September 22, 2017
The Iowa tribe of Oklahoma, working through its Isle of Man subsidiary Ioway Internet Gaming Enterprise Limited, has secured an online gambling licence from the IOM Gambling Supervision Commission, opening the door for its plans to launch an international online poker enterprise. The licence comes a little less than two years after the tribe first […]
September 21, 2017
After barely more than a year in operation Pokerstars has decided to discontinue its Beat The Clock product, citing “the need to cater to evolving player tastes.” In a public statement the online poker provider revealed: “We will be making some changes to the client which will involve the removal of Beat The Clock. PokerStars […]
September 21, 2017
German poker pro Steffen Sontheimer, who has been extraordinarily successful this year, has emerged as the overall champion in the inaugural Poker Masters competition at the Aria. Sontheimer took down the $100,000 buy-in NHLE event, the last competition in a series of five that decided the ultimate winner, and claimed the main prize of $1,512,000. […]
September 21, 2017
German poker players – especially the professionals – are widely respected for their skills and have enjoyed success across the globe in high profile competitions, so it is perhaps no surprise that online poker operator 888Poker is becoming increasingly involved in the German market. The operator’s latest move is a sponsorship of a long-running local […]
September 18, 2017
The fourth event in the inaugural Poker Masters series concluded over the weekend, with US pro Brandon Adams emerging the winner of the $819,000 main prize after a tough heads up against Doug Polk, whose second placing was worth $468,000. InfoPowa readers will recall that the Poker Masters format is based on four $50,000 buy-in […]
September 17, 2017
Since the middle of last week the inaugural Poker Masters high roller poker series has been generating big-money prizes and plenty of excitement at the Aria in Las Vegas. The competition consists of four $50,000 buy-in tournaments, culminating in a $100,000 buy-in NLHE freeze-out finale scheduled for September 18-20, 2017 which will see the ultimate […]
September 17, 2017
A legal insider within the Chilean government structure, Joaquin Morales, told a regional television show host last week that the government is considering how best to deal with the current “grey area” status of the game within national laws. Morales said that the investigative project was still in its early stages, with a task force […]
September 14, 2017
Our readers may recall that late last year the Bovada online poker provider appeared to exit the unregulated US market, handing off its business to the Ignition online casino (where the client bore an uncanny resemblance to the Bovada product) at the end of September 2016. Fast forward almost a year, and it appears that […]
September 14, 2017
Sen. David Leyonhjelm, one of the few Australian politicians to have consistently defended online gambling in general and online poker in particular, announced a new development in the federal government’s approach Wednesday, claiming that Communications Minister Mitch Fifield is considering making it possible to licence online poker operators, thus exempting them from the current bans […]
September 11, 2017
PartyPoker is making its presence felt with big money tournaments, a new sponsorship in Ireland and a partnership with Chicago player/podcaster/author/streamer/TV presenter Joey Ingram. Working through its PartyPoker LIVE subsidiary, the company has agreed to become a primary sponsor for the 2018 edition of Ireland’s longest running poker tournament, the Irish Open. The tournament will […]