September 22, 2012
John Pappas, the executive director of the Poker Players Alliance, has reservations about the draft copy of the Reid-Kyl online poker legalisation bill (see previous reports) but has apparently experienced some problems in getting essential details. Pappas revealed this week that the vagueness of the language in the bill was a concern, but that he […]
September 22, 2012
Rumours earlier this week that Cake Poker’s US players were to be moved to the company’s sister poker room Juicy Stakes Poker have been confirmed by the company. Although full details of the move, and the reasons, are not yet available it is understood that the switch will take place on September 27th and will […]
September 22, 2012
Pokerstars has wasted no time in reorganising Full Tilt Poker’s IT set-up following its acquisition deal with the US Department of Justice The local Isle of Man Manx television station aired a report showing the arrival on the island this week of a cargo aircraft carrying Full Tilt Poker’s servers from Guernsey in the Channel […]
September 22, 2012
Expect more fallout from the series of Poker News video interviews with former Full Tilt Poker president and part owner Howard Lederer Within hours of the last episode airing, vociferous poker ace Daniel Negreanu was tweeting and giving his views to online poker information sites, John Juanda was tweeting his disagreement with Lederer’s accusations and […]
September 21, 2012
For the first time in three seasons, the Pokerstars UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) is set to host a stop in cyberspace. The inaugural UKIPT online tournament is scheduled to kick off from 14-15 October on PokerStars.com. The UKIPT Online tournament features the same GBP 700 buy-in as live tour stops – albeit with […]
September 21, 2012
The final episode of the seven part video interview ‘The Lederer Files’ is now up at Poker News.com, with one of Full Tilt Poker’s owners, Howard Lederer explaining the company’s much-criticised silence during the 15 months leading up to a final resolution, and an apology to the poker community. Securing a rescue deal for the […]
September 21, 2012
French poker pro Yorane Kerignard is Euro 120,000 wealthier this week after taking down the World Poker Tour Malta tournament for his third largest career win yet, taking him into million-Euro territory. In addition to an impressive winner’s check, the Frenchman received a seat at the WPT World Championship worth $25,500. Kerignard bested an entry […]
September 21, 2012
Howard Lederer will have made few friends, and possibly more enemies, with his continuing series of video interviews with Poker News on the rise and fall of Full Tilt Poker this week. In the latest three episodes to be aired on the Poker News.com website the former FTP director and key figure in the company […]
September 21, 2012
Red Star Poker, and online poker room on the Revolution Gaming Network, informed affiliate marketers this week that it is no longer accepting new US player sign-ups, although exisiting American players will be allowed to continue. The operator did not give a reason for its change of policy on new players. Other Revolution (formerly Cake […]
September 21, 2012
The World Poker Tour has announced a new National Series event to be held in China at the end of 2012. The event which will take place at the MGM Grand Sanya Resort from 14 – 17 December, in conjunction with the tour’s China partner Beijing Ourgame Ltd, represents the first time the WPT has […]