Poker

More than $420,000 on Offer as India Poker Championship Gets Underway

The India Poker Championship (IPC) is set to get underway this week and provide another example of the game’s growing popularity in the region. First announced back in July, the Spartan Poker-run event will take place onboard...

Partypoker Rolls Out Another Series of Less Controversial Updates

Partypoker has rolled out another series of innovations just weeks after a previous updated caused uproar among some factions of the online poker community. Following changes that saw player tracking software banned, Partypoker...

Partypoker Looking to Hit Hard with $30 Million KO Series Guarantee

It might have been announced at the last minute but the sixth KO Series looks set to pack a punch. Getting underway on September 8, Partypoker’s online festival will feature 283 MTTs and $30 million in guaranteed prize money....

EPT Barcelona Does It Again As Records Fall and Simon Brandstrom Banks $1.4 Million

Another European Poker Tour (EPT) record has fallen in Barcelona, this time after Simon Brandstrom triumphed in the $5,300/$5,780 main event. Just days after the EPT Barcelona National event set new standards with 4,682 entries,...

Phil Galfond Makes Unique Play By Exposing Himself to Run It Once Community

Ever the one to try something new, Phil Galfond has confirmed he’ll now be a regular player on his own online poker site, Run It Once. In a move that’s virtually unprecedented, Galfond has been given regulatory clearance to...

PokerStars Players Championship Returns Amid Live Poker Boom

PokerStars is parlaying the recent success of EPT Barcelona into a second season of the PokerStars Players No Limit Hold’em Championship (PSPC). In the wake of EPT Barcelona’s National event breaking records, the operator...

New Certification Rules Lead to Surge of Poker Apps in South Korea

New rules regarding the certification of “adult” content has led to a surge in poker apps going live inside South Korea’s App Store. News of the move was made public on August 19 and changes came into force the following...

PokerStars Pennsylvania Launch Rumored but Stars Group Remains Silent

Rumors are rife that PokerStars is planning to launch its next US poker site in the state of Pennsylvania. Although efforts to confirm the speculation have been met with silence, rumblings online suggest they may be true. Tweet...

New Moves See PokerStars Upgrade WCOOP but Downgrade Table Limit

It’s been a case of what goes up must also come down at PokerStars this week after it made two major announcements. First to hit the airwaves and give the online poker community something to get excited about was the official...

Wire Act Fight is On Following DOJ Official Appeal Notice

The US online gaming industry’s ongoing battle against the Wire Act will continue for the foreseeable future following a recent move by the Department of Justice (DOJ). Having previously pledged to challenge a ruling in New...