January 9, 2015
In an effort to more effectively challenge French market leaders Pokerstars.fr and Winamax, the Everest Poker group has revealed that it is to launch Everest Poker Live, an affordable series of seven live poker tournaments. Six of these will take place across France, with one held in Morocco this year. The series will have a […]
January 9, 2015
Ireland-based poker pro Steve O’Dwyer (32) has boosted his bank balance by $1.87 million after winning the $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller competition at the Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure tournament. The former US professional bested software businessman and amateur player Roger Sippl in the heads up to claim the prestigious title after surviving a 66 entry-strong […]
January 8, 2015
According to the professional journal Science, a group of scientists in the Computer Poker Research Group at the University of Alberta have perfected an unbeatable Texas Hold’Em heads up computer program titled Cepheus. Reporting on the achievement, the group claimed: “Poker is a family of games that exhibit imperfect information, where players do not have […]
January 8, 2015
Pokerstars has released its schedule for the next live Spanish Estrellas Poker Tour – it’s sixth season – with the liklihood that the momentum of last year’s record 2,560-entry Barcelona event will be maintained or exceeded. Season 6 will see just three stops for the tour, commencing March 9 through 15 at the Gran Casino […]
January 8, 2015
Get Lucky Poker, a new online poker site founded by respected professional poker player Michael Mizrachi (see previous reports) has soft launched, but it may be a tricky time for such an enterprise – a recent $5.2 million hack on Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp has sent the virtual currency’s value spiralling downwards. Then there’s the resistance […]
January 7, 2015
Ongame Poker Network has announced that it has included sit and go action in its mobile poker offering, augmenting the existing No Limit Hold’em and Limit Hold’em cash games. The changes are the first since NYX Gaming acquired the network from Amaya Gaming over a month ago, and are clearly intended to reverse the negative […]
January 7, 2015
Pokerstars appears to have taken notice of the unpopular player reaction to its imposition in early November 2014 of changes to its rake structures, with communications chief Eric Hollreiser announcing this week that the company will in most cases be abandoning the changes and reverting to former practice. When the changes were introduced last year […]
January 6, 2015
International cricketing legend Shane Warne has left 888Poker after six years as its roving ambassador. In an almost offhand tweet this week the often controversial international celebrity and cricket star gave no reason for his decision to depart, but the split seems to have been amicable enough. Warne said he had enjoyed his association with […]
January 6, 2015
Getting 2015 off to a positive start are reports from US media that the New Jersey regulator, the Division of Gaming Enforcement, has posted a bullish online gambling view of the year ahead on its website. Director David Rebuck does not mention the ongoing attempts by Pokerstars to break into the New Jersey market, but […]
January 3, 2015
Dan “jungleman12” Cates was Full Tilt’s biggest winner in 2014 according to stats released by the company this week…and if the poker pro’s earnings from Pokerstars are added, his position at the top of the leaderboard is unassailable. On Full Tilt alone Cates scored profits of $2.805,751 last year, with Pokerstars action adding another $631,288. […]