March 20, 2012
A growing number of international poker aces are signing up for an interesting new venture that will combine interactive poker action and live betting. Branded iSeries LIVE, the Dublin-based initiative is being supported by stars of the calibre of Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth, with a planned launch date of April 5 2012. The iSeries […]
March 18, 2012
Four days of intense poker action in the Pokerstars European Poker Tour Madrid resulted in Danish player Frederik Jensen taking home the winner’s Euro 495,000 in the main event this weekend – a solid pay check despite a three way chop amongst the finalists. Jensen also claimed the winner’s $10,000 Shamballa Jewels bracelet for his […]
March 18, 2012
Pokerstars’ management must be pleased with the reportedly huge response it has received to its real money Zoom Poker beta launch. Launched Friday on a limited number of Texas Hold’em and Omaha tables, the new high speed poker facility initially offered micro-stake action in the1c/2c range, with a maximum of around 1,500 players at a […]
March 16, 2012
Alderney-licenced Relax Gaming Network Ltd’s “Fast Poker” product has been taken up by Unibet, Betsson and iGame who will launch the “Rush Poker”-type game within the next month. Full Tilt’s unfortunate fall from grace has left a gap in the market for a fast-paced poker game such as its popular Rush Poker. Other operators keen […]
March 15, 2012
Sen. Jeff Danielson’s bill SF2257 seeking to legalise online gambling in the state of Iowa appears to have ended its remarkable legislative journey, run aground on the rocks of a House committee due to a ‘general lack of interest’, according to the Republican committee chief, Kraig Paulsen. The local newspaper The Gazette reports that Paulsen […]
March 15, 2012
In what appears to be an attempt to ameliorate the collusion furore that followed its introduction of anonymous online poker tables, Bodog Poker has now advised players that they can request their own hand histories, along with the hole card details of all players in the same hand, after a 24 hour time lapse. ?The […]
March 15, 2012
Cake Poker Network skin, Power Poker, as reportedly been in contact with its American customers notifying them that their services are no longer available to U.S. residents with immediate effect. Power Poker refused acceptance of new U.S. registrations from June 1, 2011 but allowed its already registered customers to continue playing, however, according to Poker […]
March 14, 2012
The high profile CEO of W Technologies, Wayne Root, says the Nevada based online social media and gaming company plans to offer online poker if it is successful in raising capital for the project. In a statement Tuesday, Root said, “Contingent upon the successful raise of our next round of capital, WTCG anticipates launching an […]
March 14, 2012
Senator Jeff Danielson’s intrastate online poker legalisation measure SF 2275 has made it through the state Senate on a bipartisan vote of 29-20, but faces another ‘time funnel’ deadline of this Friday as it heads for the House and a further committee hearing. House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, a Republican, said after the positive Senate vote […]
March 13, 2012
The latest weekly report by the independent online poker monitor Pokerscout shows that the Merge Poker Network continues to forge ahead and is now the largest US-facing internet poker network out there. Merge is up 84 percent year-over-year, and is dominating the American field, sadly depleted with the departure of giants like Pokerstars, Full Tilt […]