October 4, 2012
IGT’s decision to curtail its online poker network activities on the former Entraction network (see previous reports) has resulted in further departures this week with the news that Cardbet.com will move to the Revolution poker network. That presumably includes the company’s four white label poker rooms, Metspoker.com, M8poker.com, Pro-factory.com and SuomiVegas.com. The company will use […]
October 4, 2012
Thursday afternoon in Cannes will see the last eight survivors from an original field of 420 registered for the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe main event gathering for what promises to be an epic final table. 24 players started the day, but after only eight hours the final table of eight had been decided. […]
October 4, 2012
Last weekend a select audience gathered at the London Film Museum for a preview of a major software upgrade planned by industry leader Pokerstars. In a fifteen minute presentation, guests were walked through some extensive changes under the working title Pokerstars 7, which will be released soon for beta testing according to sources who were […]
October 4, 2012
The Nevada Gaming Control Board has recommended that three more companies be granted intrastate online poker licenses, progressing the applications of Boyd Gaming, Golden Nugget and Fertitta Interactive to the Nevada Gaming Commission for approval. The Commission will probably consider the applications at its October 18 meeting. The Boyd Group, a respected land casino owner […]
October 4, 2012
Following what has been described as fast and furious play along with dramatic eliminations, the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event final table of eight is set. Play will kick-off on Thursday at 13:30 CET until four players remain. The last four standing will resume play at 21:45 CET until the WSOPE Main Event […]
October 3, 2012
Former Full Tilt Poker Pro Gus Hansen will pick up his ambassadorial duties where he left off on the new PokerStar’s owned Full Tilt website set for launch November 6, 2012. “I’m very excited to represent the industry’s most authentic poker brand. Full Tilt Poker has the best games, most innovative software and the strongest […]
October 3, 2012
Delivering his address to the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas Tuesday, top US gambling executive Frank Fahrenkopf Jnr held out little hope for federal legalisation of online poker this year, noting that time was running out for current initiatives planned in Congress. Fahrenkopf, as chief executive of the powerful US gambling trade body the […]
October 2, 2012
The influential Washington DC political publication The Hill reports that a push for the federal legalisation of online poker by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the US Congress’s lame-duck session this year “could run into a buzz-saw of opposition from state legislatures and governors.” Apparently concern is growing at state level that federal government […]
October 1, 2012
Cardbet.com and its four white label skins Suomi Vegas.com, Mets Poker.com, M8 Poker.com and Pro-Factory.com will migrate to the Tain platform following IGT’s notice of closure of its poker network. Cardbet will utilise Tain services that include the Tain vendor independent platform TCP, Tain Thorium fully managed Sportsbook, Tain Thorium Casino and Revolution Poker which […]
October 1, 2012
Hopes for a record turnout for the second flight of Day 1 of the main event at the World Series of Poker Europe main event faded over the weekend when only 205 players registered, leaving total entries for this year’s main event around 420…well short of the hoped for 600 (last year total entries were […]