March 10, 2016
Pokerstars has announced a change to its formal launch date in New Jersey of March 21, revealing that it will soft-launch in the Garden State next week on March 16. The soft launch characterisation enables the company to restrict the initial number of US$ players to just 500, with an 8-hour play limitation on the […]
March 10, 2016
Well-known figures are usually invited to give the “shuffle and deal” call that starts the action at leading World Series of Poker live tournaments, but the organisers have come up with a praiseworthy idea of auctioning the call for this year’s WSOP Main Event, with the proceeds going to the One Drop charity. It’s the […]
March 10, 2016
Several media reports surfaced this week expanding on a story in IB Times that speculated the Russian authorities may be about to legalise online poker, and linking this possibility to the imminent launch of TSUPIS, a centralised payment processing system designed to handle gambling transactions and ensure that the local taxman gets his cut. Rumours […]
March 9, 2016
In an unusual heads up confrontation this week Argentine poker pro Ivan Luca (23) faced his girlfriend Maria Lampropoulos in the closing stages of the Euro 1,100 buy-in Eureka Poker Tour Rozvadov main event, with International Women’s Day providing plenty of support for the female element. Luca started the heads up with a small chip […]
March 9, 2016
Online poker provider Pokerstars is gearing up for another massive internet tournament, announcing that satellites have begun for players to qualify for a massive 100,000 players, million-dollar free roll event to be held March 17 this year. In a press release, the company advises that players are being given two chances to qualify into the […]
March 9, 2016
Tony Guoga’s TonyBet online poker company has secured the first remote gaming device licence certificate in the Republic of Lithuania, aided by the professional expertise of testing agency NMI. NMi was one of the first test labs to be granted accreditation approval by the Gaming Control Authority under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic […]
March 8, 2016
Jason Wheeler has emerged victorious taking the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event title at Bally’s Casino in Las Vegas. The poker pro outlasted a field of 1,214, ultimately defeating Lisa Hamilton in heads up play to claim the title and a payday of $323,236. “I feel really great right now,” Wheeler said after […]
March 8, 2016
David Shallow, a soon-to-be-father and poker pro active in the UK live tournament environment, is GBP 62,000 wealthier today after taking down the GBP 825 buy-in Unibet Open London main event despite determined competition from 417 other entrants. The young Englishman brought his career live tourney earnings to just short of half a million pounds […]
March 7, 2016
According to Netherlands gaming authority Kansspelautoriteit, a Dutch court ruled late last week on the skill vs. chance poker debate saying in its view poker is a game of chance. The ruling was handed down in a case involving the indictment of three men accused of violating Dutch gambling law when they organised a pub […]