by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 3, 2015 | Online Poker News, Poker News
April showers may bring May flowers, but the month also happens to bring a pile of cash prizes thanks to the second annual New Jersey Championship of Poker online tournament series. Taking place from April 16-26, the series will feature over 30 events and $1 Million...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 21, 2015 | Online Poker News, Party Poker, Poker News
As poker players, we live for the chances to grab free money, and with this new promotion on Party Poker, that’s exactly what you’re going to get. Party Poker is giving away £10 to any and all residents of the United Kingdom who sign up through...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 15, 2015 | Online Poker News, Poker News
MicroMillions, the world’s most popular tournament series, is coming back to PokerStars. Taking place from March 19-29, the MicroMillions 10 championship will feature 100 events and $5 million guaranteed. Buy-ins start from as little as $0.11 and go all the way up to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 11, 2015 | Online Poker News, Poker News
The Sunday Million Anniversary tournament, celebrating the 9th anniversary of the Sunday Million, is only a few short days away, and FlopTurnRiver is teaming up with PokerStars to make sure that you don’t miss out on your chance to win a piece of the guaranteed...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 27, 2015 | Online Poker News, Poker News
The Sunday Million Anniversary tournament is always a cause for celebration, but this year, PokerStars has decided to up the ante–the 9th anniversary of the Sunday Million is set to feature a guaranteed $9 million prize pool. The Sunday Million 9th Anniversary...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 12, 2015 | Online Poker News
Full Tilt is bringing things back to the old school–to the “good old days”–with the launch of a new online championship of poker: Full Tilt Classic. The event series, taking place from Feb. 15 – 22, is eight days of action encompassing 16...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 9, 2015 | Online Poker News, PokerStars
On January 14, we are offering an exclusive, members-only Spin & Go Special Freeroll tournament on PokerStars. This is a freeroll event with no buy-in, but the prizes are very real. A total of $1,000 will be added to the prize pool with the top 200 players winning a $5 Spin & Go ticket!
Find out how to qualify!
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 4, 2015 | Online Poker News
The fourth edition of the Turbo Championship of Online Poker, PokerStars’ first major online championship series of 2015, is nearly upon us. Running from Jan. 22 to Feb. 1, the TCOOP will feature $15 million in guaranteed prize money across 50 events and a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 2, 2014 | Online Poker News, WSOP
Want to win a trip to Las Vegas, including airfare, two nights at Planet Hollywood, and a $200 gift card? Well now you can, courtesy of WSOP.com. All first time depositors are eligible for this exclusive offer, which runs between Oct. 1 and Oct. 30. Simply sign up,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 3, 2014 | Online Poker News, Poker Law
In a surprising move yesterday, the Russia government announced that it will consider legalizing online poker in Russia. The move came after multiple inquiries of Kaha Kahiani, the president of the „League of Poker Fans“ to the government, where he stressed the...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 8, 2014 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Charles Coppolani, the new president of ARJEL, the French online gambling regulator, has declared that online poker in France is a “fad” that is on its way out. Speaking with French financial newspaper Les Échos in his first official interview since assuming the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 4, 2013 | Canada, Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
Now has never been a better time to be a Canadian poker player. Not only does PokerStars wants to give you a ton of cash prizes and rewards every Friday, they also want to send you off on a free PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) worth $15,468! Friday Night is Poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 16, 2013 | Isildur1 Watch, Online Poker News, Poker News
For those of us lucky enough to witness Isildur1’s meteoric rise to the top of the poker world between October and December 2009, it is something we will never forget. The team that brought you the online poker documentary Bet Raise Fold returns with The Legend...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 16, 2013 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
The popular MicroMillions series has returned to PokerStars for MicroMillions 6. From November 14 to November 24, PokerStars will award $5,000,000 in prizes across 100 events. The series is a great opportunity for new or low stakes players to get involved in big-time...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 13, 2013 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
Tired of players at heads up tables sitting out and refusing to play you? Not anymore! In a post on the 2+2 Poker Forums, PokerStars Steve has gone on record and stated that PokerStars will launch Heads Up (HU) Zoom tables “next month.” For those of you unfamiliar...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 13, 2013 | Canada, EPT, Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
It was a busy week in poker for Canadians, both online and in real life. Both the EPT London High Roller and PokerStars Sunday Millions were taken down by Canada for a nearly $700k. See the results below. Jason Lavallée Wins EPT London High Roller Montreal-native...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 1, 2013 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars
