October 11, 2018
On Friday September 28, a series of powerful earthquakes hit the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia triggering a tsunami with devastating effects. The earthquake alone destroyed buildings and moved entire neighbourhoods and as the water from the ensuing tsunami retreated into the ocean, the full scale of the destruction wrought became clear. To give much-needed […]
October 9, 2018
The police in Bengaluru in the Indian province of Karnataka have reported the shutdown of 500 poker rooms since the beginning of October in a series of raids prompted by a necessity to clampdown on public disorder rather than moving against poker, which the state courts have ruled is a game of skill (see previous […]
October 9, 2018
Steve O’Dwyer continued to wreak havoc in the High Roller sector this week with his second big victory in the GBP 10,000 buy-in High Roller competition at the PartyPoker Live Millions in the UK. His victory follows an earlier GBP 25,500 buy-in HR win at the same festival for GBP 450,000, bringing his haul from […]
October 7, 2018
The lack of transparency with which French online poker operator Winamax is alleged to have treated players in the aftermath of bot accusations has resulted in a class action being filed in the French courts by 16 players. The players’ filing claims that the operator “failed to protect the integrity and transparency of its gaming […]
October 6, 2018
The inaugural online World Series of Poker Circuit this week exceeded the organisers’ expectations, with many of the events easily outpacing the guarantees, say the organisers. Bill Rini, head of online poker at WSOP.com, said the 13 events were successful from player appeal, technology and business perspectives, with many of the events doubling or tripling […]
October 4, 2018
Top Irish (now US) poker pro Steve O’Dwyer has claimed another six-figure pay-day in his latest victory, taking down the PartyPoker Millions GBP 25,500 buy-in Super High Roller for GBP 450,000. – reportedly his forty-fourth cash at these levels. The event took place at the Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club in Nottingham, United Kingdom and […]
October 3, 2018
The Brazilian Series of Poker (BSOP), sponsored by PokerStars, has announced details on the Brazilian Series of Poker (BSOP) Millions, which will take place from November 27 to December 6 at the World Trade Centre (WTC) in Sao Paulo, and close the 2018 Brazilian poker calendar. PokerStars claims that the BSOP Millions is the largest […]
October 1, 2018
The Indian publication Economic Times reports that early-stage venture capital firm, WaterBridge Ventures, has led a Rs 28 crore (US$3.84 million) Series A funding round in SparSkills Technologies, which owns and operates online poker platform 9stacks, in a transaction that signals the growing interest of investors in the country’s nascent real money gaming segment. Proceeds […]
October 1, 2018
Online poker network platform provider Connective Games has launched a new, free to play game format aimed at the US market. Connective Games’ Social Gaming is fully customisable to suit the individual needs of its operator partners, and offers a range of game formats including free to play, subscription, and sweepstakes. Players can also access […]
September 29, 2018
PokerStars rival PartyPoker has published numbers from its recently concluded Powerfest series, which it claims has been the most successful and largest it has held to date. Across the course of the 22-day series, more than $69 million in prize money was awarded over 669 events, with 20 Championship Event winners crowned and 21 players […]