One of the biggest questions Bodog faced when it announced it would be switching all of its poker tables to Anonymous Tables (where players are identified only by a random ID) was how the site would police colluders. In an earlier post I stated that for Bodog (or any other network for that matter) to make Anonymous Tables work they would need to alleviateRead Full Article

  US poker players can say goodbye to Bodog and say hello to Bovada, as the site made good on its promise to leave the US market by the end of the year, but instead of losing yet another online poker room Us players have simply seen their Bodog accounts migrated to the newly branded Bovada (which is essentially Bodog under a different name).Read Full Article

Today PokerStars will attempt to break their own record for the largest online poker tournament in poker history, a remarkable achievement considering the entire US market is cut off from playing at the site! The old record has already fallen during pre-registration, and with just a few hours until the tournament gets underway it looks like the tournament will reach its cap of 200,000Read Full Article

Beginning December 1st, poker players at Victor Chandler could find their holiday season even merrier as the site has announced its latest promotion: The 25 Days of Christmas. Every day from December 1st – 25th, players at Victor Chandler can log into the poker client and see what the daily prize is, and how to win it. Overall the site is giving away someRead Full Article

With the announcement of a new software update that includes making every player on the site anonymous, Bodog has become the first online poker site to take a serious step in deterring data-mining and putting all online poker players on an equal playing field. Bodog has long been an advocate of doing away with data-mining (where professional players can collect data on their opponentsRead Full Article

Another online poker site is apparently running afoul of their regulator, as well as their poker network, as the MicroGaming Poker Network released a statement today stating that 24 Poker has had its license revoked by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission and that the site is now offline. Players looking for details about the revocation of 24 Poker’s license will have to wait, as MicroGamingRead Full Article

Apparently having signed 2011 World Series of Poker champion Pius Heinz has given PokerStars a little wiggle room when it comes to the worth of their other Team PokerStars from Europe, and two of those players have seemingly been let go by the site: JP Kelly from the UK and Juan Maceiras from Spain. Both players have been removed from the Team PokerStars rosterRead Full Article

High Pulse Poker is a new player on the poker scene, the site launched its real-money version on the 15th of November, but unlike other online poker startups that mimic what the current crop of online poker rooms are doing, High Pulse Poker has decided to do things their own way and the result is a fun, player-friendly, place to play online poker. HighRead Full Article

On November 10th Betfair announced it had finished its search for the company’s next CEO, and the group has decided on Breon Corcoran. Corcoran, the former Paddy Power COO and long-time board member is considered one of the rising stars in the industry, and at just 40 years-old could spend many years with Betfair. Corcoran will begin his tenure at Betfair on August 1,Read Full Article

One of the top independent online poker rooms in the world, PKR Poker, has announced that it will be signing one of “the best poker players in the world” to its Team PKR Pro roster, according to a press release issued on Friday. PKR Poker is one of the industry leaders in online poker software (as well as 3D Casino Games), and has wonRead Full Article