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Poker Site Acquired by UK Poker Association
Site to be revamped
An announcement came this week that the UK-based Amateur Poker Association and Tour, which has a membership of around 50,000 ‘recreational’ poker players, has acquired UK-domained online poker room Poker and its player base.
For t…
Update: WSOP Final Table Reached
No women make it to the final nine, though
The final table has been reached in the World Series of Poker main event, after escorting two of the biggest surprises in the competition so far – Norway’s Elisabeth Hille and France’s Gaelle Baumann, who bus…
New Applicant for Nevada Online Poker License
Churchill Downs a new hopeful
After acquiring online poker specialist medium Bluff Media, the US racetrack owner Churchill Downs Incorporated moved forward with its intention to enter the online poker arena, so it applied for Nevada online poker licen…
ARJEL Approves Iliad Gaming – Turbopoker
Contradiction causes confusion
A report came this week that French regulator ARJEL had issued a licence to dedicated French Turbopoker site, listing it as quot;operated by Iliad Gaming and domiciled in Malta.quot;
This caused confusion among industry…
Update: WSOP Main Event Day 6 Sees Last Three Tables Remain
27 survivors remain, two ladies among them
As the Day 6 of the 43rd World Series of Poker main event unfolded, it became obvious that the action will be intense and long lasting. And this is exactly what happened, as the day ended with just 27 players…
Lock Poker Players Criticise Deposit Glitches
Not interacting with players means exacerbating a situation
Lock Poker and possibly the Revolution Poker Network players are angrily reporting that their deposits are leaving their online accounts but are not being reflected in their poker credit bal…
Update: WSOP Main Event Day 5 Finishes
Five women still in the run and actor Kevin Pollack busts out
When the action resumed on Day 5 of the 43rd World Series of Poker main event, with 282 players still in the game, the Shuffle Up and Deal call was given by tournament director Jack Effel a…
Update: Results of WSOP Main Event Day 4
Cash bubble pops
What a majority of players at the 43rd World Series of Poker set as one of their goals – falling into the cash bubble – happened over the weekend, when the bubble burst, guaranteeing a minimum pay-out of $19,227 for the 666 survivors….
Bump Technology Enabled by Zynga Poker App
New peer-to-peer mode added
Social gaming giant Zynga recently made a new addition to its Zynga Poker Android application – a new NFC peer-to-peer mode, which allows users with NFC enabled devices to set up a bidirectional connection between each othe…
Californians Receptive to Sports Betting, Unfriendly to Online Poker
Latest Field poll shows that voters split on internet gambling
Most California voters are ready to add sports betting to the portfolio of legalised gambling in their State, but split on whether the residents should be allowed to play poker over the I…