December 11, 2015
Poker pro Steve O’Dwyer has added another super high roller victory to his track record, following his win earlier this year in the $100,000 buy-in PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller (see previous report) with a win at this year’s just completed Euro 50,000 buy-in European Poker Tour Prague Super High Roller competition. Following a […]
December 11, 2015
The three-day early December stay away from Pokerstars staged by high stakes players disgruntled by the changes to the company’s VIP program was ineffective, according to a Pokerstars presser released this week. Communications chief Eric Hollreiser commented on the issue in a statement announcing four new $1 million free roll tournaments scheduled for next year. […]
December 9, 2015
Industry observers were left speculating today on who the new owners of the Equity Poker Network may be following an announcement by director Clive Archer that he has left the company, although the rest of the management team remains in place. It is known that a new group of gaming investors has taken control and […]
December 9, 2015
The Irish Times reported Tuesday that Full Tilt parent Rational FT Services earned more than Euro 3 million in profits last year, according to accounts filed by the Dublin-based business. However, turnover fell almost 8 percent last year to Euro 36 million from Euro 39 million in 2013. Rational FT Services is an Irish company […]
December 8, 2015
Spanish poker pro Javier Gomez is the winner of this years’ World Poker Tour Prague Main Event title, claiming Euro175,000 and a $15,400 seat into the WPT Tournament of Champions after a torrid four-hour heads up battle over 138 hands with Moldova’s Pavel Plesuv. Fahredin Mustafov of Bulgaria, who has started the final day’s action […]
December 7, 2015
The new round-the-clock Poker Central television network dedicated to poker entertainment has signed up the National Cable Television Cooperative, which buys programming for 900 nation-wide television companies, as its first cable provider partner. Poker Central launched in October this year (see previous report) and offers poker-centric programming that includes “100 Greatest Poker Moments,” “Pokerography,” “Doubles […]
December 7, 2015
The Poker Players Alliance action group has filed a motion to join a State of Kentucky lawsuit against certain Pokerstars associates which is seeking to claim millions of dollars in player losses between 2006 and 2011 (see previous reports) for state coffers. The PPA says that it is determined that any funds awarded go to […]
December 5, 2015
The December 1 to 3 strike by high stakes Pokerstars players protesting changes to the VIP program (see previous reports) is now history, and a slew of observers has been offering opinions on the efficacy of the boycott. Whilst most agree that the striking players certainly drew attention to their complaints and achieved widespread publicity, […]
December 5, 2015
US online poker consultant, tournament and reality show presenter World Poker Fund Holdings has announced that it has signed a $15 million agreement to acquire RealDeck, Inc., a technology company that has been involved in online poker game development since 2006 and holds valuable intellectual property rights. In a statement Friday, World Poker Fund said […]
December 5, 2015
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement announced Thursday that it is considering a celebrity-based promotional scheme as a means of improving business for the online operators licensed in the state. The proposal is that licensed operators would be permitted to hire for reward celebrities to play on their online sites. The operator would provide […]