February 21, 2013
Some marketing affiliates were reporting this week that they have received notification from Bwin.Party staffers that all new player sign-ups for subsidiary World Poker Tour will be halted from March 1st, although the brand will continue to service existing players, albeit with Party Poker promotions. Apparently affiliate deals already in place will not be impacted […]
February 21, 2013
The outgoing AGA chief, Frank Fahrenkopf, hinted twice this week that a new federal attempt to legalise online poker may be in the works and introduced in the near future. Speaking on the Ralston Reports television show Tuesday, Fahrenkopf stayed with the now well-known AGA hymn sheet that a federal solution was better than state-by-state […]
February 20, 2013
This week saw several poker forums carrying a plea from a television reality show casting director who is looking for proud poker-playing homeowners to feature in a new series branded “Four Houses”. Casting director Russell Brand wants Las Vegas area home owners for his program, and describes it thus: “My name is Russell Berman and […]
February 20, 2013
Pokerroom.com, along with its feisty online poker forum Pokah, has closed its virtual doors and departed the Ongame network. Sadly, the latest closure of the popular site comes only a year after it was relaunched from a previous shutdown. Current owners Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment have assured players that their funds are totally secured, and urged […]
February 20, 2013
Former Full Tilt Poker director Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson has joined Rafe Furst and Howard Lederer in settling with the Department of Justice to escape the likely more serious consequences of his Black Friday indictment. The news broke Tuesday in tweets from Ferguson’s lawyer, Ian J. Imrich, who directed readers to: http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/stipulation-and-order-of-settlement-in-81592/ for details of the […]
February 19, 2013
The independent online poker monitoring website Pokerscout reports that poker traffic declined further last week, impacting almost all operators. Traffic decreased by 4.4 percent, with decliners outnumbering gainers 9 to 1 among the top websites, and little change in the popularity rankings. “Overall, the market is down 10 percent from this time last year, despite […]
February 19, 2013
In yet another indicator that all is not going well with the proposed series of top level live and online poker tournaments at top sports stadiums around the world, the International Stadiums Poker Tour has revealed that it is switching venues, and the inaugural event will not be taking place in Wembley Stadium…in fact now […]
February 18, 2013
Brit poker pro Marcus Bebb-Jones (49), who was due to go on trial in April this year, has now struck a deal with prosecutors in the United States, the Express and Star newspaper reports. Brit poker pro Marcus Bebb-Jones (49), who was due to go on trial in April this year (see previous reports), has […]
February 18, 2013
The MPN (formerly known as the Microgaming Poker Network) Bad Beat Jackpot stands at its highest value and is reportedly the second largest in online poker history at over Euro 793 000 which equates to a minimum payday of Euro 262 500 to the player whose hand is cracked. Additionally, from March 19, the Bad […]
February 18, 2013
Britain’s Dusk Till Dawn poker club will move its online operation to the iPoker Network as a result of a three-year agreement signed with Genting Alderney. Britain’s Dusk Till Dawn poker club will move its online operation to the iPoker Network as a result of a three-year agreement signed with Genting Alderney. Under the terms […]