![Peeved PokerStars Players Push Back Against Rake Increases](https://www.pokersites.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Players-protest-PokerStars-rake-increases-220x150.jpg)
Financial
November 15th, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunPlayers protested PokerStars’ recent rake increases on multiple occasions early this month, hoping to show that customers were dissatisfied with the new policies. However, it seems as though those efforts varied in their...
![Ultimate Poker Calls it Quits in Nevada for Online Operations](https://www.pokersites.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Ultimate-Poker-Nevada-shut-down-220x150.jpg)
Casinos
November 14th, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunUltimate Poker was the first poker room to make a home in the regulated Nevada online poker market, getting its product out to gamblers months before the competition. Now, Ultimate is also the first company to call it quits in...
![Jorryt van Hoof Leads WSOP Main Event With Three Players Remaining](https://www.pokersites.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Jorryt-van-Hoof-WSOP-Final-Table-2014-220x150.jpg)
Players
November 11th, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunThis year’s World Series of Poker Main Event final table hasn’t been a fast-paced affair so far, with hours of play separating eliminations at times on the first night of play. However, there’s been no shortage...
![Dan Fleyshman Named New Ivey Poker CEO](https://www.pokersites.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Dan-Fleyshman-Ivey-Poker-CEO-220x150.jpg)
Players
November 7th, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunIvey Poker has appointed  a new CEO in Dan Fleyshman, according to a recent press release. Despite Phil Ivey still having overall control of the social gaming poker site, Fleyshman will now lead the site into 2015. Back in the...
![PokerStars Changes Continue to Elicit Top Pro Opinions](https://www.pokersites.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Phil-Galfond-PokerStars-rake-increases-220x150.png)
Financial
November 6th, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunPokerStars changes seem to not only be ticking off average Joe players, but experienced pros as well. The online poker site recently made a host of changes to its policies, including increasing rakes in many games and ending or...
![Santa Ysabel Tribe Puts Online Poker on Hold, Launches Real Money Bingo](https://www.pokersites.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Santa-Ysabel-Online-Bingo-California-220x150.jpg)
Poker
November 4th, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunCalifornia’s  Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel made waves this summer by announcing it would launch real money online poker in the Golden State, despite the fact that the state had not put a regulatory framework into place...
![Phil Ivey Ready to Shuffle Up and Deal Medical Marijuana](https://www.pokersites.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Phil-Ivey-medical-marijuana-220x150.png)
Legal
October 31st, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunYou may be able to call Phil Ivey the next time you need some medical marijuana: thanks to a recent Las Vegas City Council vote, the poker pro is one of 26 proud new pot distribution licensee applicants who’ve been...
![Poker Players Alliance Takes Aim at Anti-Online Political “Jokers”](https://www.pokersites.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/PPA-names-political-poker-jokers-2014-220x150.jpg)
Legal
October 30th, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunThe Poker Players Alliance (PPA) has poked a bit of a political hornet’s nest with its rundown of US politicians running in the impending mid-term elections who are against legalized iGaming in general, and regulated iPoker...
![Partypoker Pokerfest Events Plagued by Connection Issues](https://www.pokersites.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Partypoker-Pokerfest-events-cancelled-2014-200x150.jpg)
Poker
October 28th, 2014 | by
Greg ShaunTwo events in partypoker’s Pokerfest were cancelled on Sunday, as connectivity issues forced the company to eliminate some of the biggest events on the day’s schedule. Players had noticed issues on the site throughout...
![888 CEO Brian Mattingley Sees EU Impact for Online PokerÂ](https://www.pokersites.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/888-Brian-Mattingley-on-EU-Online-Poker--220x150.jpg)
Legal
October 25th, 2014 | by
Greg Shaun888 Holdings CEO Brian Mattingley says that there’s potential for online poker and the wider Internet gambling market to suffer some down times before achieving the growth that seems inevitable in the industry, and he...