June 21, 2011
After months of political wrangling, President Bronislaw Komorowski of Poland has signed into law a decree banning some forms of gambling, including online poker. The legislation classes online poker among those game genres that are defined as “hard gambling” games, or games the legislature feels are addictive or present the possibility of cheating. However, it […]
June 21, 2011
Statistics released by the 2011 World Series of Poker show that this will probably be a bumper year for the Series despite the depredations of US enforcement authorities against online poker sites. Officials particularly called attention to last Friday, when 5,946 players took to the felt in various events, and to several events where previous […]
June 21, 2011
The UK-based 3D online poker operator PKR.com is set to soft launch its new 2D PKR Lite poker client this week in a move that could ultimately make an entry into a legalised US online poker market easier. The product opens up important new strategic B2B horizons for the company, which develops its own technology […]
June 21, 2011
It’s early days in the Californian online poker legalisation initiative, with two proposals vying for the approval of lawmakers, but it appears that Playtech plc has already achieved an inside track in the intrastate drive. One of the key groupings backing the initiative, the California Online Poker Association (COPA), announced this week that it has […]
June 20, 2011
Metal Poker.com, a Gibraltar licenced, St Minver white label online poker site went live this week. Offering music lovers of the metal genre an array of metal tracks to stream while playing poker, the site carries a professional if individual design with full player services. Cash games, tournaments, Sit & Go and multi-table tournaments including […]
June 20, 2011
Chris “Genius 28” Lee lived up to his internet nickname as an accomplished poker player Sunday at the World Series of Poker, taking down event 29: $2,500 10-Game Mix on the fourth day of a truly tough competition that saw many of the top players on the international scene busted out. The 10-Game Mix competition […]
June 19, 2011
The New York equity derivatives trader and poker ace Andy Frankenburger claimed his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet in Las Vegas on Saturday. Event 28: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em at the World Series of Poker is in the books, with Frankenburger – last year’s WPT Player of the Year – scoring his first WSOP […]
June 18, 2011
Canadian ace Mark Radoja completed the third day of World Series of Poker event 24: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout with a convincing victory over heads up opponent Jeffrey Gross in the early hours of Friday morning, claiming his first WSOP bracelet and $436,568 in prize money. The duo entered the heads up with the Canadian […]
June 18, 2011
Online gambling operator Intertops, which switched from the Microgaming Poker Network to Cake Network in May last year, has implemented a major software upgrade that incorporates advanced tools for online poker tournament players. A company spokesman claimed this week that the upgrade gives serious tournament players the tools they need to stay organised, with poker-hand […]
June 18, 2011
Risky financial tactics allegedly deployed by Full Tilt Poker to work around a US processing problem may have been short circuited with serious consequences by Black Friday’s enforcement actions, according to an absorbing article on the Subject:Poker.com news website this week. Apparently the story is well known in player circles, although it has yet to […]