The Merge Gaming network continues to add new, innovative, poker sites to its network, and the latest addition, GR88.com, brings a lot to the table for the growing poker network.  Not only does GR88 offer online poker, but also casino games like Caribbean Stud, blackjack and roulette, as well as Backgammon.

The Merge Gaming Network is a collection of smaller, US friendly, poker sites that have combined their player bases in an effort to increase their overall player pool –giving them the chance to compete with the more established poker rooms like Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars. As a part of the Merge Gaming Network, GR88 offers a variety of different games –Holdem, Omaha, Stud,  and a number of other formats like 5 Card Draw, 5 Card Stud, Badugi, Mixed Games, Razz, Triple Draw Lowball 2-7, and Triple Draw Lowball A-5. This is in addition to around the clock Sit & Go’s and Multi-table Tournaments.

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PokerRankings.org’s number 1 poker room, Full Tilt Poker has been very busy overhauling their software, setting up new promotions, and even adding the innovative Rush Poker; changes that initially increased the site’s traffic to around 20,000 real money players in January, according to pokerscout.com. However, the online poker giant hasn’t been able to hold on to those players, and despite all of the upgrades and changes Full Tilt’s traffic has dipped back down to 15,000 –right where they were before the changes.

On the other side of the coin is Pokerstars. The #1 online poker room has made a few rather minor changes over the same period –nothing along the lines of Full Tilt Poker’s major overhauls—and has managed to increase its traffic even further! According to pokerscout.com’s trends, PokerStars has gone from averaging 25,000 real money players, to Read the rest of this entry…

Its been a long process that has been leaked into the gambling community via a number of sources but Bwin and PartyGaming have finally moved to confirm that they are holding talks regarding a possible merger deal that will see Bwin operate within the PartyGaming Network.

The confirmation means that the rumors that have been in circulation for almost 6 months were correct and the two companies will look to play off each other as they look to make the PartyGaming empire larger with the addition of the Bwin gambling brand. Read the rest of this entry…

News was revealed yesterday that the worlds largest online poker room has completed a deal with Canadian broadcaster TSN that will see the two join forces to create a new custom build poker environment that will be make available to poker players from around the world.

The new project will enable players to enter a number of free tournaments that will be spaced over a 3 day period, giving players the opportunity to take down the prize pools that are on offer without having to stake a single dollar.

Pokerstars.net manager for Canada country Geoff Fardy issued a statement Read the rest of this entry…

It has come to the attention of the media that online poker rooms that are based within the United States of America are having an increased amount of difficulty with the processing of deposits made by their members from their credit cards.

The issues started to happen when the UIGEA was passed in 2006 and since that point, the online poker sites have been finding that more and more of the major credit card issuing banks are rejecting funding to be sent to the site in order to fall into line with the UIGEA.

This has meant that players are having to find alternative methods of placing their deposit into the sites in order to get their funds into their playing account.

The knock on effect of these issues has seen a number of players having to seek Read the rest of this entry…

With a revamped lobby and filters, Full Tilt’s upgrades began last year and the site has continued making improvements in the early stages of 2010 with the addition of Rush Poker, and the announcement of a revamped VIP Rewards Program in the works.

The #2 online poker site recently made a series of small upgrades Read the rest of this entry…

In 2008 the Netherlands imposed a 29% tax on poker winnings, a move that saw many top Dutch players leave the country in search of countries with more lenient tax laws regarding poker. For the players who stayed, hoping the laws were more show than anything, it would seem the Dutch are taking the new tax laws very seriously.

One example is Steven Van Zadelhoff, a top poker player both online and live, who had his home raided by Dutch authorities. Zadelhoff, who has won the PokerStars Sunday Million in addition to numerous other tournament wins and cashes worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, is a sponsored pro for Everest Poker.

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Better known for Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Mario Bros than for No-Limit Holdem, console game giants Sega have announced their entry into the competitive world of online poker.

Launching their site on the established iPoker network, collectively the 3rd largest pool of poker players online, means that the software back-end is run by playtech – limiting the amount of animation and feature changes possible. While those expecting a Sega all-action experience at the tables may be disappointed, the lively branding is instantly recognizable from the first time you see the Sega Poker website.

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In one of the strangest moves in online poker history, the iPoker Network has enacted a policy where it will penalize sites that have a disproportionate number of “good” players! The move makes tactical sense, but doesn’t seem to have the potential to work in the real-world.

Ipoker was likely assuming that the move would lead their network of sites to come up with new, innovative, ways to bring players to their poker tables –instead of relying on rakeback deals, and other promotions that appeal mainly to high-volume, winning, poker players.

Instead, what iPoker got were Read the rest of this entry…

With a catchy name, high-profile player, and a solid poker network Unabomber Poker looks to be off to a strong start before dealing their first hand of poker. The site has garnered a lot of publicity before its launch; more so than the seven other poker sites that will be joining the Cake Poker Network: 7Win Poker, Redback Poker, Amsterdams Poker, Safari Poker, Dimeline Poker, Rags2Riches Poker, and Burro Poker.

Unabomber Poker, like all Cake Poker Network sites, will utilize the same software, rewards program, and game and tournament schedule as its parent site, Cake Poker. This will be the second poker site on the network named Read the rest of this entry…