Poker

Indian Online Poker Startup Achieves Industry First with Series A Funding

The evolution of India’s online poker industry continues as fledgling site 9stacks becomes the first operator to raise money through a Series A funding model. Announced on October 1, the initiative will see 9Stacks receive 28...

PASPA Repeal Brings Out Anti-Online Poker Provocateurs

The repeal of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) might have opened the door to some unexpected problems for the online poker industry. When the US Supreme Court repealed the 1992 act outlawing sports...

Winamax Apologizes to Customers After DDoS Attack Overcharges Servers

Winamax says it was the victim of a DDoS attack recently, making it the fourth major operator to be targeted by cybercriminals over the last few weeks. Outlining the incident on Twitter, the French poker and sports betting site...

Sami Kelopuro Closes Book on $69 Million Partypoker Powerfest

The latest Partypoker Powerfest Championship has wrapped up with Finnish high stakes pro Sami Kelopuro taking down the $5,200 main event. Following 15 days of online action that saw almost $70 million in prize money paid out, the...

PokerStars VR to Bring a New Dimension to Online Poker

PokerStars has announced plans to release a free-play virtual reality (VR) platform that’s will set the tone for online poker of the future. Breaking the news on  September 20, PokerStars has said the exact release date for...

Satellite Qualifier Wins $1.3 Million in PokerStars WCOOP Main Event

PokerStars’ World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) has crowned its 2018 main event champion after 25 hours of play. Getting underway on September 16, the $5,200 MTT saw 2,044 players ante-up in a bid to win the lion’s...

Liquidity Sharing No Savior as Online Poker in New Jersey Continues to Disappoint

Online poker in New Jersey doesn’t seem to be benefitting from the state’s liquidity sharing pact with Nevada and Delaware according to the latest financial report. Released by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement...

BetStars Makes Its US Debut in New Jersey

BetStars, the sports betting arm of PokerStars is now live in New Jersey making it the eighth operator to do so since the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) was overturned. Announced on September 13, the move...

PokerStars Folds Unfold Poker in Favor of New Innovations

PokerStars is set to remove its latest innovation just a month after making it live across various international platforms. In a quote obtained by Pokerfuse, PokerStars Director of Poker Innovation and Operations Severin Rasset...

Short Deck Hold’em Takeover: Winning Poker Network Adds New Variant

Short Deck Hold’em is starting to make its mark in the online arena, three years after it became the go-to game for high stakes players in Macau. Set to go live on the Winning Poker Network (WPN) on September 10, the Texas...