August 23, 2016
Starting August 15, a growing number of Ukrainian players have reported that there are no longer iPoker services available, whilst Russian player reports indicate that “some” iPoker skins have also exited from the Russian market as the regulatory clampdown in that country gathers momentum (see previous reports). The Ukrainian players claim that they were contacted […]
August 22, 2016
Bubble Rush tournaments begin quickly. The blinds go up fast with the intention of getting players to the money after an hour of play. Then, PokerStars “puts the brakes on” taking away the hyper-turbo structure and easing the blinds back to those of a regular tournament. If players have put together a big stack they […]
August 22, 2016
Tour (EPT) Season 13 Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller title. “Today, I didn’t have too many tough decisions,” Holz said. “I ran really well obviously.” Described as a “high-octane” final, play whittled down in less than three-and-a-half hours to Holz and Canadian Sam Greenwood in which Holz emerged victorious. Final table finished up: 1 Fedor […]
August 21, 2016
With an end-August Californian Assembly adjournment ever closer, the news broke over the weekend that Assemblyman Adam Gray may be about to pull his online poker legalisation bill AB 2863 from Monday’s much anticipated floor debate following intensified opposition to its latest amendments (see previous reports). Going into the weekend there was growing opposition – […]
August 21, 2016
28-year-old Massachusetts poker pro Nick Petrangelo banked an impressive $413,000 this weekend after taking down the Euro 10,300 buy-in Single Reentry event at the European Poker Tour Barcelona tournament – the first of this year’s 13th EPT series. With 195 uniques and 45 reentries, the event generated a prize pool of Euro 2,328,000. Petrangelo bested […]
August 20, 2016
The last-minute addition of a “bad actor” clause that would effectively exclude Pokerstars from Californian licensing for five years (see previous reports) has prompted the coalition of Pokerstars, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, and California’s three largest card clubs – Commerce Casino, Hawaiian Gardens Casino and Bicycle […]
August 20, 2016
The Poker Players Alliance, which claims a poker-playing membership of over 1.2 million, 90,000 of whom reside in California, has issued a strong condemnation of the late “bad actor” amendments to California Assemblyman Adam Gray’s AB2863 bill seeking to legalise online poker in his state (see previous reports). News that the bill may be presented […]
August 18, 2016
Pokerstars has announced what it claims is the biggest online poker tournament yet, unveiling plans for the 15th Annual World Championship of Online Poker Wednesday. The schedule features a record-breaking 82 events and more than $50 million in guaranteed prizes and will take place September 4-26. The series will also be joined by a low-stakes […]
August 18, 2016
Latest reports in the LA Times on the controversial issue of legalised online poker in California are that the latest amendments to tax and bad actor provisions may have achieved a sufficient consensus to merit sending bill AB 2863 to the Assembly floor for voting – perhaps next Monday. The tax amendment reportedly changes the […]
August 18, 2016
The 2016/17 World Series of Poker Circuit’s (WSOP) first Main Event was won by Michigan poker pro Steven Snyder earlier this week. Winning the event at Harrah’s Cherokee, Snyder became the first official entrant into the 2017 WSOP Global Casino Championship and took home a healthy $241,198 pay check and a WSOP Circuit gold ring. […]