Full Tilt Poker debuts revamped website

May 30, 2005

Full Tilt Poker.com has launched a newly redesigned website that is to serve as a gateway to Full Tilt Poker’s online poker software, and a hub for those looking to play, chat, and learn with the some of the biggest names in poker In addition to streamlined navigation and a wealth of new content, the […]

June launch date for TenSeatPoker.com

May 27, 2005

Online poker fans will have a new playing venue late next (June) month according to a press release from provider CYOP Systems International Inc. The company will be launching through its UK subsidiary a poker site for cash at on June 20, 2005. The site, which is currently in development will be the companys flagship […]

Chartwell acquires Micropower Poker provider

May 27, 2005

Canadian turnkey provider Chartwell Technology Inc. completed the acquisition of the successful and growing poker software developer Micropower Corporation of Gibraltar as we went to press this week, early reports suggesting that the price was $4 million. Founded two years ago, Micropower has quickly established a brand that is synonymous with multi-player poker technology. Some […]

Bluff Magazine now read by half a million players

May 23, 2005

Bluff Magazine, now arguably America’s largest poker publication despite its relatively recent arrival on the gambling scene, has signed up some of the top experts in the business as contributors to its columns. World-class poker champions Phil Gordon, Mike Mizrachi and Marcel Luske have joined the magazine’s lineup of regular contributors and poker authority Lou […]

New Poker Room joins Boss network

May 20, 2005

Latest poker room to launch using Boss poker software is Imperial Poker.com, a Kahnawake licensed site offering no limit and pot limit Texas Hold ‘Em and 7 Card stud poker in English, Greek, French, German, Spanish and Italian languages. Single table and multi-table tournaments are available, as well as tourneys where winning players are sponsored […]

Live Poker webcast from Bicycle Casino

May 20, 2005

The synergy between the game of poker and the Internet continued this week with another new initiative – webcasting of live poker from the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens California. Throughout the project cameras pick up unscripted and unedited poker action with real players and real money supported with some commentary. “Live at the Bike” […]

GWIN to enter Internet Poker business

May 20, 2005

The chairman & CEO of GWIN Inc, Wayne Root, this week signed a Letter of Intent with Live Cast Media to enter the online poker business by capitalising on the brand name Wayne Allyn Root (“WAR”). The agreement is that Live Cast Media (LCM) will create, support and operate at least two new poker Web […]

MFORMA Mobile to carry World Poker Tour action

May 19, 2005

Global distributor of mobile entertainment, MFORMA Group, Inc., is collaborating with World Poker Tour to bring the excitement and high profile of the WPT to the wireless arena, and announcement reveals this week. The idea is to create a new way to enjoy the high-stakes, high-energy brand of exciting poker revolutionised by the television series. […]

ACR Poker takes selected poker rooms to Ongame

May 17, 2005

In what poker software provider Dobrosoft describes as “…an amicable arrangement” it was revealed this week that the America’s Card Room (ACR) online poker network is changing to the Swedish Ongame poker software, taking some but not all of the poker room *skins* with it to the PokerNetwork. The changes came to light after online […]

Poker Zone on SkyTV is on the way

May 17, 2005

Encouraged by the positive legislative moves on Internet gambling in the UK, and the very high profile currently enjoyed in a global sense by the game of poker, SkyTV Channel 226 will launch Poker Zone, a new poker and casino lifestyle entertainment channel on May 18. Recent surveys show that Britain is widely perceived as […]