Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 14, 2013 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

It’s no secret that I feel the poker food chain has grown unbalanced in recent years (Evidence 1 and Evidence 2), and it’s safe to say that the online poker world is finally catching on to this problem and making the necessary changes. The latest poker site thatRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 02, 2012 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

As the holiday season approaches Lock Poker, the flagship site on the Revolution Gaming Network has just unveiled their latest promotion, and it’s enough to leave Santa Claus green with envy. Throughout December and January Lock Poker will be giving up to $1,500,000 to their players, as theyRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 27, 2012 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

On September 1, 2012 the iPoker Network will begin a new chapter when they put in place a bold new policy that will segregate their poker rooms into two separate tiers. The upper tier, which will consist of about five or so iPoker sites, will have full accessRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 22, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

If you are a no frills, I just want to get in as many hands as possible in the shortest amount of time; you can stop reading this article right now. Ok, for the rest of you that made it past the first sentence, PKR Poker has justRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 18, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Party Poker has made a stunning move this week, eliminating all high-stakes games from the site. Without warning the site simply eliminated all stakes above $5/$10 No Limit and $30/$60 Limit games. While the move is sure to draw the ire of the sites high-stakes/high-volume players, in theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 05, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The saga of 5050 Poker and the Microgaming Poker network seems to have come to the final chapter and for players at the site the news is not good at all. According to a shareholders report released on Tuesday the site will be liquidated after being terminated byRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 01, 2012 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

Earlier this year poker players were in an uproar over PokerStars changes to their VIP Program as well as to the rake structure for certain games. The site’s efforts to reward the more casual players on the site (while at the same time making VIP thresholds more difficultRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 19, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

When we hear about an online poker sat-mining company in a tiff with an online poker room we usually expect to hear that the site is Bodog, but this time around its PokerStars that is lashing out at a data-mining site, PokerTableRatings.com. PokerTableRatings.com collects data from poker playersRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 10, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Prior to the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) one of the online poker world’s most recognizable names decided to break a record; precisely what record attempt he would tackle he left up to suggestion, but according to Randy “nanonoko” Lew a record would fall at the PCA. InRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 02, 2012 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

Players at PokerStars will find several changes beginning on January 1, 2012 as the site announced a major change to their rake calculations, which in turn will have a severe impact on the site’s VIP Loyalty Program, according to a 2+2 forum post by PokerStars Steve. Beginning JanuaryRead Full Article