May 16, 2012
Poker player Giancarlo Antonetti plans to entertain fans of the game with an innovative new project – telling interesting and amusing poker anecdotes through the medium of comics under the brand “Shut Up and Fold”. The first of nine illustrated stories of the world of poker and its characters is due to hit the streets […]
May 16, 2012
Microgaming’s entry into the phenomenally popular speed poker market invented by Full Tilt Poker with its Rush Poker innovation is apparently being spearheaded by the internet poker wing of Gibraltar-based online bookie Stan James plc, which plans to launch the genre soon. Branded Blaze Poker, the product will be competing with Pokerstars’ Zoom product, which […]
May 16, 2012
Earlier this week, Titan Poker announced that it was banning new Spanish player deposits, and a company spokesman has now explained why. Posting on the Poker Affiliate Solutions forum, the spokesman revealed that the decision was in preparation for the company’s application for a Spanish online gambling licence. Titan has also confirmed that it has […]
May 16, 2012
Gala Poker, part of the British Gala Coral group recently acquired by the Rank Group has departed the Ongame Poker Network and joined Playtech’s iPoker equivalent. The move strengthens Playtech’s relationship with the British company, formed when Gala’s Italian venture Eurobet.it entered the Italian market on Playtech’s dedicated Italian network. iPoker has emerged as the […]
May 15, 2012
Seattle-based IGT subsidiary Double Down Interactive has augmented its major online casino on Facebook with the launch of Texas Hold’em Poker, which joins the company’s previous poker offering, Omaha Poker. “Our launch of Texas Hold’em Poker is a huge step forward for us and the poker community on Facebook,” said Greg Enell, Double Down Interactive […]
May 14, 2012
The big winner over the weekend at Pokerstars’ Spring Championship of Online Poker was 30-year-old UK poker pro Julian “MrCoco” Gardner, who bested a final table that included serious internet aces like Phil Galfond and Jason Mercier to claim the $118,606.67 main prize in the $1,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max w/ Rebuys event. The event […]
May 13, 2012
Two weeks after going off offline following a hacker attack (see previous report), the popular twoplustwo poker forum was back in business over the weekend. Members seemed generally pleased and relieved to have the site back after it was reportedly moved to new servers and security and IT experts were called in to ensure that […]
May 13, 2012
Several online poker affiliate sites are reporting that they have been advised by Titan Poker that its brands are no longer accepting Spanish new player sign-ups. The news follows last week?s announcement that the Spanish regulator expects to start issuing licenses in June this year, when the moratorium on unlicensed sites will come to an […]
May 13, 2012
After some eighteen months of operations the poker educational website and magazine Nutblocker.com has called it a day, citing “innumerous technical difficulties.” The site was the brainchild of internet players Andreas ?Skjervoy? Torbergsen and Tom ?LearnedfromTV? Chambers, whose goal was to improve players’ knowledge of Pot Limit Omaha and Mixed Games, encouraging interaction and providing […]
May 11, 2012
Along with other internet high stakes poker pros like Gus Hansen, Sam Trickett and Andrew Robl, the audacious Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan has been hitting the felt in Macau recently, and this week pulled off a US$ 3.8 million victory against an unnamed Asian businessman. Poker Portal Asia reports that the match was part of The […]