March 8, 2013
Internet poker players who used the Overbet and Iron Duke skins on the Merge poker network were disappointed to learn this week that both have closed. Players on various message boards reported receiving notifications which advised that Overbet had been purchased by an unidentified party, but that their account balances were safe. They were urged […]
March 7, 2013
Representative Tina Davies in Pennsylvania is ready to go with her proposal to position the state among the leaders in legalised online poker in the United States, where Delaware, Nevada and New Jersey all now have legalisation laws on their books. Davies gave notice early this year that she intended to introduce an online poker […]
March 6, 2013
The Pokerstars LIVE integrated poker room launched at the newly re-vamped Hippodrome Casino this week in London with a media charity bounty tournament featuring Team PokerStars Pros and celebrities. Situated in Leicester Square in London’s West End, the new 12-table, up market poker lounge will operate around the clock with an offer of a wide […]
March 6, 2013
With the issue of the American Gaming Association’s attack on Pokerstars heating up fast (see previous reports) a number of interesting legal questions – not all of them to the advantage of AGA land casino members – could be emerging. Reuters reported Tuesday that the AGA petition opposing the acquisition of Atlantic Club by the […]
March 6, 2013
Several online poker information and forum sites are currently speculating on the reasons behind an apparently unannounced reduction in the high stakes limits on the virtual tables on Merge Poker Network skins. The changes were apparently quietly introduced during recent software updates and effect a wide range of games. Other poker operators have made similar […]
March 6, 2013
Amaya Gaming’s online poker network and software subsidiary, Ongame is making the headlines across a wide range of international poker information websites with what appears to be the soft launch of a new fast-fold poker variant branded Strobe Poker. Most of the reports note that the new offering has been discreetly introduced across the company’s […]
March 5, 2013
The American Gaming Association may have stirred up a hornet’s nest with its public confirmation Monday that it had submitted a petition against the proposed Pokerstars-Rational Group acquisition of the Atlantic Club land casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey Now it is alleged that one of the leading members of the AGA, Caesar’s Entertainment, has […]
March 5, 2013
Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan is back with a vengeance – after a slow start to the year, he has been cleaning up on the nosebleed tables at Full Tilt Poker, where he is a member of the pro team. Dwan’s cooler switched to a marked heater as February commenced, with the young pro taking on a […]
March 4, 2013
PokerStars $7 million guaranteed prize pool, in celebration of its 7th birthday, saw 49 287 players take to the virtual felt and an impressive final prize pool of $9 857 400. A trip to the final three tables yielded a five-figure payday, while sixth place paid as much as a typical Sunday Million win, confirmed […]
March 3, 2013
British Columbia amateur player Paul Klann (41) is $1,004,090 wealthier after taking down the $10,000 buy-in World Poker Tour LA Poker Classic over the weekend, besting 516 other entrants in the tournament’s main event. Among his opponents were aces like Phil Laak, triple WPT champ Calros Mortenson, 13 WSOP bracelet holder Phil Hellmuth and WSOP […]