March 28, 2013
The in-house creative studio at Pokerstars has developed a new advert for Spanish television that leverages the big brand name of international tennis star and sometime poker player Rafa Nadal. The production features Nadal competing online via iPad and from his bathtub, playing Lucia Arroyo, an ordinary grinder playing from what appears to be a […]
March 28, 2013
Gutshot Poker, an online poker company that has seen more than its fair share of trials and tribulations on the Merge Poker Network, (see previous reports) has a new owner following its acquisition by the Betsnetwork Group. The change of ownership has been accompanied by a switch to the US-facing Revolution Poker Network, which has […]
March 28, 2013
Two more operators served notice to players that they were on the way out this week. Fortune Poker, an enterprise operated by Malta-based Casidio Limited on GTech’s International Poker Network informed players that it will close on April 1st. The notification reads: “Over the past 9 years, we have been very grateful to service you […]
March 28, 2013
PartyPoker has announced the dates for its 2013 edition of the popular Party Poker Pokerfest, which will take place April 21 to May 5 and this year will feature 64 mostly Hold’Em events with guaranteed prize pools. The third outing for Pokerfest offers buy-ins that will meet a wide range of player budgets, from just […]
March 28, 2013
Poker player Curtis Woodward and his associates are now ready to launch their attack on tough Washington state anti-online gambling laws following the return of their initial proposal from the official Code Reviser. Two voter proposals were submitted to the Code Reviser, seeking language approval for measures designed to either overthrow anti-online poker laws and […]
March 28, 2013
French operator Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) was named an official sponsor of L’European Football Poker Tour (EFPT) earlier this week. PMU Poker will sponsor the inaugural EFPT, a tournament supported by poker, football and horseracing personalities whose main objective is to raise money for charities. The tournament which will be held in Paris at l’Aviation […]
March 27, 2013
The Poker Players Alliance action group weighed in on the New Jersey debate surrounding the prospect of a Pokerstars takeover of the ailing Atlantic Club land casino this week by publishing the results of a survey conducted among its members. The publication New Jersey Online reports that the survey showed strong support for the move […]
March 27, 2013
It’s been awhile since international poker ace Phil Hellmuth made one of his spectacular fancy dress entrances at a major tournament, but he remedied that this week at the second entry day for the WPT Venice Grand Prix. Unfortunately, it was followed by elimination on the same day for the high profile grand-stander. Hellmuth travelled […]
March 26, 2013
Pokerstars player ‘Ges26’, from Belarus, was crowned the MicroMillions 4 main event champion in the early hours of Monday morning, as the latest MicroMillions festival broke several of its own records in terms of number of entries, as well as hitting a new prize money high for the series. The $22 buy-in main event pulled […]
March 26, 2013
The quaintly titled Seals With Clubs online poker site was down for two full days this week following a vicious Distributed Denial of Services attack from unknown sources. Management at the Bitcoin-using, US-friendly site, which hosts around 400 players in peak hour playing periods, assured customers that no accounts were compromised. The site’s professional player, […]