May 11, 2013
Joe Versaci, the marketing chief for the first legal online poker room in the United States, Ultimate Poker, spoke about his company’s relationship with the Ultimate Fight Club this week, and the enormous marketing advantage this gives the enterprise. UFC, Ultimate Gaming and Ultimate Poker are all members of the Fertitta Interactive-Station Casinos stable owned […]
May 11, 2013
Tom “durrrr” Dwan appeared to be spending more time on international live poker tournament action than in the online high stakes environment in recent times, but he was back with a bang this week, racking up $527,600 in profits across 852 hands against some of Full Tilt Poker’s toughest nosebleed stakes players. Pot Limit Omaha […]
May 11, 2013
The Merge Poker Network skin Optimus Poker.eu has closed its US-facing virtual doors, apparently after being acquired by the network. A website notice this week informed players that “…OptimusPoker recently transferred to Merge Gaming Limited certain assets which form part of the OptimusPoker brand. As a result, OptimusPoker will cease to operate OptimusPoker.eu as of […]
May 11, 2013
Several online information websites are currently reporting a ban imposed on super affiliate Muchos Poker by Playtech’s iPoker Network. The reasons for the ban are not at present clear in the absence of official statements by iPoker, but a security investigation is underway and there is speculation that the ban may be connected to player-to-player […]
May 10, 2013
Canadian poker pro Amir Babakhani crushed a six-handed final table this week to claim the title and the $442,248 main prize in the 2013 PartyPoker World Poker Tour Canadian Spring Championship. The new champ also gets an automatic $25,000 entry in the WPT World Championship pokerfest at the Bellagio later this month. Babakhani, holding 6.6 […]
May 10, 2013
The first legal intrastate online poker site, Ultimate Poker in Nevada (see previous reports) launched its rather modest first tournament over last weekend, and reports that it was a success. The $10,000 guaranteed Sunday event had a capped entry list of 200 players, which site officials said was fully subscribed 45 minutes before the start. […]
May 10, 2013
Player-to-player money transfers at Lock Poker are now subject to a new policy restricting any withdrawal until 15 percent of the amount has been generated as rake. In the wake of widening publicity on its slow-pay and player-to-player restrictions, Lock Poker management broke its silence late Thursday with a website statement that advised: “Through a […]
May 9, 2013
Lock Poker has been in the industry media headlines and a topic for discussion on poker message boards recently for all the wrong reasons. For months there have been allegations of slow-pay tactics and interference with player-to-player money transfers, and growing speculation that the company may be experiencing financial problems, but is still accepting deposits. […]
May 9, 2013
The almost legendary online exploits of Swedish high stakes poker pro Viktor Blom this week have kept internet railbirds enthralled, but perhaps inevitably his remarkably profitable run came to an abrupt halt Wednesday when he came up against Ben Sulsky in an encounter on the Full Tilt Poker nosebleed tables that can only be described […]
May 9, 2013
Online poker room Poker Heaven, owned by Gaming Media Group, will run two poker rooms under the Poker Heaven brand across two player pools on the Ongame Network while continuing on the IPN/Boss Media Network. Online poker players can choose to play on either poker room through Poker Heaven’s landing page using one account. A […]