April 20, 2018
PokerStars has continued its shared player pool success with the debut Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) for France and Spain, which the company reports surpassed its record-breaking Euro 10 million guarantee in shared liquidity markets by more than Euro 1.7million, reaching Euro 11,768,035. The series ran from March 25-April 9 and attracted more than […]
April 17, 2018
31-year-old Canadian Pascal Lefrancois has won the party poker LIVE MILLIONS grand final main event at Casino Barcelona scoring the title and a Euro 1,7 million pay cheque. Lefrancois outplayed a field of 1,174 ultimately defeating Englishman Adam Owen in heads up play. The field created a prize pool of Euro 11,397,500 smashing guarantees and […]
April 17, 2018
Caesars Interactive Entertainment (CIE) has claimed a first in shared liquidity and is hopeful that WSOP.com and 888Poker.com will be authorised to link customers in New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware from May 1, 2018. Described as “a major step for gaming operators in the U.S.” CIE anticipates final regulatory approval from Delaware, Nevada and New […]
April 16, 2018
Canadian poker pro Pascal Lefrancois (31) is Euro 1.7 million wealthier this morning after his weekend victory in the Euro 10,300 buy-in 2018 PartyPoker Live Millions Grand Final Main Event. It is his biggest career earning yet, and a record winner’s prize for the Casino Barcelona, where the action took place. The French Canadian professional […]
April 15, 2018
Saturday saw the final table of eight set in the Euro 10,300 buy-in 2018 Party Poker Live Millions Grand Final Main Event in Barcelona, with the eight finalists already assured $225,000 each, and the chance to ultimately walk away with a main prize of Euro 1.7 million. 1,175 entries were recorded in the event, creating […]
April 15, 2018
PartyPoker m.d. Tom Waters announced over the weekend that PartyPoker is to lower fees in selected real money online poker tourneys, specifically removing rake on the bounty element from all Knockout events starting Sunday, May 6th. The move represents a 40 percent to 60 percent reduction for bounty MTTs, the company claims. Poker fans will […]
April 14, 2018
PartyPoker will be pleased with the popularity of its Euro 10,300 buy-in Live Millions Grand Final Main Event in Barcelona this weekend; as the starting flights ended it became clear that at 1,175 entries, the prize pool has soared to Euro 11,397,500, comfortably past the Euro 10 million PP put up as a guarantee. At […]
April 14, 2018
The recent TED conference in Vancouver showcased some big ideas, among them new technology that will eventually be able to assess an individual’s true reaction behind the public face displayed. The AFP news agency reported on an interview with Dolby Laboratories chief scientist Poppy Crum, who said that sensors combined with artificial intelligence (AI) can […]
April 13, 2018
US poker pro Jake Schindler (28) has joined the ranks of highly successful international poker players with a Euro 1.75 million first prize in the Euro 101,000 PartyPoker Live Millions Super High Roller in Barcelona. The prize is eclipsed only by the young pro’s $3.6 million second placing in the 2017 Super High Roller Bowl […]
April 12, 2018
Serial Indian entrepreneur Raj Kundra has announced the formation of a new team-based online poker league titled the Online Team Poker League, revealing ambitions to expand the concept into a World Online Team Poker League with championship events held annually. The OTPL will begin in July this year, Kundra revealed in a statement, with a […]