Online poker news
The transformation of Full Tilt Poker into an all-around online gambling site continues. On Monday, the popular internet poker room launched a Full Tilt-branded live dealer online casino. That is right. Live dealer. Online casino. It really is just what it sounds like: there are live dealers stationed in front of cameras running the games… Read more »
Yesterday marked the first day of what looks to be the most significant online poker series in any of the three regulated United States markets to date: the Garden State Super Series (GSSS). As the name would imply, the GSSS is open to players located within New Jersey’s state borders; it will be held on… Read more »
The world of politics is funny. You never know who is going to get in bed with whom or what is finally going to spark momentum on an issue. It took years for online poker’s proponents to make any sort of headway in legislative circles and we still have not made THAT large of a… Read more »
Save for lingering complications with individual applications, it appears that the bad dream for former Full Tilt Poker customers in the U.S. that started almost three and a half years ago is about to end. Tomorrow, September 3rd, is the final deadline for anyone who still wants to get back their frozen Full Tilt funds.… Read more »
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) formally took a stance against the Restoration of America’s Wire Act in August, approving a resolution that urges the federal government to allow the individual states to decide whether or not they want to pursue the legalization and regulation of online gambling. This resolution was preceded in early… Read more »
After two straight positive weeks, the summer doldrums finally caught back up to the online poker industry as internet cash game traffic dropped one percent last week. In its Weekly Online Poker Traffic Update, traffic monitoring site PokerScout.com reports that of the top ten poker rooms and networks, it was split evenly with five rising… Read more »
Wait, what? Didn’t we just report that absolutely nothing happened in regards to online poker in the California legislature for the umpteenth consecutive year? We did. No bills will be passed that will legalize and regulate poker on the internet in the Golden State in 2014. But Californians may still be able to play online… Read more »
As PokerStars gets closer to re-entering the United States, it wants to keep its reputation as squeaky clean as possible. The world’s largest online poker room already had to go through a lot and fork over tons of money just to get back into MAYBE the neutral graces of the U.S. government. It doesn’t need… Read more »
Back in the days when I lived footloose and fancy free and was actually allowed to play online poker from my home in the southeastern United States, I took full advantage of deposit bonuses. I was a bonus whore, as the phrase goes (hell, I even wrote for a now-defunct website called Bonus Whores for… Read more »
The Equity Poker Network (EPN) announced Wednesday that Gear Poker has become the first poker room to make its exodus from the small online poker network. No specific reason for the separation was given, but in a short press release, EPN said, “…each party has different ways of doing business – nothing more, and nothing… Read more »
The poker festival that live tournament players wait all year may have recently ended (save the November Nine), but the festival that online players wait all year for is but a month away. PokerStars recently released the schedule for the 2014 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) and all is well in the world. The… Read more »
We have got to be near the end of this saga, don’t we? The Garden City Group (GCG), the firm appointed by the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) to serve as the Claims Administrator for frozen/seized Full Tilt Poker funds, announced Monday that professional players on Full Tilt are now eligible for reimbursement. This… Read more »
In what has become a less and less frequent sight over the last couple years, online poker traffic actually increased last week, according to PokerScout’s Weekly Online Poker Traffic Update. PokerScout, the authority on cash game traffic at the internet tables, says that player counts went up a healthy 3 percent last week compared to… Read more »
If someone did you wrong but you never knew about it, did they still do you wrong? If the act never actually hurt you, was it still a problem? What if it happened four years ago? Is there a statute of limitations for being furious? Those may sound like stupid questions, but they could be… Read more »
French online poker site Winamax.fr tried to join the crowd and launch its version of “Fast Fold” poker Monday, but the game got stuck in first gear and had to be shut down. Fast Fold poker is nothing new. It was introduced the poker world in early 2010 by Full Tilt Poker as “Rush Poker,”… Read more »
Earlier this month, the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) tentatively approved the plan for an online poker network that would combine the player pools of competing poker rooms. Late last week, the NGCB gave it the official green light. The plan was proposed by 888 Holdings, which would supply the software for the network. The… Read more »
If you hate politics and the money that runs it, stop reading right now. Seriously. Just hit the “back” button and click on another article. I wouldn’t even be offended if you closed this tab altogether and checked to see if the latest “Which [insert television show] character are you?” quiz has popped up on… Read more »
If you have been longing for gear plastered with the logo of one of the most reviled brands in online poker history, you might be in luck. This weekend, gajillions (literally GAJILLIONS) of old items from the Full Tilt Poker store are being auctioned off in San Dimas, California by the J.Sugarman Corp. So if… Read more »
I don’t play online poker too often anymore, living in the southeastern United States and all, but when I do, I am thrilled to win twenty or thirty bucks in a session (I’m not quite the baller you think I am). If I won a billion dollars in a single hand, I’d be thankful that… Read more »
It has not been made official on the World Series of Poker (WSOP) website yet, but 2012 WSOP Main Event Champion Greg Merson appears to be the first sponsored pro of the WSOP.com online poker room. It was last week that his new role as a WSOP.com pro came up in a bit of a… Read more »
It seems as though the Merge Gaming Network and its member online poker rooms are constantly fiddling with their policies to try to save a penny, squeeze another penny out of their players, or just keep up with the Joneses. We wouldn’t have a complete week of news without something from Merge, so fortunately, here… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker introduced the world to Rush Poker at the beginning of 2010, marking not so much a major change or shift in the online poker industry, but at the very least the first new game type to really gain popularity and stick in quite a long time. It took a couple years, but… Read more »
Easing a bit of controversy that surrounded the world’s largest online poker room last week, PokerStars announced on Thursday that it is reversing a previous decision that raised the ire of players who enjoyed using Frequent Player Points (FPPs) to register for satellite tournaments. Starting a couple months ago, PokerStars changed the way tournament dollars… Read more »
Instead of waiting for the California General Assembly to enact regulations for online poker in the state, an Indian tribe in the state has taken the bold step of opening up their own online poker room that will test several state and federal laws. Late last week, the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel Indians announced… Read more »
Nevada’s population puts it in the lower half of the states in the U.S. The Silver State’s 14-month old regulated online poker industry, while not a bust by any means, has not seen the success that people envisioned. Something needs to be done to wake things up and looks like that may be happening. The… Read more »
