Second extension for four Nevada online poker applicants

October 16, 2013

Next week’s Nevada Gaming Commission meeting will examine a recommendation from the Nevada Gaming Control Board that a second six-month extension be granted to three companies that have been approved to offer online poker services in Nevada. Last week’s session of the Board agreed to recommend the extensions for the second time for the three […]

Documentary on internet poker scandal to air soon

October 15, 2013

Television viewers in the United States will get another helping of the UltimateBet scandal from Tuesday October 22, when Doublehead Pictures releases its in-depth documentary “UltimateBeat” in Video on Demand format. Our readers may recall that director Scott Bell had to go the crowd funding route via Kickstarter.com to get his production off the ground. […]

Good turnout for EPT High Roller poker tourney

October 13, 2013

159 players ponied up the GBP 10,300 buy-in to play in the High Roller event at this year’s European Poker Tour London, creating a prize pool worth GBP 1,538,600. By the third day of play this weekend the field was down to just 12 survivors, led by Sorel Mizzi and Carla Sabini of Canada and […]

Ylitalo wins EPT London Main Event

October 13, 2013

The 2013 European Poker Tour London main event was decided over the weekend as 27-year-old Swedish pro Robin Ylitalo bested a competitive field of 603 other hopefuls to claim the main prize of GBP 560,980. Ylitalo played strongly and well through the several days leading to the final table, and was among the high stacks […]

Aussie victory at WSOP Europe

October 13, 2013

The popular and respected Australian professional poker player Jackie Glazier finally realised one of her career ambitions in France over the weekend when she won the ladies event and her first WSOP bracelet at the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe at Casino Barriere, eight miles north of Paris at Enghien-les-Bains. The event attracted a […]

FTP affiliates rejoice!

October 12, 2013

Garden City Group, the reimbursement administrator appointed by the US Department of Justice to verify and pay out the millions of dollars set aside for former Full Tilt Poker players, has widened the claims window to include affiliate marketers owed money following the Black Friday shutdown of the “old” Full Tilt. In acquiring Full Tilt […]

World Series of Poker Europe starts in Paris today

October 11, 2013

The 2013 edition of the prestigious World Series of Poker Europe tournament kicks off today (October 11) in the luxurious surroundings of the 100-year-old lakeside Casino Barriere, just eight miles north of the centre of Paris at Enghien-les-Bains. The first event to see the cards fly is the Euro 1,100 buy-in Ladies No Limit Texas […]

Interesting changes at Juicy Stakes POker

October 11, 2013

There’s never a dull moment in the world of online poker, which this week saw announcements affecting the troubled Revolution poker network. Equally troubled poker skin Juicy Stakes, which appears to be having difficulty paying its players timeously, first announced in an email to interested parties that it had been acquired by a previously unknown, […]

Poker playing admiral demoted

October 10, 2013

Vice-Admiral Tim Giardina, the high-ranking US Strategic Command naval officer caught up in a casino counterfeit chip investigation in Iowa is paying a heavy price for his poker playing penchant; he may have escaped civilian censure, but the parallel investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service has seen him suspended from his sensitive nuclear duties […]

A good week for online poker

October 9, 2013

The independent online poker monitor Pokerscout reports that last week was a good one for online poker operators, with traffic increasing by five percent – the best performance since June this year. The top nine poker room and network sites all experienced improved traffic to cash game tables, with French leader Winamax advancing to eighth […]