August 15, 2015
Quoting the precedent of 1964 case State v. Morrissy (25 Wis. 2d 638), a Madison Circuit judge in Wisconsin upheld the state’s ban on poker in a case this week. Poker is currently banned in commercial buildings, including taverns and pubs, although electronic poker is permitted at tribal reservation casinos operating in the Badger state. […]
August 14, 2015
Christian Lusardi (43), the North Carolina man who literally dumped faux poker chips in an Atlantic City casino toilet eighteen months ago (see previous reports) pleaded guilty on trademark counterfeiting and criminal mischief charges before New Jersey Superior Court Judge Bernard DeLury this week, and will be sentenced in October. Lusardi brought counterfeit Borgata chips […]
August 14, 2015
Management at Full Tilt continued to apply the new recreational player-favoured company strategy this week, announcing new reward structures for its Player Club members. In a statement the company detailed the rewards, which include boosting giveaways in free-roll tournaments; mystery prizes for regular weekly players; and added money tournaments. “In the first month after Players […]
August 13, 2015
Top US poker pro Vanessa Selbst has triumphed in the million dollar Super High Roller Celebrity Shootout, defeating actor Kevin Pollack to claim the winner-takes-all prize. Selbst was one of five poker professionals ranged again five celebrities in five-max s&gs, with the winner of each match facing off in a best of three heads-up matches […]
August 11, 2015
Playtech’s iPoker Network has re-merged its Tier 1 and 2 player pools, saying an improved focus on recreational players had been achieved following their segregation in September 2012. Today (Tuesday), all players will again have access to SNG and full ring games following the integration of the latest version of iPoker software, a network representative […]
August 11, 2015
Aaron Lim, a 29-year-old poker pro from Australia has become the first APPT player to win two main events. Playing in the APPT Manila this week, he bested a field of 584 other entrants to claim the lion’s share of the $558,000 prize pool, taking home the $131,780 first-place prize after beating Swedish pro Per […]
August 8, 2015
Poker pro Jason Somerville has extended his partnership deal with the Twitch internet streaming service for a further two years after achieving growing numbers of viewers for his live online poker streaming show “Run It Up”. The new run commences August 16 and is expected to enhance already impressive viewership records which indicate that the […]
August 8, 2015
Gary Loveman, former CEO of Caesars Entertainment and a proponent of legalised online poker in the US, says that the current boom in daily fantasy sports and its legal status could provide a window of opportunity for efforts to federally legalise online poker. DSF is currently legal in all but five US states thanks to […]
August 7, 2015
Floridian Martin Shapiro is an online poker fan determined to see the game legalised in his home state through an action group titled iPoker Florida, which he has founded. The group’s website advises other Florida online poker fans that debate in the state legislature on gambling has opened a window of opportunity for the legalisation […]
August 7, 2015
It’s early days yet, but Full Tilt’s recent and radical changes intended to attract more recreational players (see previous reports) have so far seen a negative reaction in terms of cash game traffic, which dipped an alarming 20 percent from a seven day daily average of 1,000 players to 800, according to independent monitor Pokerscout. […]