Risky financial tactics play a big role According to certain reports this week, the difficult situation in which Full Tilt Poker found itself owes a lot to risky financial moves employed in order to work around a US processing problem. Namely, from around September...
Barton to make another attempt It has been reported in the US media recently that Texas Republican Representative Joe Barton is planning to launch a new attempt at federal legalization and regulation of online poker, which is due very soon, perhaps next week. It has also been confirmed this week that the bill, which is nearly ready, plans t...
Another woman at a final table, too Halfway through, the 42nd World Series of Poker noted a lot of exciting action and awarded yet another set of bracelets. Namely, in event 20, Diana Allen became the fourth woman to make a WSOP final table this year. Still, she was unable to be...
Industry norms to be introduced According to the latest update of Bwin's online poker blog, a new software update will be applied soon and with which the number of players that can be seated at one of its cash game tables will be changed. Namely, it has b...
New analytical tool has many software improvements After 10 years from its introduction, the analytical tool PokerTracker has been finally updated to the fourth version and it's going to be released soon. Improved PokerTracker was created around players' suggestions and recommendations, in accordance with the material released by the company....
Still no bracelet for Kim Nguyen According to the latest reports from this year's WSOP, Kim Nguyen didn't manage to get her first WSOP bracelet, experiencing a bitter defeat from a British player Darren Woods, who took the bracelet for event 19 - the $2,500 Limit Hold'em Six Handed - and the $213,431 main prize. Her runner-up prize could be con...
Black Friday impact not as hard as expected According to the WSOP communications director Seth Palansky, so far the participation in the 2011 World Series of Poker tournament showed an increase of 11 percent compared to...
New Full Tilt Poker app It was announced this week that the users of Apple devices who hold an account at Full Tilt will from now on have at their disposal a non-download version of Full Tilt Poker application, Rush Poker Mobile. The product is designed t...
Gowen's appeal against dismissal by Full Tilt Poker parent approved The situation in which Full Tilt Poker found itself after Black Friday just keeps getting worse. This week, the bad trend continued with the reappearance of a litigation against its parent group Tiltware LLC, initiated by woman poker pro Clonie Gowen. Namely, a US circuit c...
Steury wins $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event The action at the 2011 WSOP doesn't cease to excite industry observers and poker fans, who have spent over a week closely watching the events that started so far. In one of them, Event 17, the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E., a 24-year-old poker pro from Fort Wayne, Indiana, Aaron Steury, demonstrated his mastery of Hold'e...
Allegations are untrue, claims the manager The much anticipated response from PokerStars to the allegations that it is planning to exit the Australian market finally happened on June 13, as a PokerStars manager posted the following comment on a big poker...
Along with his highest payday yet Event 15, the $1,500 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold'em competition finished on June 12, as the reputable Las Vegas poker pro Brian Rast took down his first WSOP bracelet by beating Allan Kessler in the heads-up a...
US pressure on Aussie authorities obviously fruitful Following reports that the US are making a lot of pressure on the Australian authorities to investigate into PokerStars' subsidiary GP Information Services and its activities, allegations emerged in the public that PokerStars is planning to leave the Australian market from August 2011, althou...
Governor Brian Sandoval signs two bills: AB258 and AB294 Federal legalization of online poker in the United States could be introduced even this year, and the state of Nevada is readily waiting for it thanks to two bills signed into state law on Friday by Governor Brian Sandoval. The signing of the online poker regulation happened after positiv...
$10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Championship ends in Juanda's favor It has been extremely exciting on late June 11 at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, with the prospective of Phil Hellmuth winning his 12th WSOP bracelet. Yet, in fierce action against John Juanda in the heads-up of event 16, the $10,000 buy-in No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Championsh...
Producers and screenwriters negotiate with stars A sequel to the poker movie 'Rounders' may be in prospect, according to the latest media reports, which prior to this confirmed the speculations that Matt Damon and Edward Norton have been in discussions with the film's producers and screenwriters. In Rounders, Damon played a law student who...
Record level for GTech G2's International Poker Network It was announced by GTechG2's Internaional Poker Network this week that its Bad Beat Jackpot has hit record levels, currently amounting to a...
Euro 2 Million investment made into the GTECH G2's poker network This week an announcement came from GTECH G2 that its International Poker Network (IPN) is getting a Euro 2 Million investment, with which it will enhance its promotions and tournaments, at the same time striving to attract new players. It was also specified that the investmen...
Choice to be given to Paradise Poker players It was announced this week by the Ongame online poker network that online gambling group Sportingbet, which owns ParadisePoker.com, will join its global poker network in the second half of 2011...
Another WSOP bracelet goes to the young Brit One of the biggest surprises at this year's WSOP was a young Brit, Matt Perrins, who had only a little experience when he entered for the Event 9, the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit 2-7 Lowball competition, but nevertheless managed to battle his way through an entry field of 275 players, including some big n...
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