March 27, 2017
Party Poker’s major live tournament in Sochi, one of Russia’s legal gambling enclaves, has reached its final day (March 27) with just 16 players left, led by Roman Korenev on 21 million chips, comfortably ahead of closest rival Dmitriy Chop (16,500,000). 1,170 entrants for the live and online event paid the $1,100 buy-in to push […]
March 26, 2017
The Associated Press news agency carried an interesting report over the weekend claiming that US land casinos are reducing their poker table facilities in line with the waning popularity of the game, especially following the 2011 enforcement actions against online poker operators The report notes that on the Las Vegas Strip alone there has been […]
March 25, 2017
The Australian Senate’s rejection this week of Sen. David Leyonhjelm’s bill seeking to exempt online poker from the more restrictive Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016 (see previous reports) has not dimmed the determination of the Australian Online Poker Alliance to carry on fighting for online poker Downunder. The Alliance says it managed to motivate hundreds […]
March 24, 2017
Pokerstars has released the numbers for its just-completed inaugural PokerStars Championship Panama, claiming that the poker festival broke the record for the largest poker event held in Latin America. Hosted at the Sortis Hotel and Spa, the event attracted over 6,000 entries across 46 events and paid out more than $9.3 million in prizes. The […]
March 22, 2017
Last week the inclusion of possible online poker revenues in the New York state budget (see previous reports) raised hopes that legalisation was just a step away, but that optimism has been dampened by the news that the provision has been removed in the final budget debate. Instead, the state Assembly has delayed discussion on […]
March 21, 2017
An ongoing and much publicised Twitter feud between US professional poker players Cate Hall and Mike Dentale culminated in a live poker battle this week watched by around 20,000 poker fans using the Twitch livestream feed. The feud started when Mike Dentale was critical of Cate Hall’s poker tactics in a major live tournament and […]
March 21, 2017
US poker pro Kenneth Smaron is $293,860 wealthier today after taking down the $5,300 buy-in PokerStars Championship Panama Main Event to record the second biggest prize of his career after besting a field of 363. The six survivors at the final table made sure it was a close-run contest, with the chip lead moving several […]
March 21, 2017
High Roller ace Steve O’Dwyer has notched up another notable victory in the $10,300 buy-in PokerStars Championship Panama High Roller, taking home $240,451 after a two-way chop in the heads up with Sam Greenwood. The event attracted a field of 110, generating a prize pool of $1,067,000. O’Dwyer claimed the lion’s share for yet another […]
March 21, 2017
Baazi Networks Pvt. Ltd., has announced that it has secured a Nagaland online poker licence for its operation PokerBaazi.com – the fifth such skill game licence to be awarded by the Indian province. The licensing is authorised by the Nagaland Prohibition of Gambling and Promotion and Regulation of Games of Skill Rules, 2016 and the […]
March 17, 2017
Global Poker League parent group Mediarex Sports & Entertainment, has sealed its previously reported collaborative five-year agreement with JuzhongJoy in Beijing, which will see the Chinese firm managing GPL China’s operations, distribution and sponsorships. GPL China, was launched last December (see previous InfoPowa report) and initially comprises eight teams. Peng Zhang, chief executive officer of […]