February 4, 2018
Montreal native Eric Afriat earned his second World Poker Tour title winning the Season XVI WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open. Afriat outplayed a field of 1,244 entries for a pay check of $651,928 after defeating Justin Zaki in heads-up play. “The excitement of a second title, I think it brings me to another level,” Afriat […]
February 3, 2018
Sports betting and casino platform provider Digitain has selected EvenBet for the integration of its flagship poker product. Dmitry Starostenkov, EvenBet Gaming CEO, said: “Digitain has hugely impressed us this past year with its progressive omnichannel solution, and we’re excited to be adding a key cog to facilitate that rise.”
February 3, 2018
Social casino developer Ruby Seven Studios has partnered LED Gaming for the development of a new mobile video poker app, ‘Multi-Strike Poker’. Multi-Strike Poker, an IGT video poker fav in the casino world for over a decade, offers escalating wins up to 8x the original payouts. Multi-Strike Poker™ offers multiple variations, including Double Double Bonus […]
February 1, 2018
Microgaming’s MPN online poker network has been joined by Estonian online casino and sportsbetting operator Coolbet, owned by StayCool OÜ. Coolbet says it was impressed by Microgaming’s experience and longevity in poker, along with the strong MPN presence in the Nordic region. The network provides a comprehensive tournament schedule, a host of unique promotions and […]
January 31, 2018
French poker pro Kalidou Sow has emerged the winner of the GBP 990 buy-in PokerStars Festival London Main Event, besting a field of 852 that included respected names like Chris Moorman1 Moorman, Jake Cody, Dragos Trofimov, Michael Kane and Adrien Allain. When David Mander headed for the exit and a third place score of GBP […]
January 30, 2018
In celebration of the shared player pool with France and Spain, PokerStars has launch a new series dubbed FRESH (France Espania Hold’em). FRESH will become the richest ever PokerStars online series in France and Spain with Euro 5 million guaranteed across 50 scheduled events, including a Euro 1 million guaranteed Main Event prize pool and […]
January 29, 2018
Top US professional poker player Ben Lamb has claimed the main A$647,114 prize and an Anton Jewellery ring in the $25,000 buy-in Aussie Millions Challenge after agreeing a heads up chop with German rival Jan-Eric Schwippert, who took home A$597,765. A field of 114 entered for the event, generating a A$2,736,000 prize pool. Kitty Kuo […]
January 29, 2018
The current season of the prestigious Aussie Millions live poker festival is currently in full swing, but the organisers are clearly looking well ahead, this week publishing details on the 2019 iteration of the event. Next year’s Aussie Millions will kick off on Tuesday 15 January 2019 and will again be hosted in the Crown […]
January 27, 2018
With online poker legalisation bill S3898 making good progress through the committee stages in the New York Senate (see previous reports), attention turned this week to companion bill A5250 in the state House of Assembly. InfoPowa readers may recall that for the past two years both initiatives have been fruitless; the Senate has approved bills […]
January 26, 2018
US poker broadcaster Poker Central and operator 888poker announced the renewal of their sponsorship agreement this week for the 2018 Super High Roller Bowl, along with other marquee Poker Central events through 2019. 888poker will be the exclusive in-show sponsor in the real money online poker category. In addition to renewing the sponsorship agreement of […]