November 8, 2007
Online poker operator CelebPoker intends to make poker rakeback more readily available to all poker players through the launch of its new site RakebackCelebPoker.com. The new poker rakeback site, which goes live today (Thursday), will offer online poker players of all levels exclusive rakeback promotions. Rakeback is one of the greatest creations of the online […]
November 8, 2007
A New Jersey product information management company is finding online poker traffic such a hassle that it has put its domain up for sale. When online poker fans realise that the domain is Full Tilt.com, the heavy poker traffic can be understood, but for the Full Tilt Solutions firm it’s just a damned nuisance, and […]
November 8, 2007
Last week the Mansion online gambling group boosted its Grand Tournament prize pool to $300 000 but this week the firm upped the ante again with a further $200 000 injection, lifting the reward even further to a guaranteed total of $500 000 and making the tournament one of the largest online shorthanded tourneys on […]
November 8, 2007
Swedish owned and Malta licensed poker software group 24hPoker has teamed up with Nordic Casino Limited in an agreement that will result in the launch of a new online poker site, KojakPoker.com in the near future. Nordic Casino Ltd is owned by a major European media group. Signing the agreement, 24hPoker Holding AB chief executive […]
November 7, 2007
Scott Clements beat a high-powered final table to win the WPT North American Poker Championship title this week, earning Cdn$ 1 387 224 and a $25 500 seat in next year’s WPT World Championship scheduled for April, 2008. The event took place at the Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls, Ontario, where a large spectator […]
November 7, 2007
Sweden’s online poker playing community is the target for CelebPoker.com’s latest venture – a new and localised Swedish language site. Although Swedish players have been active on the site since CelebPoker acquired an EU gaming license back in June, until now they have not had the opportunity to experience a completely bespoke Swedish version of […]
November 7, 2007
Veteran online poker site and 888.com subsidiary Pacific Poker has widened its appeal with new languages and undergone a major software upgrade. The poker site now offers an interactive lobby with personalied navigation features, along with bright new 3-D player avatars. The opportunity has also been taken to add features such as tournaments with re-buys […]
November 7, 2007
The head man at World Poker Tour Enterprises, Steve Lipscomb presided over the release this week of the group’s Q3 results, which showed a dip in revenues from television ventures and online operations. Lipscomb remained bullish, however, telling reporters: “The third quarter represented continued progress for WPT Enterprises. We reached exciting new milestones including the […]
November 7, 2007
With no official progress reports yet forthcoming from either Absolute Poker or Kahnawake Gaming Commission on the promised Gaming Associates inspection, the furore caused by tournament cheating allegations continued this week. The row stems from player investigations on the 2+2 and other poker message boards that uncovered dishonest play in an online tournament by an […]
November 7, 2007
With the continued popularity of the game, one would expect a significant percentage of Internet gamblers to have tried online poker, but a recent survey of 3 822 Internet players of 18 years and over indicates that a surprisingly low 23 percent have tried poker in the last 12 months, leaving room for expansion. The […]