Poker

PokerStars Could Miss Out as Kentucky Advances Online Poker Bill

Kentucky could be about to perform a 180 on the issue of online poker, five years after Senator Mike Wilson (R-Bowling Green) pushed to have the industry outlawed. Thanks to the passing of a multifaceted House Bill, the Bluegrass...

Partypoker Team Online and $2 Million SNGs Fueling Ongoing Industry Battle

Partypoker has upped the ante once again and put pressure on its biggest rival, this time with a jackpot sit & go (SNG) worth $2 million. Little more than a week after it launched a $1 million Spins promotion, the online...

Partypoker Capitalizes on PokerStars Discontent with Alternative KO Event

Partypoker has seized an opportunity to win over the high stakes community with a last-minute counter to PokerStars’ $5,200 Turbo Series event. With discontent spreading across the industry following changes to PokerStars’...

PokerStars Replaces Mobile App with Next Gen Software

PokerStars is launching what it describes as the next generation of mobile gaming technology in a bid to stay one step ahead of its peers. The “next gen” software is already live in Denmark and features an upgraded graphics...

GUKPT Goliath Schedule Set as Organizers Prepare to Break More Records

Grosvenor Casino’s GUKPT Goliath will awake from its annual slumber and try to break another record on July 27. Finalizing the schedule, Grosvenor announced that the festival will return to Coventry’s Ricoh Arena this summer...

New Gaming Show Could Give WPT Unexpected Boost

A new eSports show featuring KittyPlays could help the World Poker Tour (WPT) tap into a new community of gaming fans. Announced on February 10, PlayTime™ with KittyPlays will be streamed in front of a live audience at the...

Partypoker Puts Rivals in a Spin with $1 Million Jackpot Sit & Go

Partypoker is giving players a million reasons to choose its rebranded lottery-style sit & go tournaments over PokerStars’ popular equivalent. The latest in a series of updates and innovations, Partypoker has announced that...

First Look: Run It Once Goes Live for International Poker Players

Run It Once, the brainchild of online poker icon Phil Galfond, is out of private beta testing and available for real money play. After developing the site for more than two years, Galfond announced in a recent blog post that his...

PokerStars Keeps Pace with Modern Players by Reducing Decision-Making Times

PokerStars is bidding to speed up online poker by cutting thinking times across its range of real money cash games, including Zoom.   After analyzing the average hand time during 2018, PokerStars concluded that reducing its...

Partypoker Takes Aim at High Rollers with 60 Percent Cashback

Partypoker is offering high rollers as much as 60 percent of their rake back as its back-and-forth battle with PokerStars continues. Going live on February 1, the new VIP tier will be known as Diamond Club Elite and expand on the...