November 9, 2014
The start of final table action in the Pokerstars Asia Championship of Poker main event gave every indication that it would be a short-running affair as Korean ace and reigning ACOP champion Sunny Jung crushed all opposition and built on a formidable chip lead, but the contest turned out to be a 14 hour marathon […]
November 9, 2014
Brit online poker players newly migrated to the Pokerstars UK site in compliance with the new point-of-consumption-based laws had the stressful experience of being booted out of tournaments this week and told: “We are sorry, PokerStars does not offer Real Money games in your area.” Their concerns over legitimacy and refunds quickly found voice on […]
November 8, 2014
There is possibly some satisfaction among the many unpaid players from the now defunct Everleaf Poker Network debacle last year (see previous reports) in the news this week that EPN director Jean Pavili has been arrested by the Malta police. The Austrian executive is the second Everleaf director to be prosecuted, and has posted bail […]
November 8, 2014
Troubled Lock Poker continues to struggle, according to a report this week on the respected poker information site PokerUpdate, which reveals that the once mighty online poker operator now enjoys a mere 28 players on its tables over a seven day average – down from 34. The 18 percent decline in cash table action since […]
November 8, 2014
Microgaming has announced the addition to its MPN online poker network of a second Quickfire operator, iGames.am registered in Armenia. Quickfire Poker is the MPN’s entry level poker product, built with a quick and easy integration in mind in Flash and HTML5 formats. iGames is a relatively new but fast-growing entrant to the e-gaming world, […]
November 7, 2014
Svenska Spel, the organiser of the 2014 Swedish Masters online poker tournament, was compelled to cancel the first event of the tournament and refund 1,451 players due to a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) assault this week. A spokesperson for Svenska Spel told the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet that the company had suffered a number of […]
November 7, 2014
The European online gambling group Unibet has announced that it is to strengthen its stand-alone online poker presence by signing as the headline sponsor for the 2014 British Poker Awards. Other sponsors of the event include companies like Bluff magazine, Poker Strategy and Poker News. Unibet’s head of poker operations, Martin Stalros, said this week […]
November 7, 2014
The shutdown after just a year online of poker ace Phil Ivey’s branded website (see previous reports) has been followed by the news that it is to reappear in rejuvenated form next year under the leadership of high profile entrepreneur and former CEO of Victory Poker, Dan Fleyshman. The news of Fleyshman’s appointment broke prematurely […]
November 6, 2014
The latest online poker client software from Pokerstars – version 7 – has completed beta testing and the full release is now available for download and upgrade. The company advised this week that all players on the dotcom and doteu shared-liquidity platform will automatically be upgraded to the new software in the November client update. […]
November 6, 2014
Professional gambler and poker player Phil Ivey will appeal UK Court Justice Mitting’s ruling in the Crockfords Casino edge sorting case. Ivey, who won GBP 7.8 million from the upmarket venue, candidly admitted in court to using a card edge sorting technique that he felt was legitimate. A quote from Ivey’s legal representative Matthew Dowd […]