November 26, 2006
Effective this week players on the formerly Betcorp-owned online poker site PumpPoker.com will find their accounts transferred to the Betbet.com site, where they will be able to access same through existing user names and passwords, and continue playing. The move is part of an undertaking given by Bodog earlier this year when it bought the […]
November 23, 2006
Ongame Network’s anouncment earlier this year that it would respect the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act by halting all US online poker action spawned a slew of rumours, including the assertion that sites that intended to continue serving the US customer would have to find a new home, and it was likely to be Dobrosoft. […]
November 23, 2006
The Las Vegas Sun writer Jeff Haney published an interesting article this week on the likely impact of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act on land poker activities. Haney asks whether the crackdown will chase online poker players away from their computers and into casino cardrooms, generating extra business for the brick-and-mortars? Or will the […]
November 22, 2006
Six amateur poker players have battled their way past thousands of online competitors to represent their countries at the ActionPoker.com $500 000 Poker Shoot-Out in London on December 1. The finalists, some of whom have never previously played for high stakes in a live environment, represent a sweeping trend of online poker players who are […]
November 22, 2006
Our readers reacted positively to recent bulletins providing an insight into where poker players were going for their online gambling, and many requests have been received for a Top Ten assessment based on the same Pokersitescout.com statistics. Readers should bear in mind that the following numbers present a snapshot of what’s happening online on a […]
November 22, 2006
In tune with the fast approaching festive season, the Lycos portals and search engine this week published its take on the top gift searches its facilities have handled, and judging by the results you won’t go far wrong in getting poker-related presents for your near and dear ones. The top 10 of the 50 most […]
November 21, 2006
With the release of the latest James Bond movie, featuring a new 007 in Daniel Craig, interest in the theme is red hot, and online poker provider Poker Stars has moved to capitalise on the international hype. The company is currently running daily satellites for a tournament that will see one lucky player drive off […]
November 21, 2006
Full Tilt Poker’s major Full Tilt Online Poker Series II tournament must have impacted the promotions of other sites this past weekend, but attendances were still remarkably good for the regular competitions held by the major players who still accept American business. Poker Stars‘ Sunday Million still drew one of its biggest fields with a […]
November 20, 2006
Besting a starting field of almost 2 500 other hungry poker players is no mean feat, but that’s what player *Spiked* achieved in the second Full Tilt Online Poker Series II (FTOPS) Main Event this week, defeating a field of 2449 No-Limit Hold’em players for a $224 634 first place paycheck. The competition was fierce […]
November 20, 2006
Boss Media has announced that it has initiated the development of a web-based poker product. The new gaming client is being developed in Macromedia Flash. The fact that the client will be web-based means that players will be able to log onto Boss Media’s partner-based poker network directly from the browser, without having to download […]