February 17, 2017
Pending the issue of a licence, PartyPoker has ceased real-money operations in the Czech Republic, blocking deposits but allowing its local players to withdraw funds if they wish. The company is reportedly working with the local regulator to achieve licensing and get back to work, but local laws require it to suspend activity until a […]
February 2, 2017
PartyPoker has announced the appointment of former chief executive officer and founder of the European Poker Tour as president of its new live global poker tour, PartyPoker Live. Duthie started his career as a television director, subsequently founded the EPT and is an avid poker player who has earned around $3.2 million in live tournament […]
January 10, 2017
Online poker provider PartyPoker is maintaining its promotional push, launching PartyPoker LIVE Monday, a new live tour series titled PartyPoker Million, with each event on the schedule carrying a $5,000 buy-in and guaranteed multi-million dollar prize pools. The launch follows the announcement of the PartyPoker $11 million boxing-themed Pokerfest last week and the GBP 6 […]
December 6, 2016
Hot on the heels of UK poker ace Sam Trickett’s signing as a PartyPoker ambassador comes the news that world tennis legend Boris Becker – an acknowledged skillful poker player – has joined the PartyPoker ambassadorial team. To celebrate the signing PartyPoker has created a Beat the Ace competition in which players get the opportunity […]
October 21, 2016
Online poker operator PartyPoker announced Thursday that it is to boost its PartyPoker Millions tournament guarantee by a million sterling to GBP 6 million, claiming it is now the biggest prize pool guarantee in European poker history. The long-running competition (it only concludes in April 2017) will have a Day 1 buy-in of GBP 500, […]
September 17, 2016
Next month will see the kick-off of the fifth annual Garden State Super Series of Poker, and this year the PartyPoker-Borgata online partnership has invested a million dollars in guarantees across its 75 events starting October 9. Satellite qualifiers for the series are already running on PartyPoker.nj, with a games roster that includes Texas Hold’em, […]
September 9, 2016
September is set to be a bumper month for poker fans, with over $72 million invested by online poker providers in upcoming tournaments, according to the publication Pokerfuse. Collating the investments of several providers, Pokerfuse reports that PokerStars, partypoker.com , 888poker, Winamax and MPN all have bigger and better tournament series this month, with $72 […]
April 3, 2016
GVC Holdings’ PartyPoker operation in New Jersey has announced the launch of a new product branded Sit & Go Hero, which uses a lottery-style format for S&G competitions. A statement from PartyPoker this week explained that the company planned to put a new twist on the traditional S&G jackpot format in order to develop a […]
January 20, 2016
PartyPoker has launched a new Windows app in beta test mode that features Texas Hold’em, Omaha and Fast Forward cash games, The beta version is currently available to UK residents only, but distribution will be widened over coming weeks. Party Poker has revealed that it plans to add tournament action to the app in the […]