Online poker news
Parting ways with UB.com recently were Matt “mattg1983” Graham, Michael Binger, and Billy “Patrolman35” Kopp, who no longer appear on the room’s list of sponsored pros. UB.com makes its home on the USA-friendly CEREUS Network along with its sister site, Absolute Poker. Graham’s contract originally ran for one year and the young poker gun was… Read more »
PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker site, announced this week that it will be teaming up with FOXSports.com to create a free poker room made available on the popular sports news site. The PokerStars.net poker application will be hosted on FOXSports.com and provide a free-play poker client as well as news, tournament results, poker strategy,… Read more »
One of the top players from this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event has parlayed his success into a sponsorship from the online poker room PokerStars. Theo Jorgensen, the veteran Danish poker pro who was one of the chip leaders at the WSOP Main Event with four tables remaining, has become the latest… Read more »
In September, a letter from XMT Liquidations to the shareholders of what was formerly known as Excapsa Software identified a new cheating incident on the former Ultimate Bet site. Recently, Blanca Games, the current owners of UB.com and Absolute Poker, addressed the findings and the dispute between Tokwiro Enterprises and Excapsa. The letter, dated September… Read more »
On Thursday, the online poker site Ladbrokes introduced a new twist on an old favorite, Anonymous Tables. Ladbrokes, which is the largest betting company in the United Kingdom and one of the largest retail bookmakers in the world, is offering its new innovation at cash game tables. Although the site is part of the Microgaming… Read more »
On Friday, Brian “Stinger” Hastings released a video entitled “Million Dollar Bankrolls” on the popular poker training site CardRunners. Amazingly, it was the 2,000th video produced by CardRunners, which was founded five years ago and continues to establish itself as a market leader. It’s fitting that Hastings would be the brains behind the milestone video.… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker, the world’s second largest online poker room, sent an e-mail to an unknown number of recipients last week regarding the measures being taken to improve its security, according to PokerTableRatings and other outlets. The e-mail informed players that the site had completed an investigation that found several users in violations of Full… Read more »
This month, the CEREUS Network poker room UB.com is holding a number of tournaments and contests tailor-made for its low-stakes customers. All together, they have been dubbed the Perfect Play. Perfect 10 All month, UB.com will hold $10 + $1 multi-table tournaments 10 times per day. They will commence once per hour, on the half… Read more »
In a lawsuit winding its way through the Nevada court system, poker pro Russ “Dutch” Boyd is being sued by TwoPlusTwo Interactive, LLC for “cyber squatting,” or owning a website that intends to profit off the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else. In a post on TwoPlusTwo last week, site owner Mason Malmuth… Read more »
If you need another reason to play on PokerStars, check out the site’s 13 Regional Championships of Online Poker, or RCOOPs. Announced this week, 13 RCOOP series will run on the world’s largest online poker site and offer up over $7 million in total guaranteed prize money. The site already hosts its annual Spring Championship… Read more »
Two top up and coming poker professionals, 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe bracelet winner Scott Shelley and noted billiards/poker pro Toni Judet, have recently signed sponsorship deals with two of the top online poker sites in the industry. The signing of Judet, who hails from Bucharest, Romania, to the Team PokerStars Pro roster… Read more »
Starting this week, online poker room UB.com is holding a special series of freerolls featuring a spectacular grand prize: a $12,000 World Poker Tour (WPT) Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic package. The road to the Five Diamond Classic consists of three rounds, none of which requires a single penny to be spent. Round… Read more »
HighStakesDB.com released its biggest winners and losers report for 2010 late last week, and the online tracking site revealed that Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Daniel “jungleman12” Cates are the biggest earners at Full Tilt Poker’s nosebleed cash games. The two rising stars, who are currently facing off against one another in the second edition of… Read more »
The game went live almost a month ago, but PartyPoker just made it official with a press release this week: Double Hold’em has landed. The new poker variety is available at both real and play money tables and should prove to be a fun change of pace for even the most devoted Texas Hold’em players.… Read more »
According to an e-mail sent to Black Card members, Full Tilt Poker is searching for Beta testers for Rush Poker Mobile. The application, which is available for Android-powered phones, features both real money and play money Rush Poker tables. Supported phones include the Acer Liquid Stream S110, HTC Desire, HTC Droid Incredible, HTC Evo 4G,… Read more »
The latest addition to the USA-friendly Cake Poker Network is Poker King, managed by SunGame. The latter company is an Asian-facing internet gambling outfit that “provides a variety of online gaming experiences such as online live dealer, sports book, keno, slots, finance bets, and more of the hottest games,” according to a press release sent… Read more »
Russian poker player Maxim Lykov is the newest member of Team PokerStars Pro. Officials from the world’s largest online poker site announced Lykov’s membership on Friday, noting that it took just two deposits of $40 for the Russian to become a global poker superstar. Lykov got his start in poker five years ago as an… Read more »
If only for a few minutes, the Tom Dwan Million Dollar Challenge returned on Monday night. A brief 258-hand session was played over the course of 20 minutes, with Dwan cutting into the lead of Dan “JungleMan12” Cates by $31,000. Dwan and Cates have now played 7,660 hands of the 50,000 required for completion and… Read more »
After taking an oh-fer in the action in London over the past few weeks, Tom “durrrr” Dwan made up for it by hitting the cash game tables earlier this week. According to HighStakesDB.com, Dwan hit the tables against Power Poker front man Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies on Sunday night at Full Tilt Poker. The duo were… Read more »
Online gambling site Bodog announced this week that it has signed an advertising deal with the LA Galaxy of Major League Soccer (MLS). The agreement gives Bodog.net additional exposure through ad placements on all LED field boards at the Home Depot Center, LA Galaxy’s stadium, plus corner section banners, branding displayed on in-stadium TVs, and… Read more »
The nice thing about online poker is that you can play cards from anywhere. Rain or shine, hot or cold, weekend or weekday, it makes no difference as long as you have a reliable internet connection. But sometimes it’s fun to pack a suitcase and travel somewhere with natural sunlight, even if it is just… Read more »
On November 10th, the 18th running of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series, or FTOPS, will kick off on the world’s second largest site. Once again, Full Tilt Poker will host 34 FTOPS tournaments, culminating in a $640 buy-in Main Event on November 21st that will shell out at least $3 million. All told, Full… Read more »
Forty-five players pocketed their share of $200,000 as Bodog hosted the $470 + $30 Main Event of the Bodog Poker Open V (BPO) on Sunday. With just 360 registered players, there was a $30,000 overlay, as a $200,000 prize pool was guaranteed by Bodog. Taking the top spot at the $50,000 first prize was Evansville,… Read more »
An article in the Sunday edition of the New York Times notes that the land-based casino industry, for quite some time a vehement opponent to legalized online gaming and poker, is beginning to warm to the idea. The article, written by Barry Meier, inaccurately points out that online gaming and poker are illegal (the Unlawful… Read more »
The Million Dollar Challenge between Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Dan “JungleMan12” Cates returned on Saturday following a month-long break for the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe. In the short 582-hand session, the fifth of the second incarnation of the Durrrr Challenge, Dwan cut into Cates’ lead by a scant $1,400. The last action prior… Read more »
