February 15, 2018
Stan James online poker players face the prospect of change this month as brand owner Unibet in the Kindred Group moves to take the site from the MPN network to its own 12 brand-strong pool. InfoPowa readers wll recall that Unibet acquired the Stan James online poker operation two years back and has continued to […]
February 14, 2018
UK poker pro and mainly cash games player Chi Zhang (22) scored the biggest reward in his career so far this week when he collected the Euro 800,000 main prize in the Euro 50,000 buy-in PartyPoker Live Millions Germany competition after besting a field of 47 entries that generated a prize pool of Euro 2,232,500. […]
February 14, 2018
A forum representative for PartyPoker has revealed that the online poker provider plans to compete with PokerStars in the rapidly developing European shared player pool project and is gearing up with that goal in mind. InfoPowa readers will recall that France, Italy, Spain and Portugal regulators have committed to the project, although thus far only […]
February 13, 2018
Belarusian poker pro Mikita Badziakouski emerged victorious in the HK$80,000 High Roller event of the 28th PokerStars Macau Poker Cup (MPC28) tournament for a pay day of HK$2,324,000 and a US$30k Platinum Pass. Badziakouski outplayed 123 other entrants in it for a shot at the HK$9,235,520 prize pool ultimately defeating Spaniard Raul Martinez in heads-up […]
February 13, 2018
British high roller Stephen Chidwick has dominated the inaugural U.S. Poker Open making five final tables of the eight events and being crowned US Poker Open Champion as the player with the highest cashes in the series despite the $50,000 Main Event still left to play out. Chidwick cashed $1,256,600 million having won two events and cashing on five.
February 12, 2018
World Poker Tour’s (WPT) WPT500 event will play out in London on March 23 to April 2, 2018 following a partnership agreement with 888poker and Aspers Westfield Stratford City. Adam Pliska, CEO of the World Poker Tour, said: “Home to an extremely dedicated community of enthusiasts and some of the world’s greatest poker players, the incredible city of London is a […]
February 12, 2018
Poker pro Patrik Antonius took down the partypoker MILLIONS Germany €25,000 Super High Roller at King’s Casino in Rozvadov, outlasting 50 other entries – of which 14 were reentries. Antonius defeated party poker ambassador Joao Simao in heads-up play to win the first trophy of the partypoker Millions festival and a first prize of Euro […]
February 9, 2018
Online gambling operator Winamax has been approved by the French gambling regulator ARJEL to participate in online poker shared liquidity pools, currently with Portugal and Spain. Winamax became the second licensee to receive the approval following closely in PokerStars’ footsteps (see previous InfoPowa report).
February 7, 2018
The Poker Player’s Alliance has announced changes to its leadership – the most notable being John Pappas who will step down at the end of February following a decade-long tenure as executive director. Pappas will remain on the board of directors operating in a strategic advisory capacity while vice president, Rich Muny, will take on the day-to-day responsibilities in his […]