Poker News
New instant play software opens up the possibilities, but not all the tables.
New instant-play software introduced at the Bodog online poker website recently will be welcomed by Apple-Mac players as another addition to the choice of venues, although the new feature is limited to one table action at present.
Bodog will be under pressure to improve this situation, faced with competi...
read full article
Gold good value for Merge Poker network, too
The Merge poker network skin Aced.com scored something of a coup last week, announcing that it had recruited former WSOP Main Event champion Jamie Gold to its promotional team.
Gold won poker's biggest game in 2006, claiming a controversy-riddled main prize of over $12 milli...
read full article
The world's largest online poker site makes the 35 000 simultaneous player target
The attempt by PokerStars.com to break it's own Guiness Book of World Records entry for most o...
read full article
Shares hit 35 cents
Stockmasters reports that World Poker Tour Enterprises shares have declined dramatically, dropping to 35 cents from a peak value of around $22 a share.
Analysts speculate that the cause for the decline is the negative impact of the...
read full article
Six million dollar events get 2009 off to a flying start
The world's second largest online poker website,Full Tilt Poker, has released the schedule for the eleventh edition of its popular Full Tilt Online Seri...
read full article
After two years, time to move on...
Gala Coral management has decided to discontinue the company's British Poker Tour after two years of successful operations in a move that industry observers speculate may be due to the currently depressed economic climate.
However, tour manager Mark O'Donnell says the rea...
read full article
Top competitors in PokerStars tournament
Russian professionals Ivan Demidov and Alexander Kravchenko, and Team PokerStars star Vanessa Rousso were among a field of 201 poker players who competed in the inaugural PokerStars Ru...
read full article
Now Pocket Kings and Tiltproof have been added as defendants
Pro poker player Clonie Gowen has responded in determined style to the attempt by Full Tilt Poker's legal team to have her litigation against the company and various individuals dismissed; last week she added two more defendants and se...
read full article
The firm that once sued Boss Media for millions appears to have gone to the wall
In an unsuccessful law suit against Boss Media last year, an online poker company c...
read full article
Poker Players Alliance chief appeals to legislators
With yet more economic stimulus plans on the cards in Washington DC, the Poker Players Alliance chairman, former Senator Alfonse D'Amato used the opportunity to again appeal for the regulati...
read full article
Neil Arce the best of 262
25-year-old Neil Arce, a well known face at the Metro Card Club in Manila had the support of the railbirds this week as he took down the 2009 Asian Poker Tour Philippines at the Dusit Thani Hotel.
Arce conquered a field of 262 runners representing over 40 countries to scoop the first prize of $185 000 after beating heads up opponent Steve 'joonhee' Yea fr...
read full article
19-year-old novice 'loses' to the tune of almost $174 000.
A 19-year-old Canadian poker novice who signed up for a free UltimateBet account just nine days ago in hopes of emulating youthful big winne...
read full article
Poker for Poland in new deal
The Poker Channel, Europe's largest dedicated gaming TV network, made its first significant move into Eastern Europe this week through a distribution agreement with the Vectra Group, the second largest cable operator in Poland.
Launching a promotional campaign to all Vectra's digital basic subscribers on Friday 30th January, this is the first carri...
read full article
Marketpulse numbers show third record broken this month
The world's second largest standalone Internet poker website, Full Tilt Poker.com, achieved its third record in a month on January 26th 2009 according to the indepe...
read full article
The Poker Players Alliance has issued a press release applauding the decision, which is another important precedent for the legalisation of poker as a game of skill more than luck.
In the release, the one million member PPA, which boasts 13 000 members in Colorado, commended the ruling in Colorado v. Kevin Raley, in which...
read full article
