May 11, 2015
New York based software developer Tapinator, Inc has launched its first social casino property titled “Video Poker VIP” on the Apple iOS platform. The video poker product offers multiple poker variants, world locations, leveling, and experience point mechanics. Tapinator said it had been developing the product since mid 2014 and plans to launch a further […]
May 10, 2015
This week saw the emergence of a powerful new element in the debate on internet poker legalisation in California – the Teamsters and Service Employee International Union (SEIU), a trade union representing the interests of some 50,000 workers in the horse racing industry. Union representative Barry Broad told the publication Online Poker Report this week […]
May 9, 2015
Q1-2015 stats from French regulator ARJEL continued to paint a disappointing picture of French online poker when released this week, reporting that average active weekly player numbers fell 6 percent to 246,000, down from a peak of 300,000 active players in 2011. * Gross gaming revenue for online poker declined 7 percent to Euro 61 […]
May 9, 2015
215 competitive and determined entrants ponied up Euro 25,000 apiece to play in the European Poker Tour High Roller event mid-week, but it was online pro Charlie “Epiphany77” Carrel (21) who walked away the winner Friday to claim a prize of Euro 1,114,00 – the lion’s share of a massive Euro 5,267,500 prize pool. Entrants […]
May 9, 2015
It’s a weekend of celebration for 20-year-old Spanish poker ace Adrian Mateos, who has just taken down the Euro 10,600 buy-in European Poker Tour Grand Final main event for a cool Euro 1,082,000 after besting a top notch field of 564 entrants. It was the young professional’s second major live tournament win – in 2013 […]
May 8, 2015
Four professional poker players, Dong Kim, Jason Les, Bjorn Li and Doug Polk, proved this week that they can beat the latest AI-equipped computer program, Claudico, over 80,000 hands of poker. The four won $100,000 after besting the Carnegie Mellon University program in a series of heads up No Limit Hold’em encounters, playing under carefully […]
May 8, 2015
The World Series of Poker Europe has published the program for its eighth edition with a new host country and a venue that is expected to enhance interest and attract poker players. This year’s outing is set for October 8-24, 2015, in the Spielbank Berlin, Germany with 10 WSOP gold bracelet events up for grabs, […]
May 8, 2015
The Pokerstars Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) starts this Sunday and will be generating plenty of media coverage and excitement for the next two weeks, with 138 tournaments and $40 million in guaranteed prize pools. This year’s SCOOP will again be divided into three buy-in levels – low, medium and high in order to […]
May 8, 2015
The World Series of Poker has taken a step to improve previously complained about player service levels by launching a dedicated WSOP.com forum. Players are invited to post their views and questions, which will promptly receive attention, the company promises, adding that players on the New Jersey and Nevada regulated online poker sites will find […]
May 8, 2015
This week’s episode of the CBS television show CSI:Cyber, which was expected to be negatively focused on internet poker following early reports, has turned out to be more about questionable medication drugs sold over the internet. US media reports indicate that the main thrust of the show was an investigation which hunts down the web-based […]