September 16, 2018
Saturday saw the conclusion of the 2018 $100,000 buy-in Poker Masters NLHE Main Event at the Aria Resort and Casino, with US poker pro Don Peters besting a field of 25 top professional players to carry off the main prize of $1,150,000 after a gruelling 5 hour battle at the three-handed stage and a tough […]
September 15, 2018
The Stars Group has hailed the recently completed its 2018 European Poker Tour Barcelona, describing the tournament as one of the most successful yet, and reporting: * The largest main event entry list yet at 1,900; * Main event prize pool topped Euro 9.4 million; * Main event first prize of Euro 1.6 million; * […]
September 15, 2018
Poker player Gordon Vayo’s court action against PokerStars for unfair non-payment of winnings of almost $700,000 has been postponed to November 6 whilst the question of judicial jurisdiction is sorted out. Originally set down for September 25 before US District Court Central District of California Western Division Judge Frederick Mumm, the case centres on whether […]
September 14, 2018
US poker pro Ali Imsirovic has scored a back-to-back big win at the Poker Masters, following his $462,000 victory in the $25,000 buy-in Poker Masters NLHE High Roller event earlier this week with the top prize of $799,000 in the $50,000 buy-in NLHE High Roller. It was his biggest pay day yet, and boosted his […]
September 13, 2018
The $25,000 buy-in Poker Masters NLHE High Roller event completed Wednesday with US poker pro Ali Imsirovic besting a field heavy with professional players in a three hour final table. After eliminating Brian Rast at third for $214,500, Imsirovic took a significant chip lead into the heads up with three-WSOP-bracelet holder Ben Yu, sending him […]
September 12, 2018
PokerStars’ continuing initiatives to provide players with new and interesting poker variants will continue despite the occasional setback where a new product does not work out, according to the company’s director of poker innovation and operations Severin Rasset. Rasset made the comment in his announcement this week that following a review the company has decided […]
September 12, 2018
Online poker provider 888Poker has confirmed that since September 5 it has been the target of DDoS attacks similar to those experienced late last month by Winning Poker Network, PokerStars and PartyPoker (see previous reports). The attacks disrupted operations last weekend, prompting the company to issue a statement which advised: “As many of you may […]
September 11, 2018
Social gaming giant Zynga has announced that it will be taking its multi-year partnership deal with poker tournament series, the World Poker Tour, into the digital realm of Zynga Poker. Beginning Monday, players can experience the authentic tournament style play that the World Poker Tour is known for in the competitive virtual world of Zynga […]
September 10, 2018
Chinese games and technology provider Tencent Holdings will shut down its popular Texas Hold’Em poker video game, the Chinese tech giant advised users on Monday, citing the need to take a further step to comply with intensifying government. Tencent said it would formally begin to shutter “Everyday Texas Hold’Em” from Monday and would shut down […]
September 5, 2018
Online media and forum reports circulating this week are that the Essel Group subsidiary Poker Nation is to temporarily cease operations on September 15 following a decision to depart the MPN India online poker network as part of a corporate restructuring drive that will see the introduction of a home-grown poker product. A notification on […]