April 5, 2018
The 2018 WSOP Europe tournament has been scheduled at King’s Casino Rozvadov from October 11 to November 2, 2018. 2018 WSOP Europe will offer 10 official WSOP gold bracelet events with each Main Event filmed for television and other events receiving live reporting and live stream coverage. “We have long searched for a great venue and host for WSOP Europe, […]
April 4, 2018
The Poker Players Alliance received a stinging rejection at the end of March when the deadline for an appeal for an emergency donation of $25,000 to save the cash-strapped action group resulted in just $6,015 response from its claimed one million members. The future of the organisation now appears to be at risk despite its […]
March 31, 2018
A month on from the incident comes news of an audacious bet by Brit poker pro Jake Cody (29) that doubled his money. Cody emerged from a High Roller live tourney event at Dusk Til Dawn in Nottingham, England with the first prize of GBP 42,000 and, urged on by friends, decided to “create a […]
March 31, 2018
The 2018 Pokerstars European Poker Tour Sochi main event is in the record books following the end of the competition in Russia over the long weekend, with local poker pro Arsenii Karmatckii claiming the first prize of $478,451 after besting a field of 861 hopefuls. Karmatckii also became the latest winner of a PokerStars Platinum […]
March 30, 2018
The legal position of poker in India just became more complicated following a Bombay High Court decision that the game is one primarily of chance and therefore falls within the definition of gambling. The publication DNA India reports that the case has its roots in a 2016 police bust of a poker ring operated in […]
March 29, 2018
Speculation earlier this month that the launch of PokerStars India was imminent (see previous InfoPowa report) became reality this week when the online poker provider announced that it will be closing its dotcom international poker room in India and replacing it with a local PokerStars India version. A message on the website informed players that […]
March 29, 2018
PokerStars is bringing a twist to the classic Texas Hold’em format with Split Hold’em. Launching Wednesday for a limited time only, Split Hold’em splits the community cards into two separate boards dealt simultaneously, creating two flops, two turns and two rivers. Classic strategies may well have to be reconsidered with the multitude of options and […]
March 28, 2018
Spanish chess Grandmaster and occasional poker player, Francisco Vallejo Pons is distraught after the Spanish tax authorities handed him a Euro 500,000 tax bill in respect of his deposits and winnings in poker games back in 2011. You read that right – deposits and winnings, but with no rebate on his losses. Pons it turns […]
March 26, 2018
Indian online poker provider PokerBaazi (Baazi Networks Pvt. Ltd.) has announced its involvement in a new fantasy sports enterprise titled BalleBaazi, which will be operated by SBN Gaming Network Pvt. Ltd. BalleBaazi, has been live since January this year and offers several original features such as micro fantasy formats and batting and bowling specific fantasy games. PokerBaazi founders would […]
March 25, 2018
Mobile social poker operator KamaGames, and Rush Street productions have announced details of a major update to the popular Poker Night in America app. As well as a number of enhancements, the new update marks the launch of Poker Night LIVE, the new live/celebrity version of the hit show Poker Night in America, and will […]