May 19, 2014
Details of a three-year-old crime story that surfaced this week in the Czech Republic should serve as a cautionary tale for successful high profile poker pros who are tempted to accept offers to play at private tables. The poker information site PokerArena.cz reports that 2011 World Series of Poker runner-up Martin Staszko was the intended […]
May 18, 2014
The World Series of Poker is to achieve further brand awareness in New Jersey following the announcement Saturday that the brand’s online poker platform WSOP.com is to host a new competition in which New Jersey mayors play for charity. WSOP.com will host its inaugural New Jersey Mayor’s Poker Tournament on May 22 as part of […]
May 18, 2014
In what could prove a breakthrough in the move toward online poker legalisation in California, the important San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians and the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians have reportedly reached a broad consensus on how they see the market should be regulated. Tribal differences have bedevilled the legalisation issue in California […]
May 17, 2014
Some of last week’s big losers on the Full Tilt Poker nosebleed tables (see previous reports) turned things around this week and added some six-figure profits to their accounts. The High Stakes Data Base reports that the action involved many big names in the game and spread across a variety of poker genres that included […]
May 15, 2014
Over the past 48 hours players have been scratching their heads over reports that 888Poker players – particularly those in parts of Mexico – are being arbitrarily and without explanation told that their accounts have been shut down. So far there has been no public reaction from the company, fuelling forum speculation that a future […]
May 15, 2014
The team at Microgaming’s MPN online poker network launched a blog this week aimed at providing a vehicle for the company to comment on industry issues and answer questions regarding its software and network. The blog is accessible here: http://www.thempn.eu/blog/doesnt-mpn-talk-players/ In the first in a forthcoming series of blogs, Alex Scott, head of poker at […]
May 15, 2014
The Winning Poker Network (WPN) has exited the regulated U.S. States of Delaware, Nevada and New Jersey. Players in those States were sent notice from network skins True Poker, Black Chip Poker and Americas Cardroom advising the network’s exit and citing “regulated options” as the reason for its decision. “Our goal at Americas Cardroom is […]
May 14, 2014
With the 2014 edition of the World Series of Poker on the immediate horizon, tournament director Ty Stewart briefed media this week on poker’s most prestigious event, which this year will run from May 27 to July 14 in Las Vegas. Excitement is building as more professionals lay down the $1 million buy-in to the […]
May 14, 2014
Edinburgh-based iGaming firm 180Vita has confirmed the completion of its acquisition of WeakTight.com, a database of online poker hands boasting over 100 000 members, from Canadian firm Sketchpark Software Inc. The site will join 180Vita’s portfolio which already includes PokerVIP, PokerTube, FootballTube and newly launched sports tipping operation Tipday. 180Vita said WeakTight.com, launched in 2008, […]
May 13, 2014
Lock Poker, which has become notorious for slow pay-outs to players that can stretch to months, has failed to respond to a Poker Players Alliance enquiry sent to it last month (see previous reports). The poker advocacy group says it therefore has no alternative but to warn players and advise affiliate marketers of the situation. […]