The World Series of Poker (WSOP) hosted its annual conference call Wednesday to announce the changes being made to the upcoming series in Las Vegas. On the call were WSOP Communications Director Seth Palansky, WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel and WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart, who were eager to announce that the final table action… Read more »
The active week for Absolute Poker continues. On Tuesday, the member of the CEREUS Network announced that it, along with sister site UB, has come to an agreement with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, a preliminary step in hopefully getting frozen funds back into U.S. players’ bank accounts. … Read more »
bwin Poker has been operating since the dawn of online poker, after opening in 1999. bwin is truly one of the veterans of online poker and it shows in their software and large player base. This room also does an excellent job of catering to people all over the globe: bwin Poker is available in 22 languages. Read more »
Blanca Games, operator of both Absolute Poker and UB, issued a statement over the weekend in an attempt to clarify the activities on Friday, during which agents of the Organismo de Investigaciones Judiciales (OIJ) (essentially, the Costa Rican FBI) raided the offices of the two poker rooms. As could be seen in a Costa Rican… Read more »
PokerStars sets the standard for poker rooms across the internet: right now in the world of Online Gaming there is PokerStars and then there is everybody else. PokerStars alone represents between 20-40% of the total business in the entire online gaming industry. It boasts a top notch security team, very strong player friendly software and is more than twice as popular as the most popular network online. Remember that PokerStars is more than twice as popular as the most popular network (iPoker) and PokerStars is not even part of a network itself! PokerStars is the best place to play poker online. Read more »
Over half the field of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final Main Event has been shown the door as both flights of Day 1 are set to merge on Monday. The final Main Event of season seven will end up being one of the richest in EPT history, as 686 players paid the €10,000… Read more »
The Quick Summary William Hill is arguably the biggest name in European Gaming. With more than 70 years of operation and thousands of live sports book throughout the continent, the Irish sports bet giant has an infrastructure that dwarfs even the largest online poker destination. Over the past 5 years, William Hill has teamed up… Read more »
Pokerview is a member of the Everleaf Gaming Network, one of the smaller online poker networks in the industry. Everleaf does still accept U.S. customers, however, so it may see some growth as exiles from the formerly largest U.S.-facing sites look for new places to play after “Black Friday.” Pokerview differentiates itself from the rest… Read more »
Poker player and media personality Bernard Lee is celebrating the fourth anniversary of The Bernard Lee Poker Show this month with two of the game’s biggest names as guests. Former World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Champion Greg Raymer and 2009 Bluff Magazine Player of the Year... Read more »
According to a report by MSNBC on Wednesday, indicted online poker rooms Absolute Poker and UB was to be filing for bankruptcy, leaving thousands of players even more concerned about the funds frozen in their real-money accounts. Read more »
Chilipoker was established in 2006 and resides on the iPoker Network. Chilipoker’s objective is to offer entertainment with their gaming products, whilst ensuring stability, safety and service to their players. The company’s founder, Alexandre Dreyfus, said he intends to make Chilipoker “the most innovative and the favorite alternative online room for every poker player.” Popularity:… Read more »
The newly formed Federated Sports and Gaming (FS&G) released the list of 218 players eligible for the inaugural season of its professional poker league Tuesday, along with the detailed criteria for selection. The league is slated to launch in early August and will feature four rake-free Main Events plus a championship to be held in… Read more »
3 Official WSOP packages & 1 Official WSOPE package up for grabs… only at WSOP Online Starting from May 1, WSOP Online is offering the following: Daily ONLINE satellites 3 Qualifiers 3 OFFCIAL WSOP VIP PACKAGES to Vegas worth $16,500 each One final tournament for the 27 players who made the final tables in the… Read more »
It was not quite the smooth ride that he probably would have liked, but Taylor Von Kriegenbergh got the result he wanted just the same, winning the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Showdown Monday night. For his efforts, the recent college grad won $1,122,340, a $25,500 entry into the WPT World Championship, a… Read more »
The penultimate day of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Showdown came to a close Sunday with just the final six players remaining, setting up Monday’s television final table. Leading the way is Taylor Von Kriegenbergh, who used a gigantic late push to finish the day with a chip stack double that of… Read more »
He’s only 24 years old, but Blair Hinkle has already accomplished more than most poker players dream of. In his brief career as a pro, Hinkle has captured a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet, a WSOP circuit ring, and a handful of major online wins, including a $1.1 million score in the FTOPS XIX… Read more »
