Poker News
CNIGA chairman calls for unity as tribes discuss the implications of legalised online poker in California
The 15th annual 15th annual Western Indian Gaming Conference of Californian Indian gambling operators kicked off this week with Daniel Tucker, the chairman of the California Nations Indian Gaming Association, urging unity.
The Desert Sun reports that a smaller than usual gathe...
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Poker Channel to broadcast 20 hours of live TV poker over 3 days
The Poker Channel, Europe’s largest gaming TV network, has announced that it has scheduled over 20 hours of live poker over 3 days this week, more than any other European broadcaster.
The coverage starts with The World Cup of Poker Grand Final coverage, which will air live in the UK on Wednesday night, 13th January....
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Online poker network takes measures to halt datamining.
The Isle of Man-based online gambling software developer and poker network, Microgaming has advised members of its Microgaming Poker Network that it intends to...
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Everest wraps up a million dollar promo
Ten Everest Poker players were celebrating in Vienna this week, and with good cause; they are the beneficiaries of major sponsorships worth $100 000 apiece in the company's imaginat...
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19-year-old pro from Florida becomes the youngest PCA champ yet
The Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure main event ended in fine style in the Bahamas Monday, providing railbirds with some thrilling action as the relatively unknown Harrison Gimbel - a 19-year-old Internet pro from Florida - triumphed to take the glory, the trophy and a $2.2 million pay day.
In doi...
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High registration numbers reported from the Bahamas
With Day 1B numbers in, Pokerstars has reported a large entry field for the $10 000 buy-in 2010 Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure online poker tournament now playing out in the Bahamas.
In 2009 the event attracted 1 347 players and delivered a main prize of $3 m...
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Britain's extreme weather is warming up the poker tables
Reports from the UK indicate that the extreme weather conditions being experienced this winter have had one positive industry effect - more people are staying home and entertaining themselves...
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New method of rake calculation will encourage operators to attract "looser, fishy" players
The Microgaming Poker Network (MPN) has confirmed that it is to adopt the Weighted Contribution method of rake calculation.
The current method of rake calculation, which the network describes as the 'contributed method...
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February dates for online poker action
The first Full Tilt Online Series of Poker tournament for 2010 and the new decade has been announced, and will take place between February 10 and February 21.
FTOPS X...
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Mahjong online software developer achieves Isle of Man licence
Mahjong Logic, a software developer and real money player-to-player mahjong network, has announced its achievement of Isle of Man online gambling licensing.
Mahjong Logic and its management were required to satisfy the white listed European jurisdiction’s strict licencing requireme...
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Canadian player donates portion of winnings to charity
Not long ago InfoPowa highlighted the good works of American professional online poker pro Dusty 'Leatherass' Schmidt, who has riased subtantial funds playing poker for the Transition Project - a charity in Portland. Schmidt is one of a growing number of pokerheads with big hearts...
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Twenty-year-old pokerhead builds a six figure bankroll from $11
A 20-year-old student from Vancouver, Canada, who still lives with his parents and took the last semester off to play poker, has been creating waves of interest at Ultimatebet and in the online poker media and on message boards this month.
The reason is his remarkable combination of skill and good fortune in building his last $11 into almost a million dollars in win...
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New tax laws change the status quo of poker operators...and not in a good way
The respected Guardian newspaper in Britain this week considered the adverse impact of new UK tax provisions on poker operators that could be so severe as to effectively kill interest in providing the game.
Writer Victoria Coren, herself a skilled and experi...
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Another loser who's a winner
GTech G2's International Poker Network members had the excitement and reward of a major badbeat jackpot hit this week when a player's Quad Kings lost to a Royal Flush, triggering a badbeat award totalling almost...
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Ultimatebet.net partners up with the National Hockey League's Calgary Flames
Ultimatebet, the online poker site owned by Tokwiro Enterprises and a member of the Cereus Network, has signed a sponsorship agreement with Canadian National Hockey League team the Calgary Flames, integrating tickets in its games into it...
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