November 26, 2014
In what must surely be the worst case yet of online poker operator slow-pay, Lock Poker was again the subject of forum discussion this week as its longest-owed players marked the second anniversary of their unsuccessful withdrawals, allegedly still without any sign of payment. This lamentable situation inevitably led to speculation that the online poker […]
November 25, 2014
A promising South American partnership between online poker operator Pokerloco and the MojaveSports agency in Brazil has been signed. MojaveSports was founded by one of Brazil’s top poker pros, Felipe Ramos, who said this week that the game has grown in popularity and is regarded as a sport in Brazil, recognised by the International Mind […]
November 24, 2014
Microgaming has launched “Fun View” in public beta, a new poker software feature for the MPN designed for widescreen devices. Fun View features high resolution 3D-rendered graphics, clearer fonts, chips and cards, and a slew of new features for both casual and experienced players. Players can choose from over 100 avatars to display at the […]
November 24, 2014
The Asia Pacific Poker Tour came to a close in Auckland over the weekend as Australian ace Minh Nguyen bested a field of 224 other entrants to claim NZ$111,600 following a two-way chop with Thomas Ward. The duo faced a tough final table led by Nguyen with a very significant chip lead, and he continued […]
November 24, 2014
The GBP 3,000 World Poker Tour UK main event concluded over the weekend in victory for 21-year-old Lithuanian player Matas Cimbolas, who took home GBP 200,000 after besting Ben Warrington from the UK. Cimbolas entered the final table as chip leader, a position he was able to maintain for much of the action. He faced […]
November 24, 2014
A new online gaming company with the support of poker stars like Johnny Chan, Huck Seed, Jennifer Harman, Ted Forrest, Todd Brunson and Vladimir Shchemelev is battling to secure adequate funding in the crowdfunding environment and may have to seek other sources of capital. The Bitcoin currency venture, Breakout Gaming, also offers its own crypto-currency […]
November 23, 2014
A penchant for playing poker that apparently went out of control may lay behind the latest disclosures on the behaviour of Rear Admiral Tim Giardina, the US Navy nuclear commander who was removed from his post earlier this year amid allegations of using counterfeit poker chips at the Horseshoe casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa (see […]
November 21, 2014
Coingaming.io, a platform provider which specialises in providing Bitcoin crypto currency solutions for the i-gaming sector, announced Friday that it has launched the Coin Poker Network with InstaDeal Poker’s network solution. The Coin Poker Network allows platform partners to benefit from shared Bitcoin-only player liquidity and is a direct result of the increasing trend to […]
November 21, 2014
The UltimateBet software cheating scandal several years ago has turned up again like the proverbial bad penny, triggering an investigation by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement into the involvement of former Excapsa CEO Jim Ryan. Excapsa was the parent group for UltimateBet, and paid heavy fines and player compensation following the ‘god mode’ […]
November 18, 2014
Josh Rubenstein, a senior exec with the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in California discussed the positive possibilities for legalised Californian online poker this week with the publication California Online Poker, opining that a properly structured licensing regime has the potential to benefit all of the state’s gaming bodies. Rubenstein explained that horse racing, which employs […]