Posted by Carolyn on Dec 29, 2017 Posted in Poker Industry News, Poker Promotions | No Comments »

The World Poker Fund Holdings Inc (WPFH), a gaming development company that deals with event-based social gaming brands and platforms announces on December 27 that it will be launching its own Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Many companies in 2017 have proceeded with creating their own digital currency andRead Full Article

Posted by Carolyn on Dec 27, 2017 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

PartyPoker has been through a lot of ups and downs. A decade ago, PartyPoker was considered one of the top online poker websites in the world. However, it suffered a big hit when the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) became an official law in 2006. This forcedRead Full Article

Posted by Carolyn on Dec 25, 2017 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Some poker pros have gained a reputation over the years of indulging in a crazy lifestyle that includes accepting weird and strange prop bets. That trend continued in 2017 as there were a number of strange prop bets accepted by poker players. We take a look at someRead Full Article

Posted by Carolyn on Dec 25, 2017 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Molly’s Game, which got pushed for a Christmas Day release, might just fit the description of a poker movie for the new generation of Millennial players who grew up to witness the rise of gaming, gambling, and online poker. The movie is based on the real life storyRead Full Article

Posted by Carolyn on Dec 24, 2017 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

Partypoker recently announced that it will host a special partypoker MILLIONS in 2018 which will have a guaranteed $20 million prize pool. This is significant because this will be one of the biggest online poker prize pool in the history of partypoker. The online poker operator has madeRead Full Article

Posted by Carolyn on Dec 24, 2017 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

 Gus ‘Great Dane’ Hansen will go down as one of the greatest poker players to have played the game, even though he has not made any waves in recent times. The Danish poker pro had taken a break from poker but is slowly making his return to theRead Full Article

Posted by Carolyn on Dec 20, 2017 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

As the year comes to a close and the Christmas holiday season approaches, a lot of people are getting in the mood to celebrate and give gifts which is part of the Christmas tradition. PokerStars, the biggest online poker website in the world has also decided to giveRead Full Article

Posted by Carolyn on Dec 20, 2017 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

PokerStars is the number one online poker website in the world but the brand also has a strong presence in Live poker tournaments. The company recently announced that they are bringing back popular regional tournaments such as the European Poker Tour (EPT), Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) andRead Full Article

Posted by Carolyn on Dec 19, 2017 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »
French PokerStars

Back in July 2017, a ground-breaking agreement was been made between the gaming regulators in Portugal, Italy, Spain, and France in order to enable shared player pools between the four countries in order to boost online poker revenues. While no official announcement has been made regarding when sharedRead Full Article

Posted by Carolyn on Dec 18, 2017 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

PokerStars, the biggest online poker website in the world has confirmed that it will be launching a new live poker tournament known as the Players No Limit Hold’em Championship (PSPC) which will take place every year, starting from 2019. The online poker giant will invest $9 million intoRead Full Article