December 20, 2016
Two more companies have been awarded online poker licenses by the Indian province of Nagaland under its new skill games regulatory regime established through the Nagaland Prohibition of Gambling & Promotion and Regulation of Online Games of Skill Act 2016. Indian online poker companies Quantumskill Gaming and Tech. Pvt. Ltd. and WYZ Games Pvt. Ltd. […]
December 19, 2016
PokerStars player ‘jrww86’ became Pokerstars’ third Spin & Go millionaire for 2016, and the sixteenth since the launch of the tournament in January 2015. The player, reportedly based in Bermuda, hit the big one, becoming a millionaire in just 12 minutes of play. ‘Rainman731’ took the time record in February with his one-million dollar jackpot […]
December 17, 2016
In a third response to player demand for another High Roller competition this week (see previous reports) the European Poker Tour Prague organised a Euro 25,500 buy-in tournament, but this time the response was a little lower, with just 16 players and 8 re-entries recorded for the single-day event. Among those who entered but did […]
December 16, 2016
The online poker market in India, already attracting interest through the high profile activities of Adda52 and the opening of licensing in the Sikkim province two years ago, took another tentative step forward this week when the Nagaland province issued its first online poker licence to K365 Web Assets Pvt. Ltd., which operates the locally-targeted […]
December 16, 2016
EPT Prague officials cooperated with player demands for an additional high roller competition in the popular Single Day format this week, organising a Euro 25,000 buy-in tournament that pulled in 19 players and 6 re-entries, with players commencing the action behind starting stacks of 100,000 chips each and levels of 30 minutes. The entries, which […]
December 15, 2016
US online and live poker pro Isaac Haxton wisely decided not to agree to a chop in the closing stages of the European Poker Tour $25,000 buy-in Single Day High Roller compettion in Prague Wednesday, and took home the full Euro 559,200 main prize as a consequence. The event attracted a star-studded field of 69 […]
December 14, 2016
Microgaming Poker Network (MPN) have updated their Fish Party SNGs, using customer feedback as their lead, since the products initial launch earlier this year. The MPN team have applied a new, more bottom heavy, maths model in which players will hit the lowest (2x) multiplier less often, but hit a 4x or 6x multiplier more […]
December 14, 2016
The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma is to acquire a controlling 51 percent interest in its Pokertribe.com software partner, Fred Khalilian’s Universal Entertainment Group, for $10 million according to a report in the Oklahoman newspaper, quoting the notorious entrepreneur. Approached by the newspaper, the tribe’s chairman, Billy Walkup, confirmed the $10 million price tag for a […]
December 14, 2016
Leon Tsoukernik won his maiden title in the PokerStars EPT Prague €50,000 Super High Roller event this week emerging victorious from a field of 38, described as the world’s best, poker players. Tsoukernik is an interesting character, a flamboyant 43-year-old art dealer turned casino owner who travels across Europe in a helicopter, parking it wherever […]
December 14, 2016
Party Poker has added Progressive Knockout tournaments and Fast Five cash games to its line-up. Initially featuring three times a day, Progressive Knockout tournaments see the bounty increase with every player elimination. Fast Five cash games is a quick-fire 6-max cash game, where players start with five big blinds. It is played the same way […]