August 27, 2016
The Malta-based online poker brand PokerGrant and EvenBet Gaming, a subsidiary of Russian software development group Enterra have partnered up to launch a new start-up focused enterprise providing prospective operators with real-money poker skins on its new network. The network is designed for poker start-ups with a low initial budget, with what the partnership claims […]
August 26, 2016
Pokerstars has big plans for its New Jersey operations this October, announcing that it will host the inaugural PokerStars Festival at Resorts Casino Hotel from October 29 to November 6. The festival will comprise more than 50 tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $100 to $5,000. Announcing the move in a statement Thursday, Pokerstars communications chief […]
August 26, 2016
Earlier this week the Sacramento Bee newspaper published a largely negative op-ed piece on internet poker legalisation titled “Gray’s internet poker bill is a losing hand,” prompting a clearly irritable riposte from California Assemblyman Adam Gray, who has – so far unsuccessfully – invested a significant amount of time in trying to create a consensus […]
August 25, 2016
Multi-tabling is an attractive proposition for many online poker players and GVC has catered for this preference in a major overhaul of its mobile poker apps, the company announced this week. Other improvements include new mini table views with quick fold functionality and a new customisable bet slider. The upgrade will reach all GVC subsidiaries […]
August 24, 2016
Amaya Inc’s PokerStars has announced sweeping changes to its live event sponsorship roster with the consolidation of all existing live tours in to two new PokerStars global live tours, the PokerStars Championship event and the PokerStars Festival event. PokerStars-sponsored live events such as the European Poker Tour and the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure will fall away […]
August 24, 2016
Amidst continued discord regarding online poker legalisation in California, the usually reliable internet publication Online Poker Report (OPR) carried a story Wednesday reporting that the Pechanga Band of Luiseño and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians have been holding talks with 888 Poker. our readers will recall that the Pechanga and the Agua Caliente […]
August 24, 2016
Barcelona continued to be the epicentre of international poker action this week with the conclusion of more competitions. In the Estrellas Barcelona High Roller event Austrian online and live poker pro Stefan “mindgamer” Jedlicka bested a record field of 1,182 to claim the honours and a diluted main prize (following a two-way chop) of Euro […]
August 24, 2016
The European Poker Tour Barcelona Euro 25,500 buy-in Single-Day High Roller concluded Tuesday with US poker pro Pratyush Buddiga claiming victory after a tough heads up against New Zealander David Yan. The event attracted a total of 165 entries comprising 131 unique players and 34 re-entries, creating a prize pool of over Euro 4 million […]
August 24, 2016
The apparent withdrawal of California Assemblyman Adam Gray’s online poker legalisation proposal AB 2863 from the Assembly agenda Monday has left the bill in apparent limbo, with no mention so far of its status in Assembly notes and records. Plagued by disagreement over a controversial late amendment inserting a 5-year or more block on operators […]
August 23, 2016
French player Mohamed Samri went on to claim victory and the Euro 353,200 first prize in the Euro 1,100 buy-in Estrellas Barcelona Main Event this week after agreeing a heads up chop with Dutch pro Teunis Kooij. Kooij actually took home more than the winner at Euro 372,060, thanks to terms of the deal between […]