November 30, 2017
The publication Poker Industry Pro posted an interesting article this week that gives another perspective to claims that the online poker sector is languishing. The article examined third quarter results from five major providers, with almost all showing year-on-year improvements that indicate full year forecasts will be met or exceeded. The five providers surveyed were […]
November 29, 2017
The online poker information site Legal US Poker Sites published an interesting article on Delaware’s struggling online poker market this week, pointing to comparative year-to-date figures going back to 2014. The numbers show a definite first to third quarter YTD decline: 2014 YTD online poker total through first three quarters: $506,915 2015 YTD online poker […]
November 27, 2017
23-year-old Spanish poker ace Adrian Mateos was at it again over the weekend, this time taking down PartyPoker’s $5,300 buy-in 2017 Caribbean Poker Party Millions competition to claim the $250,000 main prize in his seventeenth final table appearance this year. The win brings the young Spanish pro’s live tourney career earnings to just short of […]
November 22, 2017
Canny investor and global boxing legend Floyd Mayweather surfaced this week as the front man for a social poker product from the Israeli studios of Playtrex, marketed by Hero Digital titled Wild Poker. The game has actually been knocking around for a year, but the involvement of Mayweather will no doubt revitalise in-game sales on […]
November 21, 2017
Samir Patel, a club owner in the Indian state of Gujarat who petitioned the local High Court for a ‘no objection certificate’ or a licence to operate a poker room on grounds that poker and rummy are games predominantly of skill and not chance, and aer therefore not gambling, has been rebuffed by the court. […]
November 20, 2017
CoinPoker, the new cyber currency online poker enterprise in which a number of well-known poker names including Tony Guoga are invested, has reported significant interest in its ICO pre-sale of tokens. The pre-sale started November 16 and in just four days 80 percent of the 100,000,000 CHP tokens made available were sold, prompting the organisers […]
November 18, 2017
Local player Maxine Heroux is Cdn$ 403,570 (including the $15,000 free seat at the uipcoming Tournament of Champions) wealthier this weekend after taking down the World Poker Tour Montreal competition at Playground Poker. The Cdn$ 2 million guaranteed, Cdn$ 3,850 re-entry event attracted a field of 606, including notable names like David Peters, Eric Afriat, […]
November 17, 2017
Online poker operator PartyPoker has announced the removal of its “inactivity” fee imposed a decade ago. The small admin fee was a monthly charge and was deducted from any accounts that were inactive for more than six months, and is refunded for any players who reactivate their accounts either by making a deposit, making a […]
November 16, 2017
Moving temporarily away from its usual recreational player focus, online poker provider PokerStars has announced a new high-stakes online tournament series designed to appeal to high rollers. The tournament will begin November 26 and run through December 4 with 22 high buy-in events covered by a total of $11.4 million in guaranteed prize pools. Buy-ins […]
November 15, 2017
The inaugural World Poker Tour Deep Stacks India main event has reached a successful conclusion at the Deltin Royale Casino in Goa, with Vikash Mantri claiming the victor’s spoils of $92,540 after besting a competitive field of 526 other players. After powering through the field Mantri started final table action holding the chip lead and […]