WCOOP 2013 Main Event Creates 3 New Millionaires After 26 hours of play the PokerStars WCOOP Main Event has finally ended, and three German-born players are now millionaires. The Main Event far exceeding the $8 million guarantee, growing all the way up to a staggering...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 1, 2013 | Online Poker News, Poker News
In the past twelve months, Black Chip Poker has passed out over $2,000,000 in cash and tournament tickets through The Beast promotion. Now this monthly promotion is expanding in order to offer players an extra opportunity each month to get in the extra cash. From the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 21, 2013 | Online Casino News, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
WCOOP A Massive Success The 12th annual World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is now past the halfway stage, and all signs point to a record-breaking success. The 66-event series offered a guaranteed $40M in prizes, including an $8M guaranteed Main Event, but it...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 7, 2013 | EPT, Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
Thomas Middleton Wins The EPT10 Barcelona Main Event Title for €942,000 The United Kingdom’s Tom “hitthehole” Middleton defeated a tour stop record 1,234 players on his way $1,067,000 (€942,000). The final table is below: 1st. Thomas Middleton,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 29, 2013 | EPT, Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
WCOOP Reload Bonus Players can earn a maximum of $150 by taking advantage of the WCOOP Reload Bonus offer (up to 25%) being offered now until September 6. For more information, click here. World Championship of Online Poker 2013 The schedule for the World Championship...
by Mike1013 | Aug 8, 2013 | Bovada, Online Poker News
Bodog has recently introduced its version of fast-fold poker – Zone Poker. Ever since Full Tilt introduced Rush Poker early in 2010, this type of poker has become popular with players, since it allows them to fold hands they don’t like and immediately receive a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 3, 2013 | Online Poker News, PokerStars
August Is VIP Club Month At PokerStars Running throughout the month of August, PokerStars is running a new series of promotions aimed at their VIP Club members. VIP Club Members have a series of different opportunities to benefit from the promotion. VIP Club Happy...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 17, 2013 | Online Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars Reveals New Security Measure for Player Accounts PokerStars has just announced a brand new security feature designed to protect player accounts. The service, titled “SMS Validation”, is free to all users and is accessible through the latest...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 9, 2013 | Online Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars Reveals New Security Measure for Player Accounts PokerStars has just announced a brand new security feature designed to protect player accounts. The service, titled “SMS Validation”, is free to all users and is accessible through the latest...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 22, 2013 | Online Poker News
Ultimate Poker is giving away $1 million in cash and prizes during their newest promotion, the Million Dollar Summer. The promotion runs from June 21 – Sept 21 and offers several opportunities to win free cash and prizes. Free $50 Deposit $50 by Midnight Saturday....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 17, 2013 | Bovada, Online Poker News, Poker News
Poker 1. Win a $5K getaway! From June 3 – July 30, play poker to earn up to a total of $160 in weekly bonuses, and win a draw for an extra $500 Cash and the chance to choose between three different $5K Getaways. Enter now to start cashing in on the Summer Selection....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 15, 2013 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
Thursday marked a day for the record books for PokerStars, as the online poker giant celebrated its 100 billionth hand. On top of that, The 100 Billion Hand Promotion, which began June 7th, has paid out over $2 million to players on PokerStars. While it was a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 14, 2013 | Online Casino News, Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars 100 Billion Hands Celebration: $300,000 World Record Tourney PokerStars 100 Billion Hands Celebration is now under way! PokerStars is offering a special $300,000 World Record Tournament on June 16, including $25,000 for the winner and cash prizes for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 10, 2013 | Bovada, Online Poker News, Poker News
Poker 1. FTR Bovada $490+ Added tournament on June 12th Don’t miss FTR’s exclusive money added tournament on Bovada which will be taking place on June 12th! The buy in is only $3.30 and $300 are added to the prize pool as well as 5 tournament tickets worth $38.5 each!...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 8, 2013 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Struggling gambling company Bwin.party Digital Entertainment, the leading European online gambling operator, has said goodbye to three top executives, all of who were responsible for the company’s prospective US operations. Sources have confirmed that World Poker Tour...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 8, 2013 | Online Poker News, Poker News, Televised Poker
Check out the first official trailer of the upcoming online poker movie Runner, Runner, starring Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck. The film is written by Brian Koppelman and David Levien, creators of Rounders, Ocean’s 13, and The Runaway Jury. The flick also stars...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 8, 2013 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Titan Poker have announced that the winner of their weekly Super Satellite tournaments will have the honour of representing the British based poker room at the PokerFest tournaments in Romania and Macedonia this June. Europe’s leading online poker room Titan...
