Online poker news
In a video interview with the Financial Times’ Matt Garrahan over the weekend, Caesars Entertainment Chief Executive Officer Gary Loveman reaffirmed his company’s desire to see online poker completely legalized and regulated in the United States. Not only does he want to see it happen, he believes it will happen. After answering some questions about… Read more »
The José “Girah” Macedo cheating scandal is just the gift that keeps on giving. For a while, it looked like it was just Macedo who had some explaining to do (which he did), but now the poker world has found out that one of Macedo’s friends, Daniel “Jungleman” Cates, is not completely innocent of any… Read more »
Lock Poker announced late last week that it has signed Spaniard Leo Margets to its LockPRO ELITE team. With the signing, Margets becomes the first female member of the Lock Poker team. Margets, who hails from Barcelona, Spain, first rose to prominence in 2009, when she was the “last woman standing” at the World Series… Read more »
According to report from Poker Affiliate Solutions, the Merge Gaming Network will begin allowing new players from the United States to sign up at its member poker rooms within the next week. One of the rooms on the network, Sportsbook.com, started accepting new U.S. customers yesterday. We reported back in July that it did appear… Read more »
I know what you have been thinking. “Online poker needs another juicy cheating scandal. The World Series of Poker is on hiatus until November and the excitement surrounding Black Friday has died down. We need something to talk about.” Well, if you have been thinking that, you’re in luck! And this one involves one of… Read more »
Starting this coming Friday, Party Poker players will be able to take the first step on a possible trip to Germany to join in one of the world’s most famous parties. Through the first week of September, Party Poker will award 16 packages to the 201-year old Oktoberfest, held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Beginning… Read more »
On Friday, the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) released a statement regarding Full Tilt Poker’s overdue licensing fees that were disclosed during the hearing in London last month. The AGCC said that Full Tilt has paid the fees, which were reported to be around $410,000. The statement reads: “As a result of the AGCC’s investigations… Read more »
PocketFives.com, one of the most popular destinations for poker players on the internet, announced on Tuesday that it would no longer promote online poker rooms that still accept customers from the United States. In a statement post on the site, PocketFives co-founder Adam Small wrote, in part: “We’re planning a lot of positive changes to… Read more »
On Friday, the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) announced that it has granted Full Tilt Poker a renewal of its Secondary Client Provider Authorization (Secondary CPA). Full Tilt, once the second largest poker room on the internet, had its primary license suspended by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) on June 29th and has not spread… Read more »
With the storm winds of the United States’ financial mess swirling through Washington, D.C. the last few weeks, it would seem that poker would be the last thing on elected officials’ minds, but online poker did receive a public word of support Monday from a member of Congress, the same day the House passed the… Read more »
As the saying goes, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” While the online poker industry has been attempting to weather a serious storm over the last few months, one constant still remains: the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). The world’s largest online poker room (smaller, but still the largest)… Read more »
With the World Series of Poker coming to a halt in Las Vegas this month, many pro poker players were left with one underlying question: What’s next? Some threw in the towel, dusted off their resume and entered the competitive job market. Others, though, have made efforts to move out of the country in order… Read more »
The eyes of the online poker world were trained squarely on London Tuesday, as the short-term fate of Full Tilt Poker hung in the balance at a hearing before the Commissioners of the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC). The purpose of the hearing was to allow both Full Tilt and the AGCC to make public… Read more »
U.K-based online gaming company 888 Holdings is looking into applying for an online poker license in Nevada, according to a report on Bloomberg.com. In the process, they are also discussing a partnership with Caesars Entertainment Corp, parent company of Harrah’s, Caesars, Rio, Flamingo, and the World Series of Poker, amongst other assets. 888 Holdings Deputy… Read more »
The Ongame Network took a strong step forward in differentiating itself from its online poker competitors late last week as it launched its new Android real money poker client. Ongame’s flagship skin, bwin.com, is the first licensee, with more to come later this year. Ongame introduced its iPhone app in January, listed in the iPhone… Read more »
On April 19, four days after the U.S. Department of Justice seized the three major online poker rooms, Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Phil Galfond turned to Twitter to try and calm the storm. The two poker superstars each guaranteed $1 million from their own pockets if PokerStars and Full Tilt didn’t pay back players, and… Read more »
After being included in a class-action lawsuit filed against Full Tilt Poker last month, Phil Gordon immediately went to work to clear his name from any illegal activity involving the embattled company. He hired Maurice Suh of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher of Los Angeles to press a civil suit filed by a group of poker… Read more »
Now that we know the composition of the November Nine for the 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, much of the attention of the poker community will shift from what has gone on in the tournament to what will happen during the three and a half month layoff. One of the biggest opportunities… Read more »
Online poker players in the United States may have the chance to hop back onto a few rooms soon if all goes to plan. It appears that the Merge Gaming Network intends to re-open its doors to new American customers by the end of the month. Our friends at PocketFives.com originally broke the news last… Read more »
Last week, PartyPoker announced that it was eliminating all multi-table tournament fees for the summer. Now, perhaps in response to its closest competitor’s price slashing, Titan Poker, the most recognizable member of the iPoker Network, has announced that it is reducing or completely removing the rake from many cash game tables. Titan Poker calls the… Read more »
One of the senior citizens of the online poker world, PartyPoker, has made the unprecedented move of removing its entry fees from every multi-table tournament the poker room has to offer this summer. Seeing as entry fees are the rake of tournaments and rake is the revenue stream for the poker room, this is a… Read more »
A class action lawsuit was filed against Full Tilt Poker in the Southern District of New York on Thursday, a move that could potentially delay the return of player funds following the tentative sale of the company to European investors. Plaintiffs Steve Segal, Nick Hammer, Robin Hougdahl, and Todd Terry filed the lawsuit against the… Read more »
Less than 48 hours after having its operating license suspended by the Alderney Gaming Control Commission (AGCC), Full Tilt Poker is reportedly set to sell a majority stake in the company in order to pay back U.S. players that have been waiting anxiously for their money. The Los Angeles Times reported late Thursday evening that… Read more »
“Full Tilt down?” That short query has become a sort of inside joke in the online poker community over the years, as whenever players had trouble logging on to Full Tilt Poker, a number of threads would be started almost simultaneously on internet message boards asking about the status of the company’s game servers. Today… Read more »
The biggest Bad Beat Jackpot in online poker is underway. It is hosted by InterPoker and sports a massive jackpot of €870,000 ($1,250,000) which officially makes it the largest prize pool ever. All you have to do to win is loose a hand with a four of a kind that are 10s or higher. The… Read more »
