April 23, 2011
21-year-old Jens Kyllonen, a respected poker pro from Helsinki in Finland, tore up the virtual nosebleed tables on Full Tilt Poker this week, crushing a series of top players to take home an impressive $861 000 in a single session of 1 134 hands. Playing $300/$600 PLO Six-Max, Kyllonen took on a series of formidable […]
April 21, 2011
Wednesday’s US Department of Justice announcement that it is allowing Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker to use their seized domains to organise the repatriation of US funds deposited with them has added yet more controversy and confusion to an already sensitive environment. Industry observers, the media and players alike are currently debating issues such as […]
April 21, 2011
The proposal to legalise online poker in the state of Iowa, which was stripped out of more general gambling legislation earlier this month (see previous reports) has made some progress in the state Senate. Some legislators lacked sufficient knowledge to pass the bill in the Ways and Means Committee, resulting in it being separated from […]
April 21, 2011
In yet another turn to the prosecution of online poker executives by the US Department of Justice, a temporary ?use of domains? agreement has been signed between DoJ officials and Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker. The .com domains of the two companies were seized Friday when Justice officials unsealed indictments for a range of offences […]
April 21, 2011
One of the online poker companies named in federal indictments unsealed in Manhattan last Friday, UB.com, has advised US players that it can no longer accept their real money action. The advisory was contained in a pop-up on the company website Wednesday morning. The operator is licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission, which earlier this […]
April 21, 2011
The Microgaming Poker Network (MPN) has made a number of changes to its Easter Festival Headline Guarantee, Bad Beat Jackpot and New Player Freeroll and Turbo Tournaments, boosting the guaranteed prize pools. The headline Guarantee Tournament for the Easter Festival has been increased from Euro 500,000 to Euro 750,000, claiming that this will make the […]
April 20, 2011
Television network ESPN, which earlier this week nixed several major online poker shows from its schedule following the federal indictments associated with Pokerstars, Full Tilt and UB.com, is more selective when it comes to the biggest poker event of them all, it appears. ESPN executive Andrew Feldman used Twitter to advise all and sundry on […]
April 19, 2011
The Department of Justice actions on Friday against major online poker companies that include Full Tilt Poker dampened the action on the nosebleed tables on the company’s website over the weekend, but Gus “The Great Dane” Hansen made record profits despite this. Taking on top players like Patrik Antonius, Gavin Cochrane and the enigmatic NoPasaran […]
April 18, 2011
Massive coverage continued over the weekend of the US Department of Justice actions against executives associated with Pokerstars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker and UB.com (see previous bulletins), with reports in the Los Angeles Times and the Financial Times that Interpol may be called upon to assist in pursuing defendants residing outside the USA. On […]
April 17, 2011
John Pappas, the executive director of the 1 million-strong Poker Players Alliance, has characterised Friday’s federal actions against online poker sites and their owners as a ‘declaration of war on poker players and poker players’ freedoms.” His comments are contained in a tough-talking statement issued Saturday which claims: ?Millions of Americans across the country today […]