by Mike1013 | Jun 6, 2013 | Bovada, Online Poker News, Poker News
Bovada has long been a reputable name in US-facing online gambling. It offers not only poker, but also casino games, sports betting and wagering on horse races. Bovada has just expanded their line of products by introducing a new Mobile Casino. With this Mobile...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 4, 2013 | Bovada, Online Poker News, Poker News
Poker 1. Win a $5K getaway! From June 3 – July 30, play poker to earn up to a total of $160 in weekly bonuses, and win a draw for an extra $500 Cash and the chance to choose between three different $5K Getaways. Enter now to start cashing in on the Summer...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 30, 2013 | Online Poker News, Party Poker, Poker News
The home of the most famous club football team in the world, Manchester united, is to host a special charity poker event over the 9th and 10th of August this year. The event will also be attended by Manchester United Legends, both past and present. “Only a select few...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 11, 2013 | Bovada, Online Poker News, Poker News
Bovada’s is headed to Vegas for the ultimate poker experience and you can join too by scoring a $15K Prize Package, which includes a $10K buy-in to the Main Event and $5K for expenses and more. From April 2 through June 23, Bovada is running more than 2,000...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 25, 2013 | FTR AMAs & Interviews, Online Poker News, Poker News
How Useful are Live Tells? We had Zach Elwood, author of the critically acclaimed book “Reading Poker Tells” answering questions from the forum recently, and we thought we’d condense his gems of wisdom into some sections. “Tells exist because...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 15, 2013 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Titan poker, on the iPoker Network, is mid way through a leader board promotion called “The Grand Battle.” The promotion started on the 1st of January and is planned to run for 13 weeks and pay out $130,000 There are 3 leader boards, a weekly, a monthly,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 11, 2012 | FTOPS, Online Poker News, Poker News
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series XXI continued today with a whopping three events. All three events continued the streak of prize pools surpassing the Full Tilt guaranteed amount. Event #19 was a Pot-Limit Omaha High/Low, Knockout, Super Stack tournament with a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 11, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
After being locked out of the American online poker market and paying hundreds of millions to the Department of Justice, PokerStars is now eyeing a purchase that could grant them a strong foothold for re-entering the US market. The Wall Street Journal first published...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 6, 2012 | Online Poker News, PokerStars
Poker tournament series are usually targeted towards high stakes players willing to shell out hundreds to thousands of dollars for tournament entry. Luckily, PokerStars looks to change all that with their MicroMillions poker tournament festival. For eleven days,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 6, 2012 | Online Poker News
After being in business for a decade, SunPoker has just announced that they are closing their poker room doors for good, effective immediately. In a form letter sent to all account holders, SunPoker’s management cited the September changes to the iPoker network as the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 6, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Today, Bodog.co.uk closed it’s doors for new players on a fairly long list of countries, including Russia, Ukraine, Hungary and Bulgaria. Current players will be able to play at the casino like always, but the site is no longer accepting new customers. Current...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 14, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) recently posted a notice on their website seeking a third party “Claims Administrator” to help with the Full Tilt Poker remission procedure. The DOJ estimates that there are many as 1.3 million “potential US victims” who...
by givememyleg | Aug 1, 2012 | Bovada, Online Poker News, Poker News
Bovada.lv, our top US friendly poker room, has recently released a Mac client for their users. Mac users in the US were once shunned and had few choices to play online poker, but not anymