Feb Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 03, 2012 Posted in Legal Poker News, Online Poker News | No Comments »
In an interview in Las Vegas, Nevada ahead of this month’s Republican Primary in the state, Mitt Romney gave online poker players a glimpse at how a Romney administration would handle the sticky issue of online gaming in the US; he is against it. Romney’s stance on online gaming is buried in the very last sentence of an article on 8newsnow.com, where it states,Read Full Article
Feb Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 03, 2012 Posted in Online Poker News, Poker Gossip | No Comments »
It appears all of last week’s talk about Chris Ferguson single-handedly holding up the sale of Full Tilt Poker to Groupe Bernard Tapie (a deal being brokered by the United States Department of Justice) was off the mark, as it came to light today that player loans from Full Tilt Poker to certain owners, sponsored players, and other individuals, is actually the main stickingRead Full Article
Feb Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 02, 2012 Posted in Online Poker News, Poker Promotions | No Comments »
Beginning on March 4th, 2012 and running through March 25, 2012, the Merge Gaming Network will be hosting a massive 70-Event tournament series known as Poker Maximus. Over the course of thee 22-days of tournaments the Merge Gaming Network will be guaranteeing $1.5 million in prize-money, with the Poker Maximus tournament series culminating on Sunday, March 25, with four separate Main Event tournaments withRead Full Article
Earlier this week Daniel Negreanu sat down for an interview with the website pokerplayer.co.uk, who somehow always manages to bring out the best and most controversial remarks in Daniel –you may recall it was the same outlet that Negreanu infamously referred to Annie Duke as a C***in a prior interview. This time around the line of questioning focused on the current state of poker,Read Full Article
It appears we’ve been snookered by of all people the World Series of Poker! After a Tweet Tuesday night claiming the end of the November Nine, it was revealed today –when the full schedule and format changes were revealed—that the end of the November Nine is more of a technicality. Due to the 2012 elections, the WSOP has decided to move the final tableRead Full Article
Today Lock Poker launched there new cashier. The hope is this will mean the time from withdrawing from your player account to you bank will be decreased greatly. It’s also important to note this is not a merge cashier change, but only refers to the Lock cashier. It is also likely that for the first couple of days after the change over, a fewRead Full Article
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WSOP scraps November Nine for 2012
January 31, 2012 Tournament News, WSOP NewsIn a not so surprising announcement on Tuesday the World Series of Poker announced they would be releasing a number of “hints” for the 2012 WSOP schedule, but did reveal that the November Nine has run its course via the official WSOP Twitter account: “A few hints on WSOP schedule coming tomorrow…you won’t find the November Nine returning.” The move to eliminate the NovemberRead Full Article
Breaking News: Full Tilt Poker forfeits assets to DOJ
January 31, 2012 Online Poker News, Poker Room NewsEarlier this week it was reported, originally by Subject: Poker, that Chris Ferguson could have been single-handedly responsible for holding up the forfeiture of Full Tilt Poker’s assets to the US Department of Justice (and therefore holding up the eventual sale of the company’s assets by the DOJ to Groupe Bernard Tapie) but on Tuesday we learned that the Full Tilt forfeiture to theRead Full Article
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Victor Chandler Poker rebranded to BetVictor
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PokerStars modifies Rake and VIP Program for 2012
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PokerStars launches new marketing campaign
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PokerStars 10th Anniversary Sunday Million sets record
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