September 2, 2014
In just a few days – on September 7 – this year’s Pokerstars World Championship of Online Poker will kick off and run through September 28, presenting online poker fans with an opportunity to cash from $40 million worth of guaranteed prize pools. This year’s online festival of poker will see 66 events culminating in […]
September 2, 2014
Finnish ace Patrik Antonius (34) has been keeping a low profile for much of this year, but he returned with a vengeance to the high stakes virtual tables at Full Tilt last week, crushing most of the opposition over 2,500 hands to end the week with a profit of $517,845, well ahead of his nearest […]
September 1, 2014
According to legal and economic business solutions provider Academicon, views on the estimated size of the soon to be regulated online gambling market in the Netherlands are often biased by political agendas. Academicon says the currently unregulated Dutch online poker market shows a sharp decline according to independent research undertaken on the online poker database […]
September 1, 2014
Silverline Interactiv Technologies’ (trading as PokerCent) UK Gambling Commission licence has been suspended and a review launched under section 116 of the 2005 UK Gambling Act. According to PokerCent’s website, operations have been suspended pending the operators’ provision of updated gaming software certification. PokerCent expects to be back in operation by October 1, 2014.
September 1, 2014
Imagine the possibilities….and consequences…of an attempt by online poker powerhouse Pokerstars to buy a US National Football League team. Apart from setting the NFL’s teeth on edge, such an initiative would definitely generate extensive media coverage even if halted, and that was the main objective when it was suggested in 2006 by the company’s communications […]
August 31, 2014
The Bicycle Casino in California was the scene this week for the start of the 12th edition of the World Poker Tour with the highly respected Legends of Poker event front and centre. The event attracted 593 entries with a standard buy-in of $3,700, but a Quantum Reload provision enabled 27 of that number to […]
August 30, 2014
Following on the heels of its stated plans to build a shared player pool with online poker operators licensed in Nevada (see previous reports), 888 Holdings has announced that it has inter-state ambitions as well. The online gambling company, which has become increasingly active in the nascent US online poker market, has unveiled plans to […]
August 29, 2014
Full Tilt has put together an epic online poker high stakes heads up clash featuring high profile aces Viktor Blom from Sweden and Gus Hansen from Denmark on Sunday September 14. The duo will play a best-of-three format with $50,000 up for grabs, with Hansen choosing Stud 8, Blom selecting No Limit 2-7 Triple Draw […]
August 29, 2014
In what is increasingly starting to look like a coordinated attack on Pokerstars as it awaits the licensing decision of the New Jersey regulator, another state politician has attacked the company and opined that it should not be granted a licence. Following an assault in the media last week by Assemblyman Ralph Caputo (see previous […]
August 29, 2014
The much publicised and controversial launch of the tribally inspired PrivateTable.com real-money poker enterprise – due for launch in California this week – has been delayed for at least another seven days. Reporting on the delay, the online poker information site California Online Poker reveals that it contacted the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel (the […]