February 28, 2017
US poker pro Darren Elias has joined the exclusive company of players who have won three or more World Poker Tour titles, becoming the fifth member of a group that includes Chino Rheem, Anthony Zinno, Carlos Mortensen and Gus Hansen. He clinched his third title at the Cdn$ 5,000 buy-in WPT Fallsview main event in […]
February 28, 2017
The publication High Stakes Database reports that high-profile, high stakes poker players playboy Dan Bilzerian and hedge fund manager Bill Perkins were banned last weekend by online poker site Americas Cardroom for “blatant” multi-accounting whilst live streaming via Twitch. The HSDB report notes: “The blatant multi-accounting first came to light last month after Bilzerian streamed […]
February 27, 2017
Pokerstars has apparently reiterated its intention to depart the Australian online poker market as a consequence of federal government moves to amend the Interactive Gambling Act (2001) in order to eject unlicensed online casino and sportsbook operators; a move that by implication would effectively ban all online gambling services, including poker. The Australian publication WGM8 […]
February 26, 2017
Optimism on the prospect of online poker legalisation in New York surged over the weekend following a television interview in which key Assembly lawmaker Gary Pretlow spoke encouragingly about the possibilities and revealed that he had filed a legalisation bill, supplementing that filed in the Senate earlier this year by Sen. John Bonacic (see previous […]
February 25, 2017
Laurence Excalente, CEO of Global Poker and its parent VGW Holdings in Australia, is confident that he has found a way around the restrictive US gambling laws on real-money online poker…and that could be put to the test Sunday, when Global’s Daytona $500×10 Freeroll Frenzy kicks off. “We’re proud to offer a widely accessible poker […]
February 24, 2017
Absolute Poker players left unpaid when the online poker operator crashed amid federal enforcement actions and allegations of cheating back in 2011 (see previous reports) will long remember the name Scott Tom (37) and his elusive behaviour during the crisis which engulfed the company he founded. On Thursday the wounds inflicted by the Absolute Poker […]
February 24, 2017
The formidable online high stakes poker pro Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom met his eSports pro nemesis in an innovative match against an eSports gaming pro this week at Unibet’s by-invitation-only eSports Battle Royale IV. Counter-Strike pro Craig “Onscreen” Shannon was the man who took Blom down in seventh place to collect a GBP 1,000 bounty on […]
February 23, 2017
NYX Gaming Group has expanded its relationship with PokerStars with the launch of NYX games on the internet poker giant’s Danish domain PokerStars.dk. A range of games from NYX is now available to Danish online punters using the website, including NextGen Gaming titles Foxin’ Wins, Merlin’s Millions Superbet and Irish Eyes 2. David Johnson, commercial […]
February 22, 2017
PokerStars London Series will debut at PokerStars Live at The Hippodrome Casino London in London’s West End, from 2-5 March 2017. The GBP 275 PokerStars London Series will feature a GBP 40,000 guarantee, 25,000 starting stack and four starting flights, including a new Saturday Night Turbo flight. “While being committed to growing the game globally, […]
February 22, 2017
PokerStars is giving poker fans another opportunity to experience Latin America’s thriving poker scene next (March) month with the PokerStars sponsored Brazil Series of Poker (BSOP) São Paulo that runs March 23-28. Players who have already qualified for PokerStars Championship Panama, which takes place from March 10-20 in Panama City, can use this as an […]