Online poker news

Online poker: ECOOP 2 announced
02/29/2008 - Encouraged by the popularity of its inaugural European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP), VC Poker has announced a bigger, better tournament for its second edition this year.

A crack at Ladbroke´s million dollar tourney
02/28/2008 - Card players around the globe can have a crack at millions in the latest Ladbrokespoker.com tournament.

Marketplus - useful information on the poker sector
02/28/2008 - A new service from the respected Poker Listings.com portal is proving itself to be a useful tool for identifying trends and levels of activity in the online poker sector.

WPT Texas hold´em a fave
02/27/2008 - Hands-On Mobile, Inc., the developers of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Texas Hold 'Em 2 mobile poker game has been recognised by players and mobile operators for its innovations in connected gaming since launching the WPT offering in October 2007.

Lobbying lucre
02/26/2008 - The US legislation requiring political lobbying companies to declare budgets given to them by interested parties threw up more revealing information....and big money, this week.

Vance takes EPT Copenhagen
02/25/2008 - This weekend's final table for the Pokerstars European Poker Tour Copenhagen championship met expectations for skill and excitement, with the survivors from a third day field of 39 players going after a slice of the giant $4 156 270 prize-pool generated by a total entry field of 460 hopefuls.

A practical judge
02/23/2008 - Holding true to your principles can be rewarded with reason and practicality, two disgruntled Canadian poker fans found this week when a judge discharged the duo without a criminal record, following a police sting operation last year.

Mystery online poker player akes a $600k hit
02/23/2008 - Prominent online poker message board 2+2.com was abuzz this week as pokerheads speculated on the identity of high-stakes gambler 'seda1'. The reason for the interest is a widely discussed 6 hour online session of $500/$1 000 No-Limit Hold'em against international ace Phil Ivey that left "seda1" with a $600 000 deficit.

Washington State constitunional challenge in court april 25
02/23/2008 - The Poker Players' Alliance reports that Seattle lawyer Lee Roussos has been given a court date for his challenge to the constitutionality of the Washington state ban on Internet gambling, which makes offenders liable to Class 3 felony penalities normally reserved for serious personal crimes.

Two new online poker sites coming from Asianlogic
02/22/2008 - Recently listed on the London AIM exchange and Playtech associate Asian Logic Limited continued to expand its activities in the East this week, announcing a deal with Fortune Bid Holdings BVI to launch two new Asian-facing online poker sites.

Star cast for the next National Heads Up Poker Champs
02/22/2008 - In the United States, the NBC network has released the names of 63 players who have confirmed they will be appearing to compete in the 2008 edition of the National Heads Up Poker Championships. In a list that reads like a who's who of international poker, all the previous heads-up champs are featured, including Phil Hellmuth, Ted Forrest and Paul Wasicka.

World Poker Crown tourney launched
02/22/2008 - Gibraltar-based 888.com has launched a major online poker tournament branded the World Poker Crown.com that offers a guaranteed prize pool of $3 million, a third of which will go to the ultimate winner.

Further call for US study on online poker
02/22/2008 - The influential US state of California could be the scene of an in-depth study into online poker if state legislator Assemblyman Lloyd Levine has his way. The politician has launched bill AB 2026 which calls for a study to be conducted by the California Gambling Control Commission (CGCC) into the legality of the pastime if it were to be controlled and operated by Californian entities.

Poker ahoy!
02/21/2008 - Malta licensed online gambling company Play Cherry Limited has developed an unusual business model that will see it offering Internet poker services on the Entraction network to passenger liners sailing in international waters. The company, which has 40 years of experience in the land gambling industry, has launched a website branded Play Cherry.com as the medium for the innovative service.

WPT seventh season schedule released
02/21/2008 - The World Poker Tour headquarters has released the organisation's Season VII schedule, featuring 14 key tournaments at premiere casino destinations from July 2008 to April 2009.

iPoker giant offering three new games
02/21/2008 - Players at the Titan Poker website on Playtech's iPoker network have a bigger selection of games from this week following the addition of three new variations of poker to the range of side games available. Pokerheads can now also enjoy Jacks or Better, Pai Gow Poker and Tequila Poker, bringing the grand total of casino-type games available at Titan Poker to 12.

Reading the tells
02/21/2008 - According to Times Online Technology, a new computer gaming headset could revolutionise online gaming, and has the ability to read the player's mental impulses and transfer these to reflect on an avatar.

Top internet poker player joins Betfair
02/21/2008 - He’s young, he’s unbelievably talented and he’s already got the world of online poker buzzing - Canadian online poker player Sorel Mizzi (aka Imper1um) has become the newest member of Team Betfair.

A good 12 months for Annette
02/19/2008 - The teenaged online poker ace who is Betfair's poker ambassadress, Annette Obrestad seemingly can’t stop winning both on and off the poker table.

FTOPS 7 main event pays winner 4 456 401.66
02/19/2008 - The latest edition of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series - number 7 in a line of successful online poker tourneys - ended with the Main Event this week and a prize pool worth $2.645 million - well over the Full Tilt $2 million guarantee.

