September 30, 2015
This month saw the close of another legislative session in California, still without a solution to the legalisation of online poker for the seventh or eighth year running…and racetracks and some tribal groups apparently still miles apart on agreement, casting a shadow over future possibilities. Aside from “bad actor” clauses designed to keep major competitors […]
September 29, 2015
With main event now in progress, Pokerstars has released some numbers on its 2015 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), which has been a record-breaker. Total prize pool over the 70 events reached $66,245,305, making this years outing the richest in the series’ 14-year history, surpassing the previous record of $63,157,150 (WCOOP 2010) by more […]
September 29, 2015
The Global Poker Index has organised a summit meeting in London of senior executives from major poker companies next (October) month, according to the publication Poker News. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss how best to take the industry forward, insiders said this week. Sources informed that publication that top execs from Unibet. […]
September 29, 2015
Ukrainian online poker fan Solik 1968 is a million dollars wealthier this week after topping the 277,000-player Pokerstars Dream Team Collection by besting his final opponent, UK player Gregior. Entrants began the competition by hunting down pieces of a puzzle which depicted PokerStars SportStars, international football celebrities Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar Jr and Ronaldo Nazário, subbed […]
September 29, 2015
Poker Central, a new 24/7 poker television network, is ready for launch on October 1st and has published its program line-up, including its first world premiere, the Super High Roller Bowl Cash Game, which will air on December 2nd, 2015. The Super High Roller Bowl Cash Game will feature pros such as Phil Ivey, Doyle […]
September 27, 2015
Aggrieved players have again brought Minted Poker into the spotlight, alleging that the company has dropped out of site, closing without announcement and not responding to communications, and that the .eu url now routes to a clothing company, whilst the .com domain is being offered for sale. Our readers will recall that Minted Poker was […]
September 26, 2015
New York poker pro David Paredes has scored his biggest live tournament win yet after claiming the winner’s prize of $723,227 in the World Poker Tour Borgata Open. The $3,500 buy-in event carried a guarantee of $3 million and attracted a large field of 1,027 – many of them top professional players. Paredes has been […]
September 26, 2015
PartyPoker director of games Golan Shaked has apologised to the player community for the company’s decision to postpone the 80-event Pokerfest tournament for a month due to technical problems. Carrying $2.5 million in guarantees, Pokerfest was scheduled to kick off this Sunday (September 27) but a last-minute decision to postpone was made on Friday, apparently […]
September 26, 2015
Pokerstars high stakes player “JayP-AA” created a disturbance on the high stakes $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha virtual tables this week when he demolished opposition that included names like Ike Haxton, Viktor Blom and Ben Sulsky to take home profits worth $873,000, in the process racking up what is believed to be the biggest pot record […]
September 26, 2015
Online poker provider Pokerstars celebrates a decade of Isle of Man residence next week with a major on-island poker tournament and a free-to-view 3D projection and lighting spectacular at 8pm on Wednesday. The tournament will be hosted at the Villa Marina in Douglas and consists of 13 events with the main focus on the GBP […]