August 11, 2016
International poker professional Marcel Luske has reportedly filed litigation in a Nevada court claiming that Pokerstars plagiarised a set of copyrighted tournament rules he had authored, and had reneged on a gentleman’s “handshake” agreement with the poker ace that should have paid him an annual fee of $25,000. The filing alleges that Luske authored and […]
August 9, 2016
PokerStars has launched its final 2016 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) schedule offering twelve additional events over last year’s tournament. The online poker company will introduce Mini-WCOOP, a companion series running alongside WCOOP but with the buy-in for each Mini-WCOOP being at 1/100th that of the corresponding WCOOP event in most cases. Changes in […]
July 31, 2016
Online poker provider Pokerstars appears to have come up with a winner in its social media “Raise It” campaign, which has seen a series of good natured competitive stunts by football stars Neymar Jnr. and Ronaldo going viral across a variety of channels, ensuring wide publicity and links for the company. The two celebrities exhibit […]
July 23, 2016
New numbers from online poker monitor Pokerscout reveal the alarming news that 7-day average cash game traffic at market leader Pokerstars has declined 50 percent since 2011, with the latest figure of 11,500 players continuing the trend. Observers have been speculating on the reasons for the decline, arguing that it could be a lessening of […]
July 2, 2016
Amaya Inc., parent group of Pokerstars and Full Tilt, has announced that both operations will be withdrawing from the Slovenian market on July 4. In similar fashion to the exit from Israel a few days ago (see previous report) the notification to players assures them that their accounts and positive balances remain secure and can […]
June 27, 2016
Online poker giant Pokerstars shocked Israeli real-money players this week with a notification that, effective June 27 it is to withhold services from players in that country. No explanation was given, other than a note that the decision followed a review of operations. The company assured players that their account balances are safe and secure […]
June 16, 2016
Toronto-based social casino games developer Imperus Technologies, which supplies a free-to-play mobile poker app to Pokerstars, has announced that it is to integrate slots from games developer Akamon into the ‘Jackpot Poker by PokerStars’ app. This agreement is aligned with the co-branded and game distribution program strategy of Akamon, to which the company attributes 27 […]
May 24, 2016
The marketing department at online poker giant Pokerstars has focused on social media leverage in its latest video campaign to promote its Knockout Poker product, and the outstanding results so far illustrate just how powerful social media opportunities can be. The video, which has gone viral across the internet and Facebook, is titled “Neymar JR’s […]
May 19, 2016
Kevin Martin, from Calgary, Canada, is the latest poker player to join the online poker players at Team PokerStars Pro Online. The former radio host on stations Rock 106 & 107.7 The River and contestant on Season 3 of the “Canadian Big Brother” TV show, is reportedly a big fan of the game…and a competent […]
May 9, 2016
Amaya Inc. will retire the Full Tilt platform on Tuesday, 17 May 2016, migrating players to its PokerStars platform to increase liquidity and achieve cost saving measures with the operation of a combined platform. Players who have both Full Tilt and PokerStars accounts will see their accounts merged with Full Tilt Points converted to Starscoin […]