April 20, 2017
Online gambling software developer Evenbet has announced that it has agreed to provide poker software for inclusion on the GamblingTec platform. Operating as a platform-as-a-service provider, GamblingTec supports online gaming start-ups by providing its own platform and games integration, along with direct investment into selected new ventures. The company’s platform includes other gaming services such […]
April 20, 2017
PokerStars’ popular new live poker series Megastack is to be made available in Ireland, Belgium and France after a successful debut in the UK, the company announced Thursday. The new live tournament series, which launched in the UK in The Hippodrome Casino London in April, attracting over 520 entries (see previous InfoPowa report), will now […]
April 20, 2017
One of the World Series of Poker main event final tablers last year, Czech pro Vojtech Ruzicka has claimed the honours and a GBP 284,210 first prize in the GBP 10,300 buy-in Dusk Til Dawn High Roller in Nottingham, England. 110 entries were recorded for the contest, which culminated in an epic heads up in […]
April 20, 2017
The popular Pokerstars Spin & Go format now accommodates Omaha games with the launch of Spin & Go Omaha, the company announced Wednesday. “Omaha is a highly enjoyable poker variant and was quite high up on our players’ request list to deliver it as a Spin & Go,” said Severin Rasset, Director of Poker Operations […]
April 19, 2017
Pete Yanhan Chen has won the first WPT Season XVI main event title in Beijing where the tournament played out for the first time. Despite an aggressive, experienced style of play, Chen attributes his win to luck. Heads up play with Chen Ke was described as a David vs. Goliath battle of the Chen’s with […]
April 17, 2017
A successor to the Carnegie Mellon University’s Libratus artificial intelligence poker-playing program, dubbed Lengpudashi has continued to prove the ascendency of AI in a fresh competition in China. Lengpudashi, which translates from Chinese as “cold Poker Master”, took on a six man team titled Team Dragon led by experienced Chinese player and venture capitalist Alan […]
April 15, 2017
In a first of its kind agreement for Europe, World Poker Tour and Pokerstars are partnering up to present super-tournaments with a total investment in guaranteed prize pools of Euro 32.5 million. Announcing the deal, WPT chief executive Adam Pliska revealed that the schedule starts with the PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino between April […]
April 14, 2017
After three years in operation international poker ace Phil Ivey’s poker training site Ivey League appears to be winding down. Several online publications were quick to note this week that an advisory post titled ‘Ivey League, the end of the road’ from the Wizard on the site’s forum informed users that effective May 1 no […]
April 14, 2017
It is anticipated that the second Pokerstars Freeroll tournament scheduled for this Sunday (April 16) will again attract thousands of players. Hosted this time around by Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier on PokerStars.fr, the competition prizes include a PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo Main Event package; a PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo National package; and Euro 100 satellite tickets. […]
April 13, 2017
News earlier this week that the European Commission has approved the technical framework enabling Portugal to move forward on shared online poker player pool projects with France, Italy, Spain and the U.K. (see previous reports) has been followed by developments in Italy. AssoPoker reports that the chief of the Italian regulator’s online gambling wing, Daria […]