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

With their Black Friday issues firmly behind them, it appears that PokerStars is positioning itself for a return to the US market. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the world’s largest online poker room (which also owns the second largest online poker room, Full Tilt Poker, viaRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 20, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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The headlines may not be huge this week but there is a lot going on in the poker world as summer comes to a close (so expect another Hidden Headlines column in the next day or two as well). Here is a look at some of the storiesRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 03, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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While we are in the grips of One Drop mania and the stunning news that Ray Bitar has turned himself in to US authorities, there has been plenty of other news coming out of the poker world, and in this column I’ll take a look at some ofRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 28, 2011 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

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. PlayersRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 10, 2011 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

Black Friday is turning out to be just another example of the US government killing jobs! With their Us operations shutdown since April 15th, followed by the Aldernay Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) suspending their gaming license for their failure to repay their US players, Full Tilt Poker didRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 03, 2011 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

Despite the fact that Full Tilt Poker has not accepted deposits or withdrawals for over a month, or even games for that matter, the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) has decided to renew the troubled site’s secondary gaming license –which shouldn’t be too surprising considering the KGC licensed UBRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 27, 2011 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

Chalk up yet another US online poker site to the after effects of Black Friday. On Tuesday Bodog announced it would allow its gaming license with Morris Mohawk Gaming to expire at the end of the year, signaling the end of US operations. Long known for thumbing theirRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 23, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With the Merge gaming network’s new European gaming license in place, one of their flagship sites, Lock Poker, has just “locked up” two of the top poker players in the UK as the newest members of Team LockPro ELITE: Chris “Moorman1” Moorman and Nicky “Cod Meharly” Evans. MoormanRead Full Article