September 12, 2015
With summer on the wane in the northern hemisphere, the conventional wisdom is that player activity on the virtual poker tables is about to trigger the traditional seasonal boost…and 888Poker is preparing for the eventuality. Last week and this, the internet’s arguably second biggest operator has increased its guaranteed prize pools on 13 of its […]
September 12, 2015
Chinese cash game poker player Yue Feng Pan took the honours at this week’s Macau Poker Cup, scoring a US$272,000 first prize and China’s eighth Red Dragon title after besting a record field of 944 other players in the three day event. The buy-ins doubled the guaranteed value of the prize pool, ensuring that other […]
September 12, 2015
Norwegian poker fans are rejoicing this week at the news that Amaya Gaming, parent of the Pokerstars online poker enterprise, is organising a home-ground poker tournament after years of holding the tournament “in exile” around the world. Global Poker Tours Ltd, an Amaya Inc. brand, announced the first legal live poker event to be held […]
September 12, 2015
The entrenched positions of interested parties in California has again ensured that the legalisation of online poker has not progressed beyond committee stage as the current legislative session ended this week. The session started with strong hopes and four different political proposals, but ended with just one – the skeletal AB431 authored by Assemblyman Adam […]
September 10, 2015
Wednesday’s hearing on internet poker, chaired by the New York state Senate’s Standing Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wagering head Sen. John Bonacic, turned out to be a mild affair with generally positive comments…but the presence of only two legislators from the 11-man committee suggested a lack of real interest in the project…and even those […]
September 6, 2015
786 hopefuls paid a buy-in of $3,700 apiece to play in the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker main event this weekend at the Bicycle Casino, and at one point it looked as if Shaun Deeb would make the competition his third WPT victory, elevating him to an elite and exclusive strata of exceptionally accomplished […]
September 5, 2015
High stakes online poker fans had plenty to get excited about over the past week as Viktor “Isildur1” Blom and Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky tangled with some of the best nosebleed players out there and took home six figure profits. Playing on the $200-$400 Pot Limit Omaha virtual tables, mainly at Pokerstars, the duo scored profits […]
September 5, 2015
New York State Senator John Bonacic is preparing for a meeting of his Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee next Wednesday to hear opinions on legalised online poker following the introduction of the Senator’s poker-only proposal S 5302 earlier this year. Titled “Discussing the Future of Online Poker in New York State”, the four-hour session […]
September 5, 2015
The addition of another online and mobile payment option in the form of PayPal could give Nevada online poker a boost, industry observers have opined following Caesars Interactive Entertainment’s announcement that it can now offer the popular payment solution to WSOP.com players. CIE has confirmed that it will also roll out the PayPal option in […]
September 3, 2015
Amaya Gaming, the parent group of the Pokerstars and Full Tilt online poker brands, is pulling out all the stops this (September) month, with each brand running separate online tournaments over similar timeframes. The major action will be over at Pokerstars, where $45 million in prize pools guarantees over 70 events will be on offer […]