Players
April 10th, 2015 | by
Greg ShaunPokerStars seems to be committed to making the most of the growing popularity of live streaming poker on Twitch. The leader in online poker has already signed Jason Somerville to Team PokerStars, ensuring that they had the first...
Players
April 9th, 2015 | by
Greg ShaunGlobal Poker Index (GPI) CEO Alex Dreyfus has made no secret of his plans to “sportify” the game of poker. That effort truly started with the Global Poker Masters, the team “World Cup of Poker” that saw Team Italy defeat...
Casinos
April 8th, 2015 | by
Greg ShaunPennsylvania online poker is a hot topic these days, and it seems like there is some real momentum in the state that isn’t seen in most of the other jurisdictions where Internet poker bills show up and quickly fade away. And if...
Financial
April 6th, 2015 | by
Greg ShaunThe 2015 Irish Poker Open, Europe’s longest running live poker event, reached its final table on Sunday night after welcoming 321 players over the Easter weekend. Generating a prizepool in excess of €1,000,000...
Players
April 3rd, 2015 | by
Greg ShaunThe Irish Poker Open, Europe’s longest-running live poker event, gets underway today inside Dublin’s Double Tree by Hilton Hotel. The  series is backed by Paddy Power and set to welcome a slew of travelling pros,...
Poker
March 31st, 2015 | by
Greg Shaun666Bet Director Paul Bell was arrested at Heathrow airport last week, one of seven individuals arrested as part of a fraud investigation. The probe was carried out by the UK National Crime Agency and HM Revenue & Customs, and...
Financial
March 29th, 2015 | by
Greg ShaunA UK poker study says that poker is a game of skill, but that may prove to be an unlucky finding for professional British players currently used to walking away scot-free from the taxman. Poker players have long been waging a...
Financial
March 27th, 2015 | by
Greg ShaunOnline poker players in Nevada and Delaware are officially able to play against each other through what is being called a Multi-State Poker Network (MSPN), the first such agreement in the United States. The official launch of the...
Financial
March 25th, 2015 | by
Greg ShaunOptimal Payments Plc, the parent company of Neteller, has announced that it will be purchasing one of its financial peers, Skrill. The takeover, which is said to be worth £800 million, will bring together two of the poker...
Poker
March 21st, 2015 | by
Greg ShaunWhen the World Series of Poker announced that it would be handling the primary media coverage in house for the first time, it left a lot of poker fans wondering exactly what kind of coverage they could expect. Would it result in...
