American poker players frustrated by the ongoing impasse in the legality of online poker have a new organization to support their interest. FairPlayUSA seeks to alter the current status of the online game, which it describes as “unacceptable.” FairPlayUSA came into existence following the events of April 15th, now known as Black Friday, when a [...]
UK-listed company 888 Group has followed up its recent announcement of a large increase in profits with the news that it has begun operations in Italy, having been granted a licence by Italian authorities. The operator has opened 888 Casino, offering table games, including baccarat, roulette and blackjack, and slot machines, with the promise of [...]
Dan “jungleman12” Cates’s move to Canada to circumvent restrictions on playing online poker in the United States appears to have run into trouble. The nosebleed stakes regular tweeted that he was “leaving for Vancouver tomorrow, time to crush online again ” His hopes of making a swift return to the tables were dashed when the [...]
Bodog has become the latest online poker company to announce that it will be leaving the US market. The company will cease offering poker to American players when its licence to operate with the Morris Mohawk Gaming expires at the end of the year. Bodog has continued to offer online poker in the USA, as [...]
PokerStars is celebrating the tenth anniversary of the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) with guarantees of more than $30 million on offer across 62 events in this year’s series. With the usual variety of different games, tournaments are scheduled across the period from the 4th-25th September, with buy-ins ranging from $109 up to $10,300. [...]
Customers of Full Tilt Poker with balances stranded on the site will have to wait a little longer to find out the fate of their cash. Yesterday’s hearing to the suspension of Full Tilt’s licence to operate by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission was adjourned until 15th September at the latest. The day began with [...]
The hearing into the suspension of Full Tilt’s licence to operate by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) got underway at 10am today, at the Victoria Park Plaza Hotel in London. The licence was suspended on 29th June with games on Full Tilt coming to a sudden halt very shortly afterwards, since which time they [...]
The future of online poker operator Full Tilt should become clearer this week following the hearing into the suspension of its operating licence by regulator the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) which is due to take place at the Park Plaza Victoria Hotel in London on Tuesday. Ahead of that hearing, the internet is awash [...]
Having already looked at the top six players at the World Series of Poker Main Event’s “November Nine” final table, today it is the turn of the three shortest stacks remaining in the tournament. Pius Heinz (16,425,000) is playing in his first WSOP. The twenty-two year old comes from Cologne in Germany, where he is [...]
In yesterday’s article we looked at the three biggest stacks among this year’s World Series of Poker “November Nine.” Today we profile Phil Collins, Ben Lamb and Badih Bounahra, who lie in 4th, 5th and 6th places respectively. Poker professional Phil Collins (23,875,000 chips) lies in fourth position; originally from Rockford, Illinois he has now [...]
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