April 25, 2015
It’s not just Pokerstars that has seen a poker tournament disrupted by the Chinese police recently (see previous report); Chinese media in Beijing report that a gay poker race has been cancelled following police intervention. The “Gaymazing Poker Race” was based on a format of teams of four racing each other to six city hutong […]
April 25, 2015
The independent online poker monitor Pokerscout reports that 888Poker is now the second most visited online poker operator in the dedicated Spanish market, reprising its success in the similarly ring-fenced Italian market. Over the past year 888Poker’s Spanish venture has increased its market share from 18 percent to 24 percent, positioning the business second only […]
April 24, 2015
The unaugural event in a World Poker Tour – Holland Casino tournament partnership signed earlier this year (see previous report) will take place in Amsterdam and feature 14 events, the partnership has announced. The WPT Amsterdam, which will run from May 8 to 16, is part of a four year agreement between the two companies. […]
April 24, 2015
A comment at an i-gaming conference by a California politician has triggered a new initiative designed to make political representatives in the state aware that online poker legalisation is still very much a live issue on which positive action is awaited. The politician was Representative Mike Gatto, author of one of the four bills currently […]
April 24, 2015
Amaya Gaming subsidiary Full Tilt has taken over the headline sponsorship of the International Poker Open (IPO) Tour. With a rich history and large player fields, the IPO is one of Europe’s most popular poker tours. The first Full Tilt IPO event kicks off on Friday, May 22nd with the $250 IPO Bray main event […]
April 24, 2015
The first millionaire of the current ‘PokerStars.com Makes Millionaires’ promotion has been made, with Russian player ‘CccpVodka’ winning $1,000,000 after just 355 seconds of poker play on PokerStars, the company announced this week. The $5 Spin & Go tournament started at 12.29 a.m. (April 23) Moscow time, and concluded at 12.35 a.m., making it a […]
April 24, 2015
Wednesday’s cancelled California House hearing on internet poker (see previous report) will now take place on Monday 27 April, legislature sources have confirmed. The hearing will commence at 1.30pm local time in the Assembly’s Governmental Organization Committee.
April 23, 2015
Teddy Sagi’s SafeCharge advanced payment technology provider will manage StarsCard, a prepaid MasterCard payment solution for customers of PokerStars, the company announced Thursday. StarsCard was initially made available to all players in the UK on 16 April 2015 and will roll out into further international markets in the future, the statement revealed. It provides a […]
April 23, 2015
22-year-old California poker pro Griffin Paul scored his biggest ever win this week, becoming an instant dollar millionaire after winning the $3,500 buy-in 2015 World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open against some stiff opposition. The tournament attracted a field of 1,476, lured by a guaranteed $5 million prize pool and the prospect of […]
April 23, 2015
Pokerstars packed ’em in last Sunday, reporting that its $11 buy-in Pokerstars Fourth Anniversary Sunday Storm attracted 104,939 registrations. The event ended with a five-way chop which left “HesBluffingx” in first place with a return on his $11 investment of $64,000. The online poker giant holds the all-time record for most players simultaneously in action […]