Online poker news
Thirty days, two-hundred dollars, one goal in mind: Grace the cover of Bluff Magazine. The stars will be out in force for the Bluff Online Poker Challenge, which kicks off on March 1st on Lock Poker. Some of the top online poker players have already signed up, including Josh "JJProdigy" Fields and Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi. Read more »
Bad beat jackpots are a part of not only the live poker world but also of the online game. On many occasions, these jackpots can soar to over several hundred thousand dollars. Read more »
The world's largest online poker room just got a little bigger. PokerStars has signed "Seinfeld" actor Jason Alexander to become its newest ambassador. He'll join National Hockey League (NHL) legend Mats Sundin, Wimbledon tennis champion Boris Becker, and former Cy Young Award winning pitcher Orel Hershiser as faces of the site. Read more »
In an e-mail sent to affiliates on Monday, it was revealed that players on PokerRoom and EuroPoker will soon become a part of bwin. The two sites were purchased by bwin in 2006 and currently make their homes on the Ongame Network. Other Ongame Network sites include Hollywood Poker, Poker Loco, and Strykke Poker. Read more »
Fresh off his win in the World Poker Tour´s (WPT) Southern Poker Championship, Allen Carter, known in the online poker world as AawwNutz, has signed with Ultimate Bet. His signing represents a signature accomplishment for one of the world´s classiest pros. Read more »
Poker players at CelebPoker and Mansion Poker will welcome several new payment processors to their arsenal this month. The ability to deposit money on either of these extremely popular online poker rooms just got a lot easier, according to press releases distributed by both companies on Friday. Read more »
After battling to restart action for players in the United States over much of 2008, the online poker site Doyle's Room, endorsed by ten-time WSOP bracelet winner and two-time World Champion Doyle Brunson, has left the Microgaming Network and reemerged on the online scene as a part of the Cake Poker Network. Read more »
The poker network CEREUS, the combination of two of the most popular online poker rooms in Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker, announced on Wednesday the results for the two rooms for one of their most prestigious prizes of 2008, the champions of the Yearly Tournament Leader Board. Read more »
In an e-mail sent to members of popular online poker site Doyle's Room last week, it was announced that sweeping changes were on their way. What that meant remains to be seen, but Poker News Daily can confirm that a new software provider is in the works. In addition, the changes are scheduled to be implemented within the week. Read more »
The current bad beat jackpot on popular online poker site Carbon Poker sits at nearly $1 million. In an e-mail sent to affiliates late Sunday night, Carbon Poker officials announced that they expected the seven-figure threshold to be shattered officially within 48 hours. Read more »
Recently, members of Devilfish Poker, the flagship online poker site of the Entraction Network, logged in to see that the room had received an extreme makeover. New features that focus on betting, showing hand strengths, and displays of already folded cards make the process of hitting the ground running at Devilfish Poker even easier. Read more »
Beginning on Sunday, February 1st, PartyPoker will host a $640 buy-in $1 Million Guaranteed tournament once per month. Aptly called the Monthly Million, the first installment will take place at 17:45 GMT on the first Sunday of every month. Read more »
According to a press release by the Ongame Network of poker rooms obtained by Poker News Daily on Thursday, Betsafe will become its newest member. The site is the latest to depart from the CryptoLogic Network, which is poised to turn over its online poker clientele to the Boss Network by the end of the first quarter of 2009. Read more »
According to a customer service e-mail received on Wednesday, Playboy Gaming, the parent company of Playboy Poker, will shut its doors on January 29th. Poker News Daily has also confirmed the news with CryptoLogic, the network Playboy Poker belongs to. Read more »
PaddyPower Poker announced today that they will be beginning the third edition of one of their most popular promotion campaigns beginning on January 18th. Read more »
Despite the sagging economy in the United States and throughout the world, subscription-based online poker site PurePlay has thrived. The site doubled its player base during the 2008 calendar year and, according to a press release distributed on Tuesday, is now 10 times as large as its next closest competitor. Read more »
On Monday, two prominent organizations in the online poker world - Players Network and the National League of Poker - entered into an agreement to create an online poker room for Players Network that will be accessible to the American consumer. Read more »
In December, Carlos Poker and the iPoker Network parted ways. The move was effective in January and, this week, Carlos Poker announced that it was headed to the popular Microgaming Network. The online poker room is owned by Unibet, which also operates a Microgaming Network site. Read more »
The world of Google AdWords is about to change, as the site recently announced a modification of its policy towards gambling. Affiliates of internet gambling sites can now bid on popular industry terms, such as "online poker," according to a press release distributed Friday by Income Access. Read more »
Poker players around the world can rejoice in knowing that the Full Tilt Online Poker Series, or FTOPS as it's commonly known, will return for an eleventh installment. The wait won't be long, either, as FTOPS XI debuts less than one month from now on February 4th. Read more »
The latest salvo has been fired in the ongoing case pitting poker professional Clonie Gowen against her alleged former employer, Full Tilt Poker. On January 6th, attorneys representing Tiltware, Inc. and the 13 fellow poker pros that Gowen brought her suit against filed a defendant motion for dismissal. Read more »
According to Michael Corfman, Executive Director of the Gambling Portal Webmasters Association (GPWA) and Chief Executive Officer of Casino City, the owners of Casino Affiliate Programs (CAP) are also the men behind CardSpike. Read more »
The World Poker Tour's subscription-based online poker room, ClubWPT, recently awarded its two millionth dollar of prize money. It has been one of the staples in the industry since its launch by the World Poker Tour (WPT), a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange. Read more »
In threads that have ballooned on Poker Affiliate Program's website as well as TwoPlusTwo, numerous affiliates have reported issues with payments from CardSpike, a skin of the Cake Poker Network. Read more »
Less than one week after being parting ways with the iPoker Network, NoiQPoker has joined the Entraction Network, whose flagship site is Devilfish Poker. Players will officially be moved from iPoker to Entraction by the end of January. NoiQPoker got its start back in 2006. Read more »
