Online poker news
Poker players all over the U.S. are searching for answers regarding the millions of dollars frozen in the four online poker rooms that had their domains seized on April 15. While they wait for more details from PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker, and UB.com, many have turned to high-profile online pros for advice about… Read more »
In light of the developments that took place in the U.S. online poker market last week, the three largest formerly USA-facing online poker rooms each made significant changes to their major tournaments on Sunday. PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and UB, all of which had their primary domains seized by the Department of Justice on Friday,… Read more »
One of the up and coming online poker sites in the industry, Victory Poker, has asked its network provider to block U.S. players. Following the activities of “Black Friday,” Victory Poker Chief Executive Officer Dan Fleyshman stated over Twitter, “Asked the Cake Network to block U.S. players from the Victory Poker site. They are supportive… Read more »
Bodog is still accepting play from those in the United States. New USA players and existing USA players can fire up its virtual felts in earnest and take advantage of a generous deposit bonus. In a thread on TwoPlusTwo, poster “FireFighter” displays a copy of an e-mail sent to him by Bodog. The e-mail begins,… Read more »
The shockwaves from online poker’s “Black Friday” continue to reverberate in the poker community, as players, both in the United States and abroad, attempt to ascertain the status of their online poker accounts. Following the indictments of the owners of three major U.S.-facing online poker sites on Friday, the rush of players heading to the… Read more »
The future of the CEREUS Network sites UB.com and Absolute Poker appear to be in question. According to information obtained by Poker News Daily, the two USA-friendly sites will continue to allow existing USA players to fire up the virtual felts and play as normal. However, for the foreseeable future, they will be unable to… Read more »
After yesterday’s indictment of its owners, PokerStars, formerly making its home on the URL PokerStars.com, will now move to PokerStars.eu according to a post from a site representative on TwoPlusTwo. The new domain loads normally from all parts of the world and boasts that nearly 150,000 players are logged in at the time of writing.… Read more »
Most players view the recent move by Full Tilt Poker to block the ability of online poker tracking sites such as SharkScope and PokerTableRatings (PTR) from receiving data favorably. SharkScope stated in an update on April 5th, “We respectfully request that all online players carefully consider the option of playing at sites other than Full… Read more »
The online poker room Lock Poker announced on Tuesday that it has inked poker phenom Jose “Girah” Macedo to its LockPRO ELITE team. Macedo has already achieved what most poker players can only dream about: he took a $30 initial deposit and grew it to over $2 million in just two years. And he is… Read more »
On Sunday, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom defeated Scott “urnotindangr” Palmer in a highly anticipated PokerStars SuperStar Showdown rematch. The second encounter between the two ended with Blom notching $66,000 in profit after a four-and-a-half hour battle. In last weekend’s opening match, which also stretched for 2,500 hands, Palmer lodged a slight win over Blom to the… Read more »
A lawsuit has been filed in a Canadian court against the Cake Poker Network alleging that the current owners did not fairly compensate the people who say they were the “brains” behind its creation. In the lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court of British Columbia on April 5th, two men – Ryan Bennett and Francois… Read more »
In coordination with last month’s announcement of their partnership, UB.com and the Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) will be offering two promotions for players to join the action in one of the biggest “minor league” schedules in the United States. For players on UB.net, the educational arm of UB.com, there is a major promotion where one… Read more »
This week, ChiliPoker became the first online poker room to integrate social media into its poker client. The platform, called ChiliConnect, will allow players to interact with one another by linking their poker accounts with Facebook and Twitter to share their results and set up challenges with friends. Using the new ChiliConnect toolbar located within… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker, the world’s second largest online poker room, released a software update on Tuesday that added several new features. Cutting to the chase: Private Tournaments Just like it sounds, players can now create their own private tournaments, restricting entry to whomever they would like to participate. For those who want to set something… Read more »
PartyPoker, the world’s third largest online poker room, is offering up 1.8 million prize cards as part of its Card Rush Instant Win promotion in April. The promotion will run through April 30th or until the prize cards are given away and offers numerous chances to earn extra cash by playing on the site this… Read more »
Ever wanted to go to the Super Bowl? How about the World Cup championship game? What about Wimbledon? Or maybe the Olympics? This week, PokerStars launched a promotion called the Game of Your Life to send players to sporting events on their bucket lists. Text found on PokerStars explains what you have to look forward… Read more »
For the first time ever, UB.com is holding a standalone Mini Ultimate Bet Online Championship (MiniUBOC). The action gets underway this weekend. The MiniUBOC, which is scheduled for April 10th to 17th, will offer big money guaranteed events with much lower buy-ins than the normal UBOC. Along with the tournaments, UB.com will be offering several… Read more »
One week after splitting a pair of heads-up matches with Daniel Negreanu in the PokerStars SuperStar Showdown, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom faced off against one of online poker’s brightest young stars on Sunday. 20-year-old Scott “URnotINdangr” Palmer challenged the talented Swede to four tables of $50/$100 No Limit Hold’em and came out on top after 2,500… Read more »
Beginning this Friday, Full Tilt Poker will be opening up its wallets to give players free money during its Take 2 promotion. The Take 2 promotion gives players of any bankroll a shot at adding some extra cash to their accounts. For earning five Full Tilt Points (FTPs) a day for five days during the… Read more »
In April, Cake Poker is bringing back two popular promotions and continuing its World Series of Poker (WSOP) satellites. Starting this month, players can earn double Gold Cards with the Turbo Gold Cards promotion and earn cash and prizes by redeeming their Gold Cards with the Match and Win promo. Running from April 1 through… Read more »
If you’ve ever wanted an Apple iPad2, the rakeback clearinghouse TheNuts has you covered. You can score this next generation electronic item simply by signing up for Lock Poker during April and raking $1,000 before May 31st. If you can manage that, then TheNuts will hook you up with an iPad2, which is worth about… Read more »
According to the Wall Street Journal and the Las Vegas Review Journal, Full Tilt Poker has teamed up with Fertitta Interactive to back Federal legislation legalizing online poker. Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta, the owners of Station Casinos, also own Fertitta Interactive. However, according to the news outlets, no tie-in with Station Casinos is expected. Tom… Read more »
In a final judgment issued last week, United States District Court Judge James Nowlin has dismissed all claims by Deliverance Poker against 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final tablist Michael Mizrachi and Tiltware, LLC, the ownership behind Full Tilt Poker. Two final statements on the case were lodged with the United States… Read more »
Shortly after dinnertime on the East Coast of the United States on Tuesday, Tom Dwan and Dan “jungleman12” Cates sat down for a Durrrr Challenge session. Dwan succinctly posted on Twitter prior to the festivities beginning, “About to play a short session vs jungleman on FTP now.” The action takes place exclusively on Full Tilt… Read more »
On Tuesday at 9:39am ET, a monumental hand was dealt on PokerStars, the industry’s largest online poker site. In fact, it was #60 billion. In the end, Pogo650 came away with the win and banked over $100,000 for being at the right place at the right time. Lightning actually struck twice for Pogo650, who was… Read more »
