Poker players were expecting to see what the next step in the process begun on Black Friday was going to be at the end of November, as well as for the hammer to come crashing down on Absolute Poker, considering the site, along with Full Tilt Poker andRead Full Article

Just days after Bodog announced all of their poker tables would now be anonymous, the Microgaming Poker Network has apparently decided to follow in their footsteps, announcing yesterday that all of their Heads-Up No Limit Holdem tables, and select other tables at all stakes would be anonymous. I’veRead Full Article

According to a report at egrmagazine.com (the subscription part of the site), Facebook is preparing to enter the online poker industry in the UK; well preparing to partner with existing online poker sites in the UK by offering to host up to eight online poker companies’ software onRead Full Article

Even as poker, and online poker in particular, has garnered a lot of mainstream media attention since Black Friday, for the first time (to my knowledge) a major network has decided to look at the fallout from the US shutdown of online poker sites and the subsequent problemsRead Full Article

It’s a big weekend for poker advocates around the world as the International Poker Federation (IFP) wrapped up its groundbreaking Nations Cup Poker Tournament on Friday and gets set to host a $500k freeroll tournament known as “The Table” this weekend. The Nations Cup was a unique event whereRead Full Article

On January 1st, 2012 Spain will join the likes of countries like France and Italy and create their own country-wide online poker network, and no less than 16 online poker sites have already begun the process of applying for a Spanish license (at an initial cost of €2Read Full Article

Of the 11 people indicted on Black Friday the US Department of Justice has managed to arrest four of the men they named, and two of those men, John Campos and Chad Elie, have already been arraigned and entered not-guilty pleas. In response to Elie’s and Campos’ assertionRead Full Article

After the old guard took their lumps on Black Friday, the road was basically paved in gold for the mega-casinos who have recently thrown their weight behind online poker legislation in the United States. Even before Black Friday we saw a number of Brick & Mortar casino giantsRead Full Article

It would seem that even Black Friday will not be able to slow down the appeal for online poker sites to sign a November Niner, as it was announced that PokerStars has added the young German Pius Heinz to their Team PokerStars Pro roster. Heinz is one ofRead Full Article

On Friday the Kahnawake Gaming Commission made the first public statement regarding Absolute Poker and UB Poker since the sites came to an agreement with the US Department of Justice in the weeks following Black Friday. The statement basically says that Blanca Games will liquidate the troubled onlineRead Full Article