July 7th, 2008 by Matt W
After three extremely successful seasons NBC’s popular poker show Poker After Dark will begin its fourth run from July 14.
This means that show will cash on the WSOP euphoria without clashing with it.
The first three seasons featured a revolving mix of poker celebrities in six-handed freeze outs with the winner taking the prize of $120,000. [...]
July 7th, 2008 by Maria T
Eric ‘Rizen’ Lynch had been signed up by UltimateBet to represent them and play at their poker room.
But Lynch called of the deal even before it had become effective. The reason for leaving was not the superuser scandal that UltimateBet was embroiled in for the greater part of the last 12 months.
Lynch was aware of [...]
July 4th, 2008 by Matt W
An online player with the alias RIVERMAN1969 from Pasadena, Maryland won $325,212.40 after being beaten in a hand of Texas Hold’em Poker.
This is not all that surprising as it may seem because he was playing the Bad Beat Jackpot at the online poker room Absolute Poker.
This was the largest ever bad beat jackpot in the [...]
July 4th, 2008 by Renee K
In the voting held on the 26th of June by the House Financial Services Committee the bill HR 5767 was defeated with a tied vote of 32 in favor and 32 against.
The HR 5767 aimed to overturn the ban on Internet Gambling brought about through the controversial Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, popularly referred to [...]
July 4th, 2008 by Renee K
The analysis of the Market Pulse report for June 2008 is out.
The traffic in the top online poker rooms was down as compared to May 2008. This was expected because the attention of the poker industry has been focused on WSOP 2008 all of June.
What is unexpected is that the fall in traffic is only [...]
June 27th, 2008 by Renee K
The innovative Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas is introducing a new way of playing poker this August.
It is called a “poker lounge”. No more playing poker huddled straight-backed around tightly packed tables.
Laid-back, cool, player friendly will be the new watchwords at Hard Rock. 18 tables will be spread over 7,000 square feet. [...]
June 19th, 2008 by Tom L
GameMobile’s mobile phone version of No Limit Texas Hold’em Poker is the latest rage in mobile gambling.
The game is offered the world over by the most renowned mobile service providers such as Nokia, SonyEricsson, Motorola and Samsung.
This game features exceptionally intelligent opponents whose playing styles can be customized. Players can play at a full table [...]
June 19th, 2008 by Matt W
The cheating scandal at UltimateBet and AbsolutePoker just refuses to die down.
After last month’s disclosure by the owners Tokwiro Enterprises ENRG that the Kahnawake Gaming Commission had completed the investigation and that the culprits had been apprehended and that controls were now in place one would have expected that the matter had been laid to [...]
