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While poker sponsorships may have dried up for American players, the top international pros are still bringing down high profile deals. It was announced this morning in London that U. K. poker pro Jake Cody has signed a sponsorship deal to join the online site PKR and its professional roster. The in [...]
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British Poker Pro Jake Cody Signs Sponsorship Deal With PKR
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Chris Ferguson Files Claims for Full Tilt Poker Funds
On Monday, poker pro Chris “Jesus” Ferguson filed four claims to seized Full Tilt Poker funds with the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York. In the filings, Ferguson, representing the various companies that comprise Full Tilt, claims that the companies have a “ri [...]
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Hand Tracking Software Now Allowed on Cake Poker Network
After years of fighting the masses, the Cake Poker network has finally decided to allow its players to use hand tracking software while at the tables. The new policy went into place on November 9th and the major players in the poker analysis software category immediately jumped right in. Hand anal [...]
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PokerStars Celebrates 10th Anniversary with 10 Promotions
This year wasn’t the greatest, to say the least, for PokerStars. Despite coming out relatively clean so far (repeat: so far) from Black Friday, at least compared to Absolute Poker and Full Tilt Poker, the U.S. Department of Justice indictment and subsequent loss of revenue from the United States [...]
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Department Of Justice Attorneys Respond To Accused Black Friday Bankers
The U. S. Department of Justice filed documents yesterday in response to arguments from two of the accused bankers in the “Black Friday” indictments, giving some insights into how the federal government will be prosecuting the case. The response, a 51 page document filed on Friday in response to [...]
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Las Vegas Casinos, Bwin.Party To Join Forces In Potential Online Operation
It was announced this week that two of the major casino operations in the United States will join forces with the largest online gaming operation – if and/or when the United States can clarify its murky online gaming laws. On Monday, MGM Resorts International and Boyd Gaming Corporation agreed to [...]
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PartyPoker Launching World Domination Promotion
PartyPoker, now the second largest poker room on the internet, is launching a new promotion next week, dubbed “World Domination.” In World Domination, the goal is to play at real money tables, collect “cities,” and win money along the way. Let’s see how it works. Starting midnight ET on [...]
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Report: Groupe Bernard Tapie, U.S. DoJ Make Deal; Player Repayment Included
The poker news site Subject: Poker reported Tuesday afternoon that Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT) has come to an agreement with the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) which will pave the way for GBT to continue the process of acquiring Full Tilt Poker. Most importantly, the deal should result F [...]
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PokerStars Celebrating 70 Billionth Hand
It’s that time again at PokerStars. The time that thousands of players logon to try to win the lottery. It is time for another billionth hand promotion at the world’s largest online poker room. This time, PokerStars is celebrating its 70 billionth hand in its “Road to 100 Billion” cele [...]
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Kahnawake Gaming Commission Announces Apparent Dissolution Of CEREUS Network
In a simple statement released on Thursday, the Kahnawake Gaming Commission announced what appears to be the dissolution of the CEREUS Network, and its sites Absolute Poker and UB.com, to settle ongoing litigation against the company. The statement, which was released by the KGC, discussed the ongoi [...]
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Silence Broken In Ongoing Full Tilt Poker/Groupe Bernard Tapie Deal
Since the announcement of the proposed deal between the shuttered online poker site Full Tilt Poker and the French investment company Groupe Bernard Tapie at the end of September, there has been a long silence regarding future actions. Two incidents over the past couple of days demonstrate that ther [...]
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New Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Full Tilt Poker In California
The drama for the former number two online poker site in the industry, Full Tilt Poker, continues to mount as yet another lawsuit against the site has been filed in the courts of California. A story in the Los Angeles Times this morning details out the latest legal case to befall the embattled onlin [...]
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Merge Gaming Network Welcomes Back New U.S. Customers
Regardless of how it works out, you have to admit that the Merge Gaming Network has some guts. The small online poker network is looking to fill the gaping void in the poker market by re-opening its doors to United States customers. The network laid out the welcome mat on Thursday, and while it ha [...]
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British Poker Player Convicted Of Threatening Online Room Staff
An online poker player from the United Kingdom will be serving jail time following his ill-advised threats against the support staff of an online poker room. An article in the Darlington & Stockton Times details out the story of Michael Gallagher, a 35-year old unemployed online poker player fro [...]
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Free Online Poker Room Launched by California Organization
CalShark.com, a new free-to-play online poker room, opened yesterday, an event that would not normally be big news, especially because the games are all for play money. What is interesting about this poker room, however, is that it is run by California brick and mortar card rooms and Native Americ [...]
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Editorial: Full Tilt Poker/Groupe Bernard Tapie Deal Off To Rocky Start
The opinions in this editorial do not reflect the positions of the ownership or management of Poker News Daily. The saving grace that came last week with the announcement of the long-awaited deal for the sale of Full Tilt Poker to the French investment company Groupe Bernard Tapie looked, at the sta [...]
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New Full Tilt Owner May Offer Equity Stake to Players
According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, Groupe Bernard Tapie, the French investment group that signed an “exclusive agreement” to purchase Full Tilt Poker and its assets, is considering offering an equity stake in the new company to certain customers. One of the decisions the Tapie fam [...]
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Full Tilt Poker Reportedly Sold To French Investment Group
Coming on the heels of the revocation of their gaming license by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission on Thursday, the inactive online site Full Tilt Poker reported Friday afternoon that a deal has been struck to sell the beleaguered company to a French investment group. PokerStrategy.com broke [...]
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Responses Pour In On Full Tilt Poker License Revocation
The shockwaves of yesterday’s decision by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) to revoke the e-gaming license of Full Tilt Poker continue to be felt across the poker world. Following the announcement of the decision by the AGCC – where the executive director of the organization, Andre [...]
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Alderney Gambling Control Commission Revokes Full Tilt Poker License
After almost ten days of silence following a hearing, the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) has reportedly revoked the primary license for the online poker site Full Tilt Poker this morning, according to several reputable news outlets. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the AGCC dec [...]
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Thomas “Kallllle” Pedersen Wins 2011 WCOOP Main Event
The 10th annual PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) concluded this week and after two days of play and 1,626 eliminations, Thomas “Kallllle” Pedersen emerged victorious in the $5,200 Main Event, banking $1,260,018.50. The Dane entered final table play as far and away th [...]
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PartyPoker Introduces Pokerfest 2011
With the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) coming to end, most online poker players would normally be looking forward to the next Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) to find that next poker tournament series excitement. But with Full Tilt gone, there is a gaping hole in the o [...]
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Full Tilt Issues Statement Re: Ponzi Scheme
Full Tilt Poker, once the second largest online poker room in the world, released another statement Monday to address last week’s assertion by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York that the online poker room was a “Ponzi scheme.” In reality, the statement, issued thr [...]
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Warrant Issued for Seizure of Full Tilt Poker Principals’ Accounts
United States District Court Judge Leonard B. Sand of the Southern District of New York signed a warrant last week, authorizing the seizure of assets belonging to the Full Tilt Poker principals named in the amended civil complaint against the once high flying online poker room. The warrant, signed S [...]
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Bodog Takes Measures to Block Data Mining Sites
Putting a plan in motion that was announced in February, Bodog Poker is beginning to prevent online poker data collecting sites from accessing both general and individual player statistics and plans to have everything entirely blocked by the end of the year. The affected are sites such as PokerTab [...]
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