Greece’s Commission for the Supervision and Control of Games (CSCG), a division of the Hellenic Gaming Commission, has published a 401-member blacklist of online gambling sites that will supposedly be prohibited from operating in the Mediterranean nation. The list will be sent to Greek internet service providers, who will be instructed to deny subscribers’ access… Read more »
Last week, my colleague Earl Burton penned his annual article detailing the ten people he feels deserve consideration for the Poker Hall of Fame. Upon reading it, I realized that I have never written a similar article, so I figured it was about time I take a crack at it. The people I will list… Read more »
Viktor “Isildur1” Blom has had a bit of a down month at the online cash game tables (not likely helped by competing at the World Series of Poker), but the nosebleed stakes king got back in the black Sunday, winning $1.23 million. He continued for a little while after the page of the calendar turned,… Read more »
Atlantic City’s Revel Casino Hotel has announced that it is closing its poker room next month. Poker rooms have never been the money makers that the rest of the casino games are and it appears that it just wasn’t worth it anymore for the Revel to keep the poker games going. The casino released a… Read more »
PokerStars’ MicroMillions 5, the online poker tournament series with most buy-ins under ten dollars, wrapped up this weekend and in the end, Lithuania’s “stygher” made history, winning the Main Event and $160,726, the largest prize in the history of the tournament festival. The previous record was $157,218, won last year by “SoyDelGlobo.” For a while,… Read more »
As expected, Ultimate Poker earned unanimous final approval from the Nevada Gaming Commission for its online poker system on Thursday. Launched April 30th, Ultimate Poker was in its 90-day trial period and is still the lone operator of intrastate online poker in the state of Nevada. “Not only was Ultimate Gaming the first company in… Read more »
On Thursday, Intertops Poker, a poker room on the Revolution Gaming Network, announced that will now be taking the extreme measure of reviewing most player winnings before crediting funds to accounts in order to combat chip dumping at the tables. An Intertops Poker representative posted the following message on the Two Plus Two message board… Read more »
In what will be a case that stretches into 2014, the first plea deal has been reached regarding the April raid by the U. S. Department of Justice that broke up an international gambling ring allegedly helmed by the Russian mob. One of the 34 people that were named in the indictment was Hollywood producer… Read more »
One of the companies that were thought to be a major player for the future of online gaming and poker in the United States has instead decided to pack in their efforts towards that goal. As this occurred, another organization continues to strive forward in one of the state regulated operations. On Thursday, the social… Read more »
One of the major players in “High Roller” poker tournaments around the world was arrested earlier this week for his company’s involvement in an alleged malware ring that netted nearly $4 million. According to reports from several technology websites, Japanese poker professional Masaaki Kagawa was arrested, along with eight other people associated with Kagawa’s company… Read more »
While much of the legal wrangling in the case has already closed, a host of top celebrities and poker professionals are concerned about the release of a book by the organizers of those private games that could open the doors to the conduct at those gatherings. The London Daily Express published a story about Molly… Read more »
Just before the 2013 World Series of Poker Championship Event “November Nine” was determined earlier this month, it was announced that nominations were open for the public’s choices for this year’s Poker Hall of Fame. Currently ongoing, poker fans are once again being asked to put up their choice for the prestigious honor, with the… Read more »
Many in the poker community remember the famous commercial from Full Tilt Poker that compared the game of poker to the inner workings of business. The similarities between business and poker, with such terms as calculated risk, leverage and return on investment used, were all a part of that Full Tilt commercial back in the… Read more »
With the UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) Galway ready to roll this week, Full Tilt Poker has announced its four ambassadors that will represent the site on the Tour. The timing is not coincidental; UKIPT Galway is Full Tilt’s first sponsored poker festival since the online poker room rose from the dead last year.… Read more »
Though it sounds like at least one more online poker room is getting close to launch in the state of Nevada, the fact remains that Ultimate Poker is still the only legal, regulated poker site up and running in the Silver State. Amongst the many advantages of being the only player in the market is… Read more »
For those of you who have been following the 2013 World Series of Poker and have been eager to view it on television, your time has come. Tonight marks the first of this year’s WSOP broadcasts on ESPN, the revival of “Tuesday is Poker Night” on the Worldwide Leader. Kicking off the schedule is the… Read more »
The Global Poker Index (GPI) announced today that has purchased The Hendon Mob Limited (UK), owner of TheHendonMob.com. The website is best known for its industry-leading live poker tournament database as well as being home to the world’s largest UK online poker community. “We are very excited and extremely proud to count The Hendon Mob… Read more »
Almost a year after receiving its license to operate intrastate online poker games in the state of Nevada, South Point Poker LLC appears to be close to launch. No exact launch date has been announced, but signs are pointing to positive movement in the near future. On August 23rd, 2012, South Point made history when… Read more »
Continuing the effort of online poker rooms to reduce the impact of skilled regulars sapping money from the unsuspecting and, in turn, the poker economy, the iPoker Network will soon be introducing “Heads-Up Hogging Prevention” to all of its dot-com skins. Initially reported by Pokerfuse, this new feature is a system which monitors players sitting… Read more »
Ultimate Poker (UP), the first and still the only regulated online poker site to get up and running in Nevada, revealed a couple tidbits about its upcoming VIP program late last week. The highlight, as posted by Ultimate Poker representative Scott “Scottyy” Yeates on Two Plus Two, is that the site will use the “Winner… Read more »
Back in May, poker professional Paul Volpe was atop the three major Player of the Year races in the poker world. After two months of Las Vegas tournaments – the World Series of Poker and other smaller events – those POY races have been completely changed over, with some new names ascending to the top… Read more »
Even though it has been well over two years since the indictments of “Black Friday” and almost two years since the shutdown of the site, further delays are expected for those players in the United States who have been expecting repayment from Full Tilt Poker. According to Bob Pajich of CardPlayer.com, the Garden City Group… Read more »
The list of seminal poker programming on American television is quite extensive. “High Stakes Poker” brought the thrills of professional poker’s greatest names battling it out in a cash game; “Celebrity Poker Showdown” saw luminaries from television, film and music battle it out for charity; the “PokerStars Big Game” put the “Average Joe” up against… Read more »
Already one of the elite international tours on the tournament poker calendar, the World Poker Tour announced yesterday the establishment of a new set of special “High Roller” events that should draw in the crème of the poker world for competition. The tour, to be called “WPT Alpha8,” will be a series of eight, $100,000… Read more »
One of the things that I noticed at this year’s World Series of Poker was the amount of action that was going on pre-flop on some hands. Players were laying out three, four, even as much as seven-betting the action pre-flop. In one particular hand, a player with pocket nines used such a seven-bet and… Read more »
