August 30, 2017
PokerStars players who reach the final table in certain World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) events will be among the first to receive videos that celebrate their tournament winning moments thanks to innovative software that generates personalised videos when a player runs deep in a No Limit Hold’em tournament. Launched by PokerStars, the automated videos […]
August 29, 2017
Flopomania, a new fast-paced online poker variant introduced recently by 888Poker (see previous InfoPowa report) has reportedly been well received by players on its debut weekend, living up to its promise of fast, exciting action. 888Poker reports indicate that the innovative game attracted 11 percent more players compared to regular Sunday traffic and completely outperformed […]
August 28, 2017
Swedish warehouse worker Sebastian Sorensson, an amateur player who won a Euro 215 online satellite to enter only his second live poker tournament, has emerged victorious from the Euro 5,300 buy-in 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona main event, besting an entry field of of 1,682 that generated a more than $7 million prize pool. The NLHE […]
August 24, 2017
14-WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth showed his professional resilience and skills Wednesday night when he came from $194,000 behind to best Daniel “Jungleman” Cates and claim the main prize and the King of the Hill winner’s belt in the $50,000 buy-in inaugural Poker Night in America event. A large global audience watched the live-streamed bracket-style […]
August 24, 2017
Less than a year after migrating its players to the Ignition online poker operator, Bovada has announced the re-opening of its online poker enterprise in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and the United States of America. The move took most online poker observers by surprise, bearing in mind that it was just […]
August 24, 2017
Microgaming and MPN have welcomed Indian online poker operator Mercury Poker to the dedicated Indian Poker Network, which operates exclusively in rupees and was established in 2015. Set up by a group of poker enthusiasts, Mercury Poker has been designed to tick all the boxes for poker players, including taking on board player suggestions and […]
August 23, 2017
Online poker operator Pokerstars, which has for weeks warned that changes to Australian law will compel it to withdraw from real-money operations, has set a firm date of September 11 2017 for its exit. In a communication to players, the company advised: “The Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill (2016), which was passed earlier this month and […]
August 22, 2017
PartyPoker is the latest online operator to announce its withdrawal from Australia following those of 888 Holdings, PokerStars and 32Red. Tom Waters, managing director of PartyPoker in a press statement said the company will stop operating on August 31, marking the occasion as a regretful decision given Australia’s “strong poker market”. “We will continue to […]
August 22, 2017
Russian poker pro Igor Kurganov faced some of the best players in the world on the final table of the PokerStars Championship Barcelona Euro 50,000 buy-in Super High Roller this week – every one of them intent on winning the biggest slice of a massive prize pool from which just 11 players would cash. Competing […]
August 20, 2017
Garden City Group, the third party payments agency contracted by the US Ministry of Justice to distribute recovered funds from Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker following their discontinuation in April 2011’s “Black Friday” DoJ actions has announced the release of $33.5 million in funds to make Absolute Poker players whole again. It is understood […]