Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 31, 2012 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

  May 31, 2012 marks the official launch of the Revolution Gaming Network. Lock Poker officially left the Merge Gaming Network at Midnight on May 31, with the site bringing its substantial player base to the Revolution Gaming Network (formerly the Cake Poker Network). Unhappy with the MergeRead Full Article

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

On Friday the newly minted Revolution Gaming Network will come online, as Lock Poker’s purchase of the Cake Poker Network will finally come to fruition with the launch of the newly branded Revolution Gaming Network. You can visit the new launch page at www.RevolutionGaming.eu In a short pressRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 17, 2012 Posted in Poker Promotions | 1 Comment »

Poker players are starting to get an idea of what the new Revolution Gaming Network, led by Lock Poker, will offer when it’s officially launched on June 1, 2012. Earlier this week Lock Poker announced it would be bringing back its very popular Ronin Rake Chase, with overRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 15, 2012 Posted in Poker Promotions | No Comments »

In honor of their purchase of the Cake Poker Network, and their upcoming move to the new network, Lock Poker has announced its first order of business will be reinstating the Ronin Rake Race, one of the most popular promotions ever run at the site. The new versionRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 11, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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With a week that started off with a ton of Word Series of Poker news, as well as the rumors (that were later confirmed) that Lock Poker was leaving the Merge Gaming Network and purchasing the Cake Poker Network, it seemed like we were going to run outRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 07, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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Well, it was quite a weekend in the world of poker. More specifically it was quite a Sunday in the world of online poker, as Daniel Negreanu suffered a resounding loss in the first Limit Holdem Heads-Up Challenge on PokerStars, and later in the day rumors began swirlingRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 07, 2012 Posted in Poker Industry News | 1 Comment »

On June 1st Lock Poker will be undergoing some big changes as the site is in the process of acquiring assets from the Cake Poker Network, which will be re-branded with Lock Poker at the helm of the new poker network according to a press release issued byRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 05, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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After the success of Full Tilt Poker’s innovative poker game Rush Poker it was a little surprising that more online poker rooms didn’t “Rush” to copy the new poker format that was taking the game by storm. One possible motivation for the other online poker sites sitting onRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 28, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The 70-event Poker Maximus tournament series that recently wrapped on Lock Poker, and the rest of the Merge Gaming Network, was a huge success for the largest US-facing online poker network. The tournament series guaranteed $2.5 million in prize-pools, a number that the players at Merge Gaming easilyRead Full Article

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

This past week one of the most well-respected regulatory bodies in poker (the licensing body of PokerStars in fact) The Lotteries and Gaming Authority of Malta issued a statement saying they had sanctioned the Everleaf Poker Network for “irregularities”. From the LGA website: “The LGA Enforcement Unit issuedRead Full Article