December 6, 2016
Hot on the heels of UK poker ace Sam Trickett’s signing as a PartyPoker ambassador comes the news that world tennis legend Boris Becker – an acknowledged skillful poker player – has joined the PartyPoker ambassadorial team. To celebrate the signing PartyPoker has created a Beat the Ace competition in which players get the opportunity […]
December 5, 2016
Grosvenor Casinos and Microgaming’s launch of a new online poker environment sees the traditional casino move into the digital age with a multi-channel proposition. Grosvenor Poker allows players to qualify for its renowned poker tours GUKPT, the 25/25 series, the U.K. Student Poker Championship and its Goliath Tournament. The launch is accompanied by supporting promotions […]
December 5, 2016
Romanian poker ace Traian Bostan banked Euro 100,000 this weekend after winning the Euro 1,100 buy-in Unibet Poker Open Bucharest main event hosted by the JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel. It was the biggest Unibet Open main event yet, with 603 entries and the winner staging a remarkable comeback after starting the final table as […]
December 5, 2016
The Dealer’s Choice in poker format is not a new concept, but Winamax enlivened the French online poker scene by introducing it last week, taking advantage of looser game restrictions by the French regulator ARJEL. The regulator recently allowed operators to expand their selection of games more broadly than the historical Hold’em and four-card Omaha, […]
December 3, 2016
The inaugural season of the Global Poker League Championship played out this week with the Montreal Nationals besting the Berlin Bears across 11 games to claim the $100,000 main prize. This series has seen a number of high profile poker players in the various GPL teams, including Faraz Jaka, Phil Galfond, Maria Ho, Olivier Busquet, […]
December 2, 2016
The mannequin fad (participants freeze when a challenge is triggered) has seen everything from airline passengers to politicians frozen in mid-gesture, and it reached the Unibet Open poker tournament in Bucharest, Romania Friday when 300 people took part. The Unibet camera crews caught the moment, which can be viewed here:
December 1, 2016
Reports from Shanghai, China are that Alibaba Sports Group (AliSports) – a subsidiary of the Chinese internet commerce giant Alibaba – held a press conference this week to announce the formation of a new poker tour that will embrace Asia, Europe and North America. Titled International Poker Tour, the initial set up includes plans for […]
December 1, 2016
The US federal enforcement official widely seen as the strategist behind the prosecution and shutdown of US online poker back in 2011, Preet Bharara, was in the news again this week following a meeting with US president-elect Donald Trump in which he was apparently told that he would be remaining in his post under the […]
November 30, 2016
Grosvenor Casinos 2016 UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) 10th Anniversary Grand Final wrapped up in London with the event attracting 276 entries and a prize pool of GBP 552,000. British poker professional Marc Wright took the first, bank account boosting, prize of GBP 132,380 on conclusion of heads-up play with Will Davies. “I’ve always liked GUKPTs, […]
November 30, 2016
Spain’s La Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) met with its French, Portuguese, Italian and British counterparts this week to discuss, among other things, shared liquidity for online poker. The multilateral meeting met primarily to discuss technical standardization issues, particularly focused on data reporting, however, shared liquidity within the aforementioned markets was also on […]