May 2, 2013
US poker pro Mike Linster emerged the title winner of the 2013 WPT BestBet Open Main Event tournament held in Jacksonville, Florida. Coming out of a fast-moving final table and a fierce heads up battle with David Bell, Linster took the title earning himself $321 521 including a $25 500 entry to the upcoming WPT […]
May 2, 2013
Playtech’s iPoker Network has suspended peer-to-peer money transfers, according to poker information media and information sites Wednesday. Prior to the network-wide ban, iPoker players on the same skin and using the same currency were permitted to make player-to-player fund transfers from their accounts, a facility used by many more experienced players and those who stake […]
May 1, 2013
The attempt by Pokerstars parent The Rational Group to acquire Atlantic City’s Atlantic Club Casino in New Jersey has encountered a hopefully temporary obstacle due to delays in the licensing process. The original January agreement between Rational and Atlantic Club Casino parent group Colony Capital LLC called for Rational to successfully achieve an interim casino […]
April 30, 2013
The attempt by 18 Massachusetts Representatives to attach an online poker legalisation amendment to a budget bill (see previous reports) is showing encouraging signs of progress, with the state House voting 122 – 29 on the preliminary budget containing the amendment (number 365). The amendment proposes the licensing and regulation of a maximum of three […]
April 30, 2013
Linking children to poker in a speech was always going to attract the attention of the UK media, and comments made by a top headmaster this week have certainly done just that. The point Christian Heinrich, chairman of the Boarding Schools’ Association, was trying to make in a speech to the Association’s conference in Brighton […]
April 30, 2013
Paul Leggett, former chief operating officer at Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet and a man well known in the industry following the scandals, trials and tribulations of parent company Tokwiro Enterprises and successor Blanca Games, has a new job as the man running Amaya Gaming’s online operations, which include Ongame poker network, Chartwell Technology, Cryptologic […]
April 29, 2013
Swedish software development firm Cubeia Ltd has launched Cubeia Social, a new social poker network that enables operators to create and run their own social poker site. The HTML5 poker client runs on most mobile devices and computers and is compatible with all operational systems and major browsers. It delivers a simple sign-up process, without […]
April 29, 2013
Taiwanese poker pro Terry Fan (30) bested a record 891-player field in the Pokerstars Macau Red Draghon tournament main event over the weekend, earning himself HK$1,771,000 (about $230,000.) Fan survived the crowded field to enter the final table as chip leader, facing Gie Reyes (Philippines); Fei Xie and Wesley Zhu (China); Andy Asihwardji and Ryan […]
April 29, 2013
The now almost legendary online Pot Limit Omaha nosebleed-stakes clashes between Swedish poker star Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom and Ben ‘Bttech86’ Tollerene reached another landmark level over the weekend, ending with the young Swede earning a total of almost $1.37 million in two sessions, only to lost a hefty chunk of it in the third. The […]
April 28, 2013
The Pokerstars European Poker Tour Berlin has occupied the front pages of most online poker media this week, culminating in exciting High Roller and Main Event final table action over the weekend. 28-year-old Canadian live and internet poker ace Griffin Benger took the honours in the High Roller event, claiming the main prize of Euro […]