November 16, 2013
With less than a week to go before the soft launch of New Jersey online gambling, the Pokerstars-Resorts partnership has still not appeared on the latest list of participants thus far approved by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, heightening speculation that there may be a problem with the partnership’s application. The latest list of […]
November 16, 2013
The second Isle of Man get-together of the Pokerstars European Player Council, formed late last year to improve regular and formalised player-provider interaction, has produced some mutually beneficial outcomes. In October six players travelled to the Isle of Man headquarters of the online poker provider for a series of meetings with heads of departments covering […]
November 15, 2013
Fast-fold online poker in a heads up environment, a consistently strong demand from online poker fans, will be introduced next (December) month at Pokerstars, according to a twoplustwo forum post by the company’s rep this week. Pokerstars plans to introduce its popular Zoom fast-fold variant in a heads up format as an alternative to traditional […]
November 13, 2013
Rational Group, owner of PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, have set up a global online appeal in support of the victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. The group encourages players to support the relief efforts by pledging donations using funds either held in their player accounts or otherwise through Helping Hands, Rational Group’s corporate […]
November 5, 2013
The inaugural Pokerstars UKIPT tournament on the Isle of Man, headquarters for the online poker company, has been won by middle-aged Corby bricklayer Duncan McLellan, who over 5 days showed a star studded field of 378 that included Daniel Negreanu, David Williams, Vanessa Rousso and Jason Mercier how it’s done. McLellan qualified in a Pokerstars […]
November 1, 2013
The Rational Group, parent company for Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker, appears to be experiencing problems in registering patents for FTP’s pioneering fast-fold poker product Rush Poker, judging by recent posts on the twoplustwo poker forum. Apparently FTP did not fully secure exclusive rights to the concept when it was conceived some years ago, and […]