Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 29, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

November 2, 2012. That’s the date that Full Tilt Poker will have their “Play-Money” relaunch as the site nears its official relaunch date of November 6th, 2012, when players in many parts of the world will not only have access to their Full Tilt Poker accounts for theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 01, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
PokerStars versus Full Tilt

On Tuesday the poker world received the news it had been patiently awaiting when PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and the US Department of Justice announced they had come to terms on a deal that would see Full Tilt Poker forfeit its assets to the DOJ who in turnRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 02, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

On May 31, 2012 Lock Poker officially left the Merge Gaming Network and returned to where they got their start, the Cake Poker Network. However, the homecoming was not a sign of Lock Poker slinking back but rather the site came back as the conqueror, purchasing the entireRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 17, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
fulltiltpoker sold

After the most recent round of rumors that a potential sale was in the works that would see Full Tilt poker taken over by Groupe Bernard Tapie, yet another month has gone by and there is still no official progress. However, unlike previous times, when “anonymous sources” statedRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 11, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

This week Carbon Poker, one of the flagship poker rooms on the Merge Gaming Network, announced the launch of the Carbon Calculator, a poker odds calculator designed to help players understand and implement everything from hand matches to winning percentages of specific hands vs. and opponent’s range, asRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 04, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

This week we were made aware of yet another online poker room that has been shuttered in the aftermath of Black Friday, Poker Nordica. After six years of operation Poker Nordica has decided to close its doors, having been operating on the Merge Gaming Network since coming onlineRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 08, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

According to an article on iGaming Post (www.gaming-awards.com) there may be a new suitor for Full Tilt Poker waiting in the wings. iGaming Post is reporting that they have confirmed this second suitor (an unnamed UK investment firm) from three separate sources, stating that they will be interestedRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 17, 2012 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

Founded in the 1940’s in Great Britain, Victor Chandler has become a name that is virtually synonymous with sports-betting in the UK. However, even their powerful brand hasn’t seemed to be able to crack the upper echelon of online gaming sites, which may be the reason that VictorRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 01, 2011 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

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

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 18, 2011 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

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 thingsRead Full Article