November 30, 2016
The Winning Poker Network (flagships Americas Cardroom, Black Chip Poker and True Poker) did a little boasting in a press release Tuesday, claiming in a press release that it has outperformed well established and popular rivals like iPoker, PartyPoker and MPN to enter the Top 5 network leaderboard, with a dominant position in the tricky […]
November 29, 2016
The ink was barely dry as PokerStars casino and poker offer launched in the Portuguese market Tuesday under its freshly awarded license. Commenting on the closed-liquidity poker market in the country, Pokerstars vowed it will actively work with authorities to develop and enhance the regulatory framework for poker in the hope of promoting a shared […]
November 29, 2016
Former Pokerstars payment processing exec Paul Tate (43), a Brit domiciled on the Isle of Man who voluntarily presented himself in the US to face charges associated with Pokerstars operations in the States prior to its 2011 exit, has been sentenced. Applauding Tate’s decision to face the US music in court, Manhattan US District Judge […]
November 28, 2016
Portugal’s gaming authority, Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos (SRIJ) has announced the award of its fifth online gaming license to REEL Europe Limited for the PokerStars brand. Under the award, PokerStars is authorized to operate pokerstars.pt with an offer of poker tournament mode, poker variants Hold’em and Omaha, Blackjack/21 and French Roulette.
November 28, 2016
Dutchman Hakim Zoufri has bested a field of 356 to win the Master Classics of Poker Main Event 2016 (MCOP) and a bank boosting Euro 275,608. The Silver Edition of the Master Classics of Poker, held at Holland Casino in Amsterdam, offered 25 poker tournaments over 15 days with 3,595 entries amounting to over Euro […]
November 28, 2016
888Poker has invested $800,000 in a Christmas-focused promo that offers almost freeroll online poker competitions with expensive gifts rather than prize money as the reward. The “Gift Showers” promo provides players with the opportunity to win these gifts if they present tickets to enter the competition; the tickets are not hard to generate – players […]
November 25, 2016
Brit poker pro Niall Farrell boosted his bank account balance by $335,000 this week after besting a field of 323 in the 2016 Partypoker World Poker Tour Caribbean main event, hosted by the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana. Farrell’s prospects at the start of the six-player final table did not look that good; […]
November 25, 2016
Pokerstars has published the schedule for its consolidated PokerStars Championship and PokerStars Festival stops in 2017, unveiling eight major events which include: PokerStars Championship Bahamas, Jan. 6-14 PokerStars Festival London, Jan. 22-29 PokerStars Festival Rozvadov, March 2-13 PokerStars Championship Panama, March 10-20 PokerStars Championship Macau, March 30–April 9 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino, April […]
November 25, 2016
The successful Unibet – Relax Gaming collaboration which saw the launch of the former’s stand-alone online poker platform over two years ago, is following up the popular offering with Unibet Poker 2.0. The launch date is set for December 1 for the product, which was previewed during the Unibet Open Copenhagen earlier this year (see […]
November 24, 2016
Online poker developer Evenbet has announced the launch of its new Rapid Poker product. The super-fast format used by other developers has proven popular with players, who can fold anytime during the hand and instantly and automatically start a new hand at the different table. The company has made a demo version available here: http://evenbetgaming.com/demos/