April 4, 2015
The independent online poker monitor Pokerscout’s numbers for the first quarter of 2015 indicate that cash game activity declined 3.4 percent compared with the same period in 2014. Although disappointing, the downward trend is not as steep as it was when Q1-2014 was compared to Q1-2013, where Q1-2014 was 8 percent down by comparison. Pokerscout […]
April 1, 2015
In what appears to be a bold move to capture players from social gaming giant Zynga, rival company PlayScreen has issued a statement offering to double a player’s Zynga Poker – Texas Hold’em chips if they make the switch to Billionaire Poker. Billionaire Poker is available for the iPhone and iPod touch and Billionaire Poker […]
March 31, 2015
Last Sunday’s major online poker tourneys, which now regularly present seven-figure prize pools and six-figure pay days for winners, were again generous with Mustpha “potta_x_potta” Kanit, “BgsaPnaples” and Nicolas “Legadzo” Cardyn all boosting their bank balances after notable victories. The biggest of the tourneys in terms of entries was undoubtedly the Pokerstars Micro Millions main […]
March 29, 2015
The inaugural European Poker Tour Malta ended this weekend, concluding a successful tournament on the Mediterranean island with a Euro 5,000 NL Hold ’em main event and an exciting Euro10,000 buy-in High Roller. The main event attracted 895 entries, generating a prize pool of Euro 4,340,750, and it culminated in a 14 hour final table […]
March 29, 2015
Illinois court Judge David Herndon has ended the Sonnenberg saga, a long-running duo of class action lawsuits against Pokerstars and Full Tilt that dates back to 2012 (see previous reports). Illinois residents Kelly Sonnenberg and Judy Fahrner launched the litigation, citing the Illinois Loss Recovery Act, an old statute that allows individuals to collect “illegal […]
March 28, 2015
Marketers at Pokerstars have come up with a eye-catching promo titled “PokerStars Makes Millionaires” this week, promising to create at least five online poker millionaires within the next two months. The online poker company claims that it has already created over 130 millionaires through its online tournaments and live events, and that new promotions, starting […]
March 27, 2015
The good news this week is that popular Unibet online poker manager Andrew West has been confirmed in the post after just three months as the interim man in charge. At the beginning of this year many in the industry were nonplussed that Unibet had not immediately and permanently promoted the energetic and efficient West, […]
March 26, 2015
The $9.6 million civil law suit launched against poker pro Phil Ivey by the Borgata Atlantic City is to continue, federal judge Noel L Hillman ruled this week in denying an Ivey request that the case be dismissed. Our readers will recall that the Borgata is suing Ivey for what it claims was card manipulation […]
March 26, 2015
The nascent and very promising poker streaming facility Twitch (see previous reports) has been hacked, but is fighting back with a series of measures, it advised Wednesday in a website notice and communications direct with users. The announcement reads: “We are writing to let you know that there may have been unauthorized access to some […]
March 25, 2015
888Poker has entered into a broad sponsorship and content pact with the World Series of Poker (WSOP) becoming the lead sponsor of the 2015 WSOP in Las Vegas and the 2015 WSOP Europe. Under the terms of the deal, outside select territories (United States, British Columbia&Quebec, Canada, Mexico, India, Italy and France), 888Poker will have […]