May 1, 2015
All sorts of interesting information tidbits have emerged from court papers filed in the Nevada Attorney General’s prosecution of Seals With Clubs alleged founder and chairman Bryan Micon (see previous reports) but the most intriguing of these comes from the report of a Nevada Gaming Control Board undercover agent who was part of the investigating […]
April 30, 2015
The Florida-based online poker turnkey software developer Enterra Poker, whose platform is used by a number of standalone poker sites, has launched an updated version of its software with important new features and, it claims, significant performance enhancements. The improvements include: * Straddle – a voluntary blind bet made by a player left to the […]
April 30, 2015
The Borgata in Atlantic City was again the venue for the $15,000 buy-in World Poker Tour Championship this week, which saw young Brooklyn poker pro Asher Connif take home the main prize of $973,683 after outlasting a challenging field of 238 other hopefuls. On the final day former WPT Cyprus champion Alexander Lakhov led the […]
April 30, 2015
The ‘PokerStars Makes Millionaires’ promotion has just made its third instant millionaire on the Spin & Go platform that is attracting large numbers of players eager for some fast fun and big money. The big winner this time is a Polish fan using a laptop; ‘bladsonpoker’ scored $1,000,000 after just 7 minutes and 18 seconds […]
April 30, 2015
The prosecution on an illegal gambling charge of former Seal With Clubs owner Bryan Micon (36) (see previous report) was discussed in detail at a press conference Wednesday held by Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt. Flanked by A.G. Burnett, chairman of the Nevada State Gaming Control Board, and Tony Alamo, chairman of the Nevada Gaming […]
April 30, 2015
Reports last week that Lock Poker and its associated websites were no longer operational (see previous reports) have been followed by the news that the Curacao licensing for the businesses is no longer valid. Writing on the 4 Flush.com poker information site, the usually well-informed John Mehaffey records that: “Lock Poker was licensed in Curacao. […]
April 28, 2015
Ryan Jones, a 24-year-old internet and live tourney professional poker player from North Carolina had reason to celebrate this weekend after taking home the $235,804 first prize in the World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee Main Event. It was the biggest win yet for the young professional, way ahead of his previous best of […]
April 28, 2015
The Attorney General’s Office in Nevada has laid charges against Bryan Micon, the alleged owner of the Bitcoin-denominated online poker site Seals With Clubs, which Our readers will recall was shuttered following a Nevada Gaming Commission operation in February this year. The action, and a visit to Micon’s Las Vegas home by officials armed with […]
April 28, 2015
Monday could prove to be a memorable date in online poker following the historic first passage through a legislative committee of an online poker legalisation bill in California. Assemblyman Adam Gray’s AB431 represents progress at last after years of failures while politicians struggled to find common ground among the numerous competing interests that either want […]
April 26, 2015
The ability of computer programs to beat expert human poker players (or not) is again being put to the test this weekend as the Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania pits its Claudico artificial intelligence program against a team of four US poker aces in a heads up NLHE contest which will in all go on […]