Poker

Reports Suggest Ladbrokes in the Final Stages of Coral Takeover 

The recently rumored merger between Ladbrokes and the Gala Coral Group could be completed this week according to a British newspaper. A potential deal between the two gaming companies hit the headlines back in June when shares in...

PokerStars Super High Roller to Set Highest Online Tournament Buy-In

PokerStars is inching closer to taking the live high roller events that have quickly grown in popularity over the last several years to the online market, announcing its Super High Roller on September 20th will feature an...

New Jersey Online Poker Continues Slide As iGambling Rises

New Jersey online poker has been struggling for much of its nearly two-year existence, and the latest figures from the state’s Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) show it’s now not only the short stack but also...

California Online Poker to Receive One Final Chance in August

California online poker and an ensuing interstate player liquidity compact has the potential to launch a thriving iPoker market in the United States, but standing in front of state lawmakers is tough opposition presented in many...

888 Holdings Scoops Bwin.party in Unexpected Acquisition Move

888 Holdings made a surprise play for bwin.party, the iGaming operator behind partypoker, which will now become part of the 888 corporate family by the start of 2016. Although 888 had previously expressed interest in bwin, it was...

November Nine Headlined by Joseph McKeehen, Max Steinberg, Pierre Neuville

The November Nine are set in stone, and now have four months to get their poker game to its zenith. The World Series of Poker Main Event has played down to its final nine players, setting up a final table that should provide...

Alex Dreyfus Raises $4.9 Million To “Sportify” Poker

Alex Dreyfus, the serial entrepreneur who co-founded Winamax and now owns the Global Poker Index (GPI) and The Hendon Mob, is on a crusade to “sportfiy” poker and give the game the look and feel, and perhaps respect,...

Pierre Neuville Leads in WSOP Main Event As Day 6 Begins

Just days ago, the World Series of Poker Main Event had thousands of players chasing the far-off dreams of cashing, making a deep run, or perhaps in their wildest dreams, even finding a spot in the November Nine. Now, for a...

PokerStars Announces Sweeping Changes to Third-Party Software

PokerStars players will soon need to say goodbye to certain third-party software programs that provide data and advice, as the network has determined they give an unfair advantage. After announcing the world’s largest...

PokerStars’ Cristiano Ronaldo Becomes July 4th Hero

Real Madrid forward and budding bluffer Cristiano Ronaldo might be trying to perfect his poker face at the moment, but during a recent trip to Las Vegas he proved he wasn’t a dishonest person. Despite deception being a...