Players
December 7th, 2014 | by
Jason ReynoldsPokerStars is hosting a meeting at their Toronto offices in the hopes of finding an equitable solution to the problem of seating scripts, programs that help players automatically sit at cash game tables where they feel they have...
Financial
December 6th, 2014 | by
Jason ReynoldsPCG Entertainment, a company that hopes to raise enough funding to make its mark on China’s online poker scene down the line, was off and running when the company’s shares rose by two percent on its first day of...
Players
December 3rd, 2014 | by
Jason ReynoldsDaniel Negreanu took to his blog at Full Contact Poker to talk about his feelings on poker and gambling in a message that seemed like a direct response to Victoria Coren Mitchell‘s recent decision to leave PokerStars....
Players
December 2nd, 2014 | by
Jason ReynoldsAlbert Riera, a winger for Italian soccer club Udinese, has reportedly had his contract with the club terminated because of his decision to attend a poker tournament in Slovenia rather than attend the team’s match against...
Players
November 24th, 2014 | by
Jason ReynoldsThe iPoker Network will be calculating rake distributions to member sites in a new way starting on January 1, a move that could help reconnect a network that is currently split into two tiers. The new way of awarding rake to...
Legal
November 21st, 2014 | by
Jason ReynoldsThe Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel is facing the first legal challenge to its new online bingo platform, which could impact its impending online poker site as well. The tribal operator went live with DesertRoseBingo.com earlier...
Legal
November 20th, 2014 | by
Jason ReynoldsA 90-year-old Georgia woman was charged this week with running an illegal poker game in her hometown of Albany. Police swooped in on the home of nonagenarian Mary Morgan on Saturday night at around 8.30 pm, breaking up the game...
Financial
November 18th, 2014 | by
Jason ReynoldsFelix Stephensen might still be celebrating his second place finish at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event this month, but it’s likely that his home nation of Norway is celebrating just as much. Part of that is due...
Players
November 17th, 2014 | by
Jason ReynoldsJose Canseco might be a good poker player, or he may be a total fish; we’re not really sure. But one thing is certain: you’ll never want to lose a hand in the same way he has. Canseco told the world that he lost a...
Legal
November 13th, 2014 | by
Jason ReynoldsThe prospects for California online poker were bolstered this week, following the defection of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians from a coalition of tribal gaming operators fighting to prevent online poker giant PokerStars...