November 1, 2017
Online poker provider PartyPoker has confirmed that it has acted against a group on players accused of colluding in MTT tournaments by an experienced punter. The punter – nom de plume DukeofSuffolk – has also exposed the scam on the popular 2plus2 poker forum in addition to reporting the issue to the PartyPoker security team. […]
November 1, 2017
UK poker ace Chris Moorman has set a new record for PocketFive Triple Crown awards, achieving his 26th such accolade this week following a qualifying win in the $10,000 Guaranteed Monsoon on the 888Poker Network. Online Triple Crown accolades are awarded to players who are victorious in three different tournaments on three different poker networks […]
October 31, 2017
Rumours circulating for some time that Pokerstars has a significant investment in the poker news firm iBus Media, which owns Poker News, were confirmed late Monday when the company posted an explanation on its website. Emphasising that the relationship with Pokerstars is very much an arm’s length arrangement, iBusMedia revealed that things are going well […]
October 30, 2017
Partypoker has released its schedule for the 2018 partypoker MILLIONS series with events in North America, Russia, the Caribbean and Europe as well as online. The series will offer a total guaranteed prize pool of over $100,000,000 until December 2018. In 2018, all events will offer guaranteed prize pools of at least $5,000,000 – with […]
October 30, 2017
Dedicated PartyPoker TV channel will broadcast nightly on Sky Channel 468 and Freesat Channel 250. Monday October 30 is a landmark date for PartyPoker as the company’s UK television channel begins screening nightly poker shows across Sky Channel 468 and Freesat Channel 250 from 11pm. Exact content for the first screening is not yet known, […]
October 28, 2017
In a surprise announcement this week Ongame-powered AcePlay Poker, a free-play online poker room offered by the Stratosphere in Las Vegas, announced that it is to close in November without moving up to real-money status. Coming on the heels of news that New Jersey is to join Delaware and Nevada in sharing poker player pools […]
October 27, 2017
UltimateBet and Absolute Poker players left unpaid following the Black Friday debacle six years ago (see previous reports) may finally see their money following a US Department of Justice advisory earlier this week that a second round of payments totalling $3.7 million is to be made to 4,600 players through claims administrator Garden City. The […]
October 25, 2017
US poker ace Phil Ivey has lost his GBP 7.7 million case against Crockfords in a last-ditch appeal to the UK Supreme Court, closing a chapter that started back in 2012 when he was accused of edge sorting in high stakes baccarat games at the Mayfair casino in London. The Supreme Court appeal was the […]
October 24, 2017
The US$102,500 buy-in Asia Championship of Poker shot-clock super high roller tournament has concluded in Macau with German poker pro Dietrich Fast taking home the main prize of US$2.16 million after besting a stellar field of 79 that included notable names like Jason Koon, Bryn Kenney, Tim Adams, Daniel Dvoress and Steve O’Dwyer. It is […]
October 23, 2017
The Indian holiday celebrating Diwali – the triumph of light over darkness – has provided a welcome boost to online poker operators across the nation, reports the Times of India. Spartan Poker saw its usual average of around 500 concurrent players double during the holiday, with average bets tripling from Rs 100 per table to […]