January 10, 2018
PartyPoker has joined the growing list of online poker providers showing increased interest in the Latin American market, announcing this week that it has scheduled a live tour stop in the region. The poker provider is investing $2 million in prize pool guarantees at its Latin American Poker Championships (LAPC) which will take place Feb. […]
January 9, 2018
New Jersey licensed online casino operator Golden Nugget has expanded its live dealer business relationship with provider Ezugi through the introduction of a new live dealer poker facility. The extension complements live dealer action at Golden Nugget that already includes Blackjack, American Roulette and Dragon Bonus Baccarat table games….all available through desktop and mobile devices. […]
January 9, 2018
Top international poker professional Jason Mercier has announced that he is to sever his commercial connection with PokerStars in order to spend more time at home with his wife and a child born last October. “My life was changed forever that day, and for the better,” Mercier said in his announcement. “Becoming a parent brings […]
January 6, 2018
Online poker observers report from New York that lawmakers are already gearing up to take another run at legalising online poker after two prior years of failure. InfoPowa readers will recall that last year bills sponsored by Rep. Gary Pretlow and Sen. John Bonacic came close but did not ultimately succeed; in the Senate Bonacic’s […]
January 6, 2018
With the high stakes online poker leader board books now closed for 2017, the publication Poker News has published the top scorer, a player using the handle Berri Sweet who amassed earnings of $1,769,395 at the PokerStars high-stakes cash tables, upstaging the 2016 top earner Alexander Kostritsyn’s $1,466,568. 2015’s winner on $3,497,527, the legendary Viktor […]
January 4, 2018
In what is believed to be the first poker tourney television broadcast in India, season 2 of the Poker Sports League will be presented following the award of exclusive media rights to DSport, a subsidiary of Discovery Communications. A statement by the PSL this week said that the choice of broadcast partner was made after […]
January 4, 2018
Desktop and mobile online poker fans in Italy have a new venue following Wednesday’s launch of 888Poker in the country, joining other 888 casino and sports betting operations already live in the country. The 888Poker launch is supported by an extensive online, print and television marketing and promotional campaign centred around the call to action […]
January 3, 2018
Microgaming’s online poker network MTN has signed its fourth operator – Poker Yaar – on the growing Indian Poker Network. Owned by Club Empire Tech Private Limited, Poker Yaar is available through download, instant play and mobile, with Omaha, Hold’em and Five-Card poker variants, alongside MPN’s Fish Party, the industry’s only progressive jackpot SNGs. The […]
January 3, 2018
Arrangements by four European nations to permit online poker operators to share player liquidity came a step closer as December ended when Spanish regulator Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) authorised the practice, complying with its July 2017 agreement with France, Italy and Portugal. In doing so, Spain’s regulator joins its equivalent in France, […]
January 3, 2018
Online poker provider Unibet in the Kindred Group has revealed that it has withdrawn two high-stakes games that were introduced in March 2017, citing a need to protect the site ecology. The two games are No Limit 800 and Pot Limit 800, and Unibet head of poker Dave Pomroy has explained that the removal of […]