Peeved PokerStars Players Push Back Against Rake Increases
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Peeved PokerStars Players Push Back Against Rake Increases

November 15th, 2014 | by Greg Shaun
Players protested PokerStars’ recent rake increases on multiple occasions early this month, hoping to show that customers were dissatisfied with the new policies. However, it seems as though those efforts varied in their...
Ultimate Poker Calls it Quits in Nevada for Online Operations
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Ultimate Poker Calls it Quits in Nevada for Online Operations

November 14th, 2014 | by Greg Shaun
Ultimate Poker was the first poker room to make a home in the regulated Nevada online poker market, getting its product out to gamblers months before the competition. Now, Ultimate is also the first company to call it quits in...
Jorryt van Hoof Leads WSOP Main Event With Three Players Remaining
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Jorryt van Hoof Leads WSOP Main Event With Three Players Remaining

November 11th, 2014 | by Greg Shaun
This year’s World Series of Poker Main Event final table hasn’t been a fast-paced affair so far, with hours of play separating eliminations at times on the first night of play. However, there’s been no shortage...
Dan Fleyshman Named New Ivey Poker CEO
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Dan Fleyshman Named New Ivey Poker CEO

November 7th, 2014 | by Greg Shaun
Ivey Poker has appointed  a new CEO in Dan Fleyshman, according to a recent press release. Despite Phil Ivey still having overall control of the social gaming poker site, Fleyshman will now lead the site into 2015. Back in the...
PokerStars Changes Continue to Elicit Top Pro Opinions
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PokerStars Changes Continue to Elicit Top Pro Opinions

November 6th, 2014 | by Greg Shaun
PokerStars changes seem to not only be ticking off average Joe players, but experienced pros as well. The online poker site recently made a host of changes to its policies, including increasing rakes in many games and ending or...
Santa Ysabel Tribe Puts Online Poker on Hold, Launches Real Money Bingo
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Santa Ysabel Tribe Puts Online Poker on Hold, Launches Real Money Bingo

November 4th, 2014 | by Greg Shaun
California’s  Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel made waves this summer by announcing it would launch real money online poker in the Golden State, despite the fact that the state had not put a regulatory framework into place...
Phil Ivey Ready to Shuffle Up and Deal Medical Marijuana
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Phil Ivey Ready to Shuffle Up and Deal Medical Marijuana

October 31st, 2014 | by Greg Shaun
You may be able to call Phil Ivey the next time you need some medical marijuana: thanks to a recent Las Vegas City Council vote, the poker pro is one of 26 proud new pot distribution licensee applicants who’ve been...
Poker Players Alliance Takes Aim at Anti-Online Political “Jokers”
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Poker Players Alliance Takes Aim at Anti-Online Political “Jokers”

October 30th, 2014 | by Greg Shaun
The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) has poked a bit of a political hornet’s nest with its rundown of US politicians running in the impending mid-term elections who are against legalized iGaming in general, and regulated iPoker...
Partypoker Pokerfest Events Plagued by Connection Issues
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Partypoker Pokerfest Events Plagued by Connection Issues

October 28th, 2014 | by Greg Shaun
Two events in partypoker’s Pokerfest were cancelled on Sunday, as connectivity issues forced the company to eliminate some of the biggest events on the day’s schedule. Players had noticed issues on the site throughout...
888 CEO Brian Mattingley Sees EU Impact for Online Poker 
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888 CEO Brian Mattingley Sees EU Impact for Online Poker 

October 25th, 2014 | by Greg Shaun
888 Holdings CEO Brian Mattingley says that there’s potential for online poker and the wider Internet gambling market to suffer some down times before achieving the growth that seems inevitable in the industry, and he...