November 12, 2018
GreySnowPoker has an Isle of Man licence. Almost as a footnote to the complicated and rather sad machinations of the infamous Fred Khalillian and his Poker Tribe and Poker Tribes disasters (see previous reports) the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma went fully operational with a new online poker site last week, titled GreySnowPoker. The site operates […]
November 10, 2018
The MPN’s biggest UCOP tournament saw series regular Mateusz Moolhuizen crowned as the Greatest Poker Player in the Universe. With €1 million guaranteed, 88 events and over 360 satellites, this year’s Universal Championship of Poker (UCOP) was the MPN’s biggest series to date. A Betsson player, Moolhuizen took the top spot on the UCOP leaderboard collecting 2779.48 points to win the trophy, […]
November 8, 2018
PokerStars’ latest innovation, PokerStars VR, is now available to download and play for free in all of PokerStars’ global markets. The much anticipated official launch of the game follows on from a closed beta test which saw more than 150 invitees play and test it using Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. The product is available […]
November 7, 2018
PokerStars have launched a new poker variant dubbed ‘Fusion’, a pot-limit hybrid of Hold’em and Omaha. In Fusion, players are dealt two hole cards before the flop, just like in Hold’em. The twist occurs post-flop when remaining players are also dealt a third hole card face-down, magnifying the potential for making bigger and better hands. On […]
November 7, 2018
The Euro 550 buy-in Malta Poker Festival Grand Event has been won by Italian poker pro Emanuele Onnis, who claimed the Euro 150,000 main prize – his biggest live tourney cash yet – after besting a field of 1,366 this week. The departure of Italian player Nicolaj D’Antoni at third place for Euro 50,000 set […]
November 7, 2018
PokerStars has announced the debut of Fusion, which it describes as a new, simple yet fascinating pot-limit hybrid of Hold’em and Omaha. In Fusion, players are dealt two hole cards before the flop, just like in Hold’em. The twist occurs post-flop when remaining players are also dealt a third hole card face-down, magnifying the potential […]
November 6, 2018
Knesset lawmaker Sharren Haskel has introduced legislation which could lead to the legalisation of poker in Israel. Haskel’s bill depends heavily on a recent finding by Supreme Court judge Neal Hendel that poker is a game predominately of skill rather than chance, a classification that would take the game out of the definition of illegal […]
November 5, 2018
Last week’s report by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) claiming success in stamping out unlicensed online gambling operations (see previous report) has been challenged by Joseph Del Duca, who heads the Australian Online Poker Alliance (AOPA). Del Duca says that the vacuum left by operators warned off by the regulator is being filled […]
November 5, 2018
Patrick Serda bests fellow Canadian Ema Zajmovic heads up to win Cdn$ 855,000 and a $15,000 entry in the WPT Tournament of Champions. Canadian poker pro Patrick Serda (28) scored the second largest cash of his career Sunday in taking down the Cdn$ 5.300 buy-in World Poker Tour Montreal, a NLHE main event carrying a […]
November 5, 2018
Platform provider Connective Games has entered the Spanish market with operator partner Aconcagua Poker Network. Connective Games has powered the Aconcagua Poker Network since it launched back in 2014, and has led the brand into the bustling Spanish market after it was awarded a licence by the Spanish regulator. Aconcagua Poker Network will now offer […]