With US presidential elections to be held later this year, of great interest to poker players is the stance of each presidential candidate with regards to the legalization of online poker. As Democrat Barack Obama vies for his re-election, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum are in the race for the Republican [...]
Action was fast and furious in Event #10 of PokerStars’ Turbo Championship of Online Poker, a $10 rebuy tournament. The event drew 12,636 players and netted an additional 39,000 rebuys and 6,000 add-ons for a total prize pool of $579,330. This nearly doubled the PokerStars guaranteed amount of $300,000. Final table starting chip count: Seat [...]
Over the last year, it seems as though PokerStars has changed from the bottom up. There was the change forced upon their playing community when the United States Department of Justice mutilated the landscape of online poker. Then, there were a series of personnel changes that seemed to be working its way up the food [...]
Authors of the most popular poker app, Zynga, have recently confirmed that they intend to move forward with plans to enter the real money online poker market. They are currently in talks with a number of different potential partners to make real money games a reality for Zynga Poker. The current Zynga poker app plays [...]
Almost two years ago a player cropped up on PokerStars that instantly raised eyebrows. RaiseOnce was sitting at the highest stakes running for any game from Heads up No Limit Hold ‘em to 2-7 Triple Draw. Players famed for being the toughest at their respective games were all of the sudden getting action, but this [...]
Online poker tournaments continue to be on the rise as this past weekend another set of major tournaments concluded. Even with Black Friday shocking the online poker world, it seems like it has taken less than a year to completely recover. Even more good news could be on the horizon, as it’s not out of [...]