October 14, 2014
In what appears to be a campaign channeled primarily through social media like Facebook and Twitter, MGM Resorts International is reportedly pushing for legalised online poker in New York, reports the New York Times. The central message of the “Let NY Play” drive is that if people in New Jersey can play poker online legally, […]
October 12, 2014
Events 6, 7 and 8 of the World Series of Poker Asia Pacific poker tour wrapped up at the Crown Melborne in Australia this week. The new Event 6: $1,650 buy-in 8-Game Dealer’s Choice saw young Australian, Rory Young, beat poker veteran Sam Khouiss in heads-up taking the $42,720 top prize and his first WSOP […]
October 10, 2014
The 2014 World Series Of Poker Asia Pacific is in full swing at the Crown Melborne in Australia. The event features ten World Series of Poker gold bracelet events running until October 18, 2014. Results so far: Event 1: $1,100 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Accumulator was won by Australian Luke Brabin for $131 365 Event 2: […]
October 8, 2014
Two years from launch, UK-based online poker operator PKR has shuttered its AAMS approved online poker platform. PKR.it’s software was taken offline yesterday (Tuesday), the company said in a communication to affiliates, as the Italian poker market is “not viable for PKR at this time”. The domain’s landing page advises Italian customers with positive account […]
October 5, 2014
Australia ruled at the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific Event 1: $1,100 No Limit Hold’em Accumulator final table with all nine final contenders hailing from Down Under but it was 34-year-old Luke Brabin who took the title, his first WSOP bracelet and a $131 365 pay check. “Winning a bracelet was absolutely an […]
October 2, 2014
Equity Poker Network’s (EPN) fraud and security team have zipped up an isolated incidence of collusion between four network player account holders. EPN said the team had identified suspicious conduct between the four players in collaboration with EPN operator 5Dimes. The 5Dimes player was monitored along with three other new Full Flush Poker player accounts […]
October 2, 2014
Californian Joseph Christman took the championship title worth $165 130 at the Heartland Poker Tour Thunder Valley Casino Resort stop this week. Hartman disposed of his final opponent Jon Des Pois in 29 hands, the last hand saw Christman call a river bluff from Des Pois to win all the chips with a pair of […]
October 2, 2014
Online poker giant PokerStars launched blackjack and roulette in Spain today (Wednesday) via its PokerStars.es domain. The integration of casino games marks the first time PokerStars has offered games other than poker on its platform. The addition of the games and continued growth in social gaming options will help maintain the brand’s leading position in […]
October 1, 2014
PokerStars newest Spin & Go product is a 3-Max Hyper-Turbo Sit & Go tournament, featuring 500 chip starting stacks. Buy-ins range from $1 to $30, and each tournament has a randomly drawn prize pool that will award between two and 1,000 times the players buy-in. Players choose their buy-in and the number of games they […]
October 1, 2014
21-year-old Fedor Holz, aka CrownUpGuy, took down “theNERDguy” in heads-up play at the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). The Austrian poker player bested a field of 2 142 players in the $5 200 Main event, that created a prize pool of $10 710 000 prize pool, to win the top prize of $1.3 […]