Online poker news
Continuing its push to be one of the big boys in the online poker world, GGPoker surprised the poker community last week by announcing the signing of Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier as a brand ambassador. ElkY had been with partypoker, even tweeting a “welcome to the team” to actor and comedian Kevin Hart just a few… Read more »
As bad as things are right now with the COVID-19 pandemic, boy, what a time it must be to be an online poker player. Provided you have the funds for it, I suppose. Stuck at home, some of the prime forms of recreation right now are video games and online poker. My kids and I… Read more »
Because of the current COVID-19-induced state of lockdown over much of the world, many have been turning to online poker to pass the time. In the States of America, that’s a bit more difficult than for some other countries. The individual states that have passed online gaming regulations offer a plethora of options, while the… Read more »
L’Autorité de régulation des jeux en ligne (ARJEL), the French internet gaming regulatory body, has issued guidance to online gambling operators, discouraging them from offering bonuses to players. ARJEL pointed out that the combination of people being confined to their homes during the current coronavirus pandemic and the lack of sports and horse race betting… Read more »
If I just saw my financial life flash before my eyes, I think I would want a few days to chill and decompress before embarking upon another harrowing poker adventure. But then I’m not Phil Galfond and I’ve never played a cash game more expensive than $1/$2. On Tuesday, Galfond got right back into the… Read more »
In March, the few U.S. poker players who are able to play online got their shot at the WSOP.com Online Super Circuit Series. Now it’s the rest of the world’s turn. The World Series of Poker has announced the WSOP Super Circuit Online Series will be hosted by global-facing GGPoker in May. We don’t know… Read more »
During the poker boom, online poker rooms scrambled to sign as many poker pros and celebrities as they could to endorsement deals. PokerStars was big with tournament players, having three consecutive World Series of Poker Main Event champs onboard at one point: Chris Moneymaker, Greg “Fossilman” Raymer, and Joe Hachem. Full Tilt Poker (remember Full… Read more »
It was the oracle Kevin Garnett who once said, “Anything is possiblllllle!!!”* On Sunday, self-described “washed-up poker pro” and founder of the Run It Once online poker room, Phil Galfond, completed his comeback in the first match-up of the Galfond Challenge. Down €900,240.17 after the February 9th session, Galfond nailed down the win with fewer… Read more »
It looks like Monday is partypoker news day here at PND. Last week, GVC holdings, the parent company of partypoker, announced that partypoker has been granted a gaming license for the Italian market. The license is effective April 1st and the poker room has already launched in the country after a four year absence. Right… Read more »
After the actual health crisis, the biggest problem resulting from the coronavirus epidemic is the loss of employment for millions upon millions of people around the world. In just the last two weeks, 10 million people have filed unemployment claims in the United States. And that’s just claims. Loads more people haven’t filed (either by… Read more »
The COVID-19 outbreak has seen something that has never happened in the history of the casino industry in the States of America. The closure of all gaming activity in casinos across the land has left several states wondering what the impact will be from the strangulation of revenues. In one state, however, that abrupt shutoff… Read more »
The WSOP.com Online Super Circuit just ended, so WSOP.com figured it was as good of a time as any to start up another big tournament series. And the Spring Online Championships is much, much bigger. Starting today, April 1st, and running through May 3rd, the Spring Online Championships feature more than 100 events and over… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) announced on Tuesday that it is taking WPTDeepStacks events to the Spanish and French iterations of partypoker for the first time. The festivities begin this coming weekend on April 5th and will run through April 20th. “WPTDeepStacks and partypoker are bringing wonderful new tournaments for online players in France and… Read more »
We are living in tough times right now. The coronavirus pandemic gets worse by the day. Most of us are sheltered in our homes, not leaving except to grab a few groceries. The most fortunate of us are simply massively inconvenienced by this whole mess. If you do fall into that group and are looking… Read more »
You can most certainly play poker with a straightforward approach. Play the Top Ten hands, pocket Aces through tens with Big Slick and Big Chick tossed in with the occasional foray with an A-J- or A-10, but eventually that will become recognizable, especially by your opposition. Thus, when you come in for your raises, the… Read more »
On Wednesday afternoon, the final throes of one of the darkest eras in poker’s history – “Black Friday” – took place. In a court in New York City, the final outstanding indictment from the 2011 actions by the U. S. Department of Justice was heard as Isai Scheinberg, the founder and former owner of PokerStars,… Read more »
Winner gained entry via $11 satellite How about some news that is in no way related to the coronavirus pandemic? On Tuesday, Brazilian online poker player “AAAArthur” won the PokerStars Sunday Million’s 14th Anniversary edition and $1,192,802 after a four-way deal at the final table. That truckload of money is just a tad more than… Read more »
Play money app fills temporary market void With most of the world trying to get through the coronavirus pandemic at home, online poker is booming. So what better time to launch an online gambling app? On Tuesday, KamaGames and Hard Rock International debuted the mobile app Hard Rock Blackjack in both Apple’s App Store and… Read more »
Troubled times can bring out the goodness and the shittiness in people. We have seen both every day during the current coronavirus pandemic. People helping out neighbors in need on the one hand, others hoarding supplies from their neighbors on the other hand. Doctors coming out of retirement to help treat the sick, other doctors… Read more »
With most casinos in the United States and Europe closed, the live poker tournament calendar no longer exists. Every date says some version of “PPD.” Fortunately, many countries have access to online poker (most of USA#1 being the big exception). And with casinos going dark, partypoker has been trying to fill the void, moving some… Read more »
With all the craziness going on in the world with the novel coronavirus pandemic, one thing is, for the most part, business as usual: online poker. After all, if people are going to stay inside, what better way to pass the time than online poker? And to keep things interesting, PokerStars launched a new novelty… Read more »
Many online poker players today do not remember a world in which partypoker dominated the internet poker industry (also a time when partypoker capitalized the first letter of its name). Believe it or not, though, partypoker was the 800-pound gorilla during the poker boom, before it left the U.S. market when the UIGEA passed in… Read more »
Last week, partypoker distributed an update to its poker software. There was nothing revolutionary included, but a few additions should appeal to recreational players and, as we know, the industry has been targeting casual players for months. The highlight of the update is something pros will probably hurumph at: rabbit hunting. Coulda, woulda, shoulda Rabbit… Read more »
The GGNetwork introduced Spin & Gold games over the weekend, its long-awaited version of the popular jackpot Sit & Go. The structure is the same as it is virtually everywhere else around the internet: three-handed, hyper-turbo Sit & Go’s with a random prize pool determined once everyone is seated. There are some differences, though, namely… Read more »
I would suspect that partypoker is eventually going to settle on a structure for its Cash Game Leaderboards and stick with it for a while, but for now things continue to be malleable. Over the weekend, partypoker changed the Cash Game Leaderboards once again, the second time it has done so in about a week.… Read more »