NFL exec joins WSOP team
02/19/2008 - Seth Palansky, the high profile communications director for the US National Football League has been hired to work on the World Series of Poker management team by owner Harrah's Entertainment.

Party Poker premier contest a big win for Andy Black
02/18/2008 - Irish poker pro Andy Black is one of the top names in international poker tournament play, respected universally as a formidable opponent across any number of significant final tables, yet ironically this weekend was his first top finish in the many major international tournaments he has appeared in over the past two decades.

PPA has ambitious plans for 2008
02/16/2008 - The U.S. online poker pressure group the Poker Players' Alliance has some big plans for 2008, starting with a drive to increase the 800 000 player membership of the body, says executive director John Pappas.

Online poker network troubles continue
02/16/2008 - Speculation that the deeply troubled online poker network and software provider Digital Gaming Systems has been taken over by the little known Cintaly Holdings Corporation (see previous InfoPowa reports) surfaced again this week with disturbing unpaid player reports that there is little evidence of any substance to the takeover company.

Polish up your online poker with Sky
02/16/2008 - British online pokerheads who want to polish their poker skills are being offered the first ever Sky Poker Bootcamp, scheduled to run in Bristol, England on the 8th and 9th March this year.

Key eastern tours taken over by Asian Logic
02/15/2008 - Recently listed on the London AIM exchange and Playtech associate Asian Logic Limited scored a major Asian tournament coup this week with the acquisition of the burgeoning Asian Poker Tour and the Korean Professional Poker Tour.

609k online players - a day!
02/15/2008 - The burgeoning market of games and applications on giant community websites like Facebook is presenting marketers with new challenges, an interesting article on Tech Crunch reveals this week. Social networking is all about scale, and with nearly 16 000 different applications already on Facebook, marketers are looking to get noticed by forming alliances with the already established large application companies.

Already a record breaker
02/15/2008 - The Full Tilt Online Poker Series of tournaments grow more popular with every new issue, and the currently running FTOPS 7 proves the point...and the fact that online poker continues to flourish. Although the overall Series 7 official statistics are not yet released, it is clear that new records have already been set for this event, which is now in its final stages with the main event due to start this Sunday.

Calling a spade a club
02/14/2008 - Card Player Media has officially launched SpadeClub, a new poker community for players of all skill levels that seeks to enhance online poker by adding additional features such as player profiles, exclusive tools and tips, and over $100 000 each month in cash prizes.

Extension for gambling videos
02/14/2008 - PlayersOnly.com online casino and poker room is extending the entry deadline for their fun $10 000 video contest on YouTube.com. Video clips showing what it takes to be a "player" can now be uploaded until March 15 to YouTube.com/Group/UnleashThePlayer.

Four new Indian poker tournaments
02/12/2008 - The success of last year's Asian Poker Classic (see previous InfoPowa reports) has prompted the introduction of four new major Indian poker tournaments in Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi and Goa through the newly launched Indian Poker Tour.

Free pass for Manitoba poker accuseds
02/11/2008 - In last year's police raids of Winnipeg club poker games a total of 57 players had their names taken by almost the same number of cops involved in the two busts. This week the first two players accused of being present in unauthorised common gaming houses were discharged without criminal record.

Cape Town player wins South African Open
02/11/2008 - Local player Darren "kingkramer" Kramer is the new South African Open poker champion after a busy weekend at the MonteCasino in Johannesburg in which he survived and entry field of 175 players that included veterans like Raymond Rahme and TonyG.

SA Open final table decided
02/10/2008 - This weekend saw the South African Open main event unfold at the MonteCasino complex in Johannesburg, with an entry field of 175 players paying in the $3 500 buy-in for a crack at the main prikze opf $104 575, a substantial percentage of the total $ 500 000 prize-pool.

Online poker network acquires major "skin"
02/10/2008 - The online poker software developer and network operator Absolute Poker has finalised a deal to acquire one of its largest skins, Vegas 247, for an undisclosed purchase price.

Austrian online poker launched
02/09/2008 - The deal between the Austrian state gambling authority and Sweden's Boss Media and state-run Svenske Spel to launch a new online poker room came to fruition this week on the Boss Media network.

Titan´s Online Poker World champion crowned
02/07/2008 - Titan Poker crowned Frenchman Yann Lelievre (25) as its Online Poker World Champion this week after he defeated some of the best online poker players across the globe in a three month challenge where Titan Poker players competed for the chance to participate in the World Challenge Main Event.

FTOPS 7 starts today
02/06/2008 - The seventh edition of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series mega-tournament starts today (Wednesday February 6) offering 20 events and a collective guaranteed prize pool of $10 million.

Titan on safari
02/05/2008 - Four Titan Poker online players will be packing suntan lotion, safari gear and cameras for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to South Africa following a decision to send a 4 man team to compete in the South African Poker Open.

18 yead old Canadian wins German open
02/03/2008 - After three tough days of poker involving a starting field of 411 hopefuls, the PokerStars European Poker Tour German Open in Dortmund ended this weekend in victory for 18 year old Canadian Michael "Timex" McDonald, who gave an outstanding exhibition of talented, disciplined poker to beat some of the biggest names in the business.