The rumor mill roared into action this morning as a post on twoplustwo which most veteran posters immediately dismissed as a hoax began to gain credibility. The post by user ‘PS
Live Poker tournaments have just gotten a lot better thanks to iSeriesLIVE, using PaddyPower’s backend customers will be able to wager live in-action betting on their favorite poker players. Ten of the world’s best professional poker players will meet in Dublin, Ireland on April 5th for in a €10,000 buy in no limit shootout. This [...]
This is a guest news post by John Carr of RouletteOnline.net, the leading casino portal for fans of online roulette. A federal judge dealt a losing hand to John Campos and Chad Elie, alleged payment processors charged in last year’s Black Friday indictments of online poker sites, by refusing to dismiss the allegations against them. [...]
If you’ve not already read parts one and two of this series, I recommend that you do so now as this article assumes knowledge of the basic concepts discussed in those articles. In this final part I look at ways we can make online poker more attractive to recreational and casual players, and at improvements [...]
In part one we looked at suggestions made by Phil Galfond to improve the online game and his challenge to the community to discuss and refine improvements. In this part we detail the discussion regarding the definition of the problem. One of the first major breakthroughs in discussions was the realization that the problems Galfond [...]
Highly respected high-stakes poker player, Phil Galfond, recently published a blog post calling for changes to be made in online poker. The main problems he highlighted were: 1) Many players are taking game selection tactics too far and spoiling the game for others. Examples include: Players will sit, but not play, at higher stakes tables [...]
The Bad Beat Jackpot on the Merge Gaming Network is nearly $1,000,000. This is one of the largest online poker Bad Beat Jackpots in history. The Merge Gaming Network includes the online poker rooms Carbon Poker and Lock Poker. Merge Gaming accepts players from the U.S. The Bad Beat Jackpot is released when a players [...]
The recent decision of the U.S. Department of Justice concluding that the 1961 Wire Act applies only to sports betting and not to online poker and other internet wagering has caused a sharp increase in the stocks of European online gaming companies. William Hill, Ladbrokes, 888 Holdings and Bwin.party, all European companies that operate online [...]
With the popularity of poker expanding throughout the world, more people are playing tournament poker than ever before. Whether the event is a small home game with just a few players or a large commercial tournament with thousands of entrants, it is necessary to structure and keep track of all the poker tournament details and [...]
Although gambling is restricted in India, with only two states permitting casino gambling, the India Poker Championship event has been rapidly gaining entrants. As India’s largest and most popular live tournament event, the IPC takes place every other month in Panjim, Goa. Starting in March, 2010, the 4-day event was set up to be played [...]
