Forex furore at Pokerstars

October 25, 2014

The announcement this week by Pokerstars that it intends to introduce a small margin on foreign currency deposits and withdrawals has triggered a slew of player opinions, many of them negative, on the online poker forums. The company says it will charge the margin on all deposits and withdrawals where a financial transaction is conducted […]

Pokerstars cancels Paris leg of French Poker Series

October 24, 2014

This month’s closure by the French police of the Cercle Cadet poker room in Paris has disrupted Pokerstars plans to hold the next leg of the French Poker Series live tournaments, prompting the online poker giant to cancel the Parisian leg. The Cercle Cadet tournament would have kicked off on November 21, bringing hundreds of […]

Pokerstars launches ninth Micromillions tourney

October 23, 2014

The Isle of Man-based online poker provider Pokerstars.eu has released details on the ninth edition of its popular Micromillions online tourney, which this time around features 100 events and $5 million in guaranteed prize money, and will take place between 6 and 16 November this year. Buy-ins range from just $0.11 up to the $22 […]

Pokerstars clinches Canadian TV deal

October 22, 2014

In order to secure a regular presence on French-language television in Canada, online poker giant Pokerstars has inked a deal with sports television broadcaster RDS. The TV company is popular with French Canadian sports fans, delivering quality content across a variety of platforms, including RDS, RDS2, RDS Info channels, RDS.ca, RDS Mobile, the RDS GO […]

Pokerstars’s Spin and Go an unqualified success

October 17, 2014

Pokerstars’ innovative lottery-style Spin and Go online poker tournaments appear to be taking the recreational player segment by storm, although there are concerns that this is at the expense of cash game traffic. Statistics released by the company show that the 3-max, hyper-turbo tournaments racked up 7.3 million games in the first 10 days from […]

Amaya reveals Rational Group poker numbers

October 17, 2014

Because it was never a publicly-listed company the Rational Group, parent of Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker, has in the past not been required to reveal its financial results, but new owner Amaya Gaming changed that this week with the publication of the company’s current half-year numbers as part of a report on the $4.9 […]

Pokerstars leverages interest in a popular video game

October 14, 2014

The power of in-game advertising in the multi-billion dollar global video gaming industry has attracted many top companies seeking fresh exposure for their products, and online poker provider Pokerstars appears to have joined their ranks by launching a standalone ad. with a distinctive Grand Theft Auto feel. Pokerstars marketers have cleverly leveraged the interest in […]

Pokerstars Spain integrate online casino games

October 2, 2014

Online poker giant PokerStars launched blackjack and roulette in Spain today (Wednesday) via its PokerStars.es domain. The integration of casino games marks the first time PokerStars has offered games other than poker on its platform. The addition of the games and continued growth in social gaming options will help maintain the brand’s leading position in […]

Pokerstars launch new Spin&Go poker offer

October 1, 2014

PokerStars newest Spin & Go product is a 3-Max Hyper-Turbo Sit & Go tournament, featuring 500 chip starting stacks. Buy-ins range from $1 to $30, and each tournament has a randomly drawn prize pool that will award between two and 1,000 times the players buy-in. Players choose their buy-in and the number of games they […]

Pokerstars appoints new Italy country manager

September 30, 2014

Marco Trucco will succeed Barbara Beltrami as country manager for PokerStars Italy, effective from middle October 2014. Beltrami, who has held the position for six years, is reportedly taking on the position of senior project manager for PokerStars Southern Europe. Trucco currently serves as gaming director of Gala Coral’s Eurobet, prior to which, he was […]