize over the weekend. When US pro Kyle Keranen bowed out at third for Euro 496,440, Drinan and Latvian […]
August 29, 2016
This year’s European Poker Tour Barcelona continued to set new benchmarks in entry fields and prizes as the High Roller and Main events concluded over the weekend. Taking the honours and the Euro 1.2 million first prize in the hotly contested Euro 5,300 buy-in Main Event was Sebastian Malec (21), a young Polish player who […]