February 2, 2017
Senator John J. Bonacic has again thrown his hat into the ring with the introduction of an online gambling bill to the New York Senate’s Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee, a committee Bonacic chairs. In summary, S3898 allows certain interactive poker games be considered games of skill rather than games of luck; includes definitions, authorization, […]
February 1, 2017
In a press statement Tuesday the New York-based online poker tournament operator Cafrino advised top management changes. Haig Kayserian was named chairman and Joseph Conner director of poker operations at the site, which has been operational since 2011 and claims significant growth to a registered player base of 60,000, with over 10 percent identified as […]
February 1, 2017
The final numbers on the epic “Brains Vs. Artificial Intelligence: Upping the Ante” 20-day poker contest between four human players and AI computer program Libratus are now in, confirming that the computer convincingly bested its human rivals, taking over $1.766 million from them over 120,000 hands. Once the last of the 120,000 hands of Heads-up, […]
January 31, 2017
New York state Senator John Bonacic has made good on his pledge to start 2017 with a renewed attempt to legalise online poker, filing Senate Bill S-3898 this week in the Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee, which he chairs. Observers have noted that the bill is very similar to last year’s S-5302 authored by […]
January 31, 2017
The Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, Ralph Northam, had to use his casting vote in the Senate this week to break a tie on state Senator Louise Lucas’ SB1400, a bill that seeks to decriminalise poker tournaments as games of skill and take them out of the definition of gambling. Senators voted 19 for and against […]
January 31, 2017
The 2017 PokerStars Turbo Championship of Online Poker has again generated six-figure prizes for online victories in its slew of events, with the latest including top earner Maxwell ‘maxv2’ Ludwig, who plays from Costa Rica. Ludwig bested a field of 3,582 to win the TCOOP Main Event and claim the top prize of $489,075.72, by […]
January 31, 2017
The 20-day competition between the University of Carnegie Mellon’s latest poker-playing computer program, Libratus, and poker pros Dong Kim, Jason Les, Jimmy Chou and Daniel McCauley has ended in a resounding victory for the computer, which completed the 120,000 hands with a more than $1.5 million chip lead over the humans. In a Pittsburgh land […]
January 31, 2017
The bill seeking amendments to Australia’s Interactive Gambling Act 2001, which would see the implementation of stricter regulatory conditions on offshore operators, is expected to be voted on during Parliament’s next session and it has local poker players concerned, various Australian media outlets are reporting today (Tuesday). In an interview with News.com.au, Joseph Del Duca, […]
January 30, 2017
Gaussian Networks’ successful online poker operator Adda52.com has announced the achievement last month of recording its one millionth player registration, confirming its boast that it is the largest operator in the Indian market. Founded in 2011, Adda52 has turned a mix of diverse poker variants, tournaments and promotions, along with aggressive marketing into a profitable […]
January 30, 2017
The Aussie Millions A$10,600 buy-in main event in Melbourne ended in the early hours of Monday morning with what is probably the most astonishing victory yet…33-year-old local amateur cash game player Shurane Vijayaram managed to best a field of 725 that included some of the world’s top online and live professional poker aces to score […]