Since the actions taken by the U. S. Department of Justice on April 15 – which have become known as “Black Friday” in the poker community – the parade of online and live poker pros to more poker-friendly countries has become commonplace. A recent article in a major magazine focuses on this exodus. In a… Read more »
With their meeting with the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) looming next week, Full Tilt Poker has released a new statement regarding their operations. In a release to the website PokerStrategy.com yesterday, the latest statement from the Full Tilt Poker PR machine reveals little to no new information that isn’t already known by the poker… Read more »
With each tournament held by the fledgling Epic Poker League, it seems that there is a corresponding dispute that comes along with said event. The latest fracas that has erupted could lead to the courtroom. In an interview with QuadJacks Radio, poker player Michael DiVita recounted his run in the EPL’s Pro/Am tournament on September… Read more »
PokerScout.com, online poker’s leading cash game traffic watchdog site, released its weekly update this week, revealing a marginal uptick in the industry overall. One online poker network that bucked the trend was the Merge Gaming Network, which saw its cash game traffic fall 10 percent from the previous week. According to PokerScout, during Monday’s prime… Read more »
According to a report by GamingToday.com, Michael Gaughan, owner of the South Point Hotel, Casino, and Spa in Las Vegas, has announced that he will be launching a free-to-play online poker site, likely to be named after his casino. The site, which will be on the ZEN Entertainment Network, should open for business within the… Read more »
The month of September may be almost half over, but that just means Titan Poker’s 6th Anniversary Celebration is in full swing. All month, the headline member of the iPoker Network is holding a series of promotions for players, including the opportunity to play with the site’s pros. Here is what’s going on: Heads-Up Championship… Read more »
On Saturday, Parkland, Florida’s Matt Waxman accomplished something no American had ever been able to do before: he became the first American to win the World Poker Tour (WPT) Grand Prix de Paris. One of just two Yanks to reach the final table and one of just five to cash at the venerable Aviation Club… Read more »
It is no secret that the events on and following Black Friday put either an end to, or a major damper on, the careers of most online poker players in the United States. But what about some of the players who have made their names playing live? Aside from some changes in the activity at… Read more »
Adding to the problems for the beleaguered company, a second class action lawsuit has been filed against Full Tilt Poker, this time in the country of Canada. It was revealed yesterday in an article in the Montreal Gazette that a Canadian consumer protection organization has filed the lawsuit on behalf of Canadian poker players. Jeff… Read more »
After a two year hiatus, the Caesars Cup will once again be up for grabs during this year’s World Series of Poker Europe in Cannes, France. Back in 2009 in London, the Caesars Cup was devised as a poker competition between two teams of players from the Americas and Europe, roughly akin to golf’s Ryder… Read more »
Battling from the short stack at the final table, Mike McDonald emerged as the champion of the second Epic Poker League tournament Friday night at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. At the start of the final table of the Eight Handed No Limit Hold’em event, Australia’s David Steicke held a slim, 28,000 chip… Read more »
Late yesterday afternoon, rumors were heard that another online poker network may be in the crosshairs of the U. S. Department of Justice. The website Subject: Poker reported through “confidential sources” Thursday afternoon that the U. S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland plans to seize the assets of payment processors who were the… Read more »
The final table for the second-ever Epic Poker League Main Event is set, with a newcomer to the EPL tournaments leading the way and a familiar face trying to chase him down. Action began on Thursday with 23 men left standing from the original 97 runners who came to the line. There was plenty of… Read more »
With “Black Friday” taking many of the popular online poker offerings away from American poker players, the small “home game” has become a viable alternative to grinding away in front of a computer. In the state of Indiana, the gaming commission has vowed to not target those home games, instead concentrating on large scale gambling… Read more »
After Day Two of the Epic Poker League’s second Main Event at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, 2011 World Series of Poker bracelet winner Fabrice Soulier has surged to the lead with 23 players remaining. The fifty players who returned for action on Wednesday were looking at a short day of play, with… Read more »
The second Epic Poker League Main Event kicked off Tuesday at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas as almost 100 poker pros squared off for both money and bragging rights. Leading the way, separated by just three big blinds and ahead of the rest of the field by 90 big blinds, are Jaime Kaplan… Read more »
ESPN.com released its monthly “The Nuts” poker rankings, rankings which largely reflected the typically slow August. There was just one change to the list’s membership with little movement amongst those already in the rankings. It wasn’t complete lull after the World Series of Poker (WSOP), however, as the Epic Poker League started up and the… Read more »
The Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) announced yesterday that the public hearing regarding Full Tilt Poker’s remote gambling license will be held on Monday, September 19th at 9:00am at the Riverbank Park Plaza Hotel in London. The original hearing was held on Tuesday, July 26th with the purpose of allowing both the AGCC and Full… Read more »
In a “Stipulation and Order” document filed this past Friday, September 2nd, in the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), has agreed to release an unspecified amount of previously seized funds back to PokerStars. The funds were seized as part of the $3 billion… Read more »
With the second Main Event of the Epic Poker League (EPL) set to get underway on Tuesday, there was the still some unfinished business left over the weekend, as nine free seats were to be handed out at the Pro/Am lead-up tournament. Greg “FBT” Mueller emerged as the eventual winner of the event, though because… Read more »
It is rare that a person can be universally loved, and that type of person is perhaps even rarer in the cutthroat world of poker. Thuy Doan was one of those people. Lovely both inside and out, Thuy succumbed to cancer yesterday. She was just 25-years old. Born in Vietnam, Thuy moved to Virginia at… Read more »
Heading into the final day of the Epic Poker League Pro/Am, poker professional Greg “FBT” Mueller holds the chip lead with twenty players vying for the nine $20,000 seats into the second EPL tournament, which begins on Tuesday. The $1500 Pro/Am featured two Day Ones, drawing in a cozy 97 players total for the tournament.… Read more »
For the first time without its American customers, PokerStars’ World Championships of Online Poker (WCOOP) will hit the felt today with the first of its 62 tournament schedule. From the inaugural tournament in 2002 until last year, the WCOOP had become the online equivalent of the World Series of Poker. Since its inception, the WCOOP… Read more »
It was revealed late yesterday that, beginning at the end of this month, the Entraction Network will no longer allow players from five different countries to play on their family of sites. The announcement was made by Donkr.com, who revealed the information that they had received from their affiliate contacts. In the statement, Donkr.com writes,… Read more »
Battling through the largest ever tournament field in Spanish history, Germany’s Martin Schleich overcame a difficult final table to take home the title at the European Poker Tour stop at the Casino de Barcelona last night. The eight players who came to the final table on Thursday spanned the globe, but were heavily weighted with… Read more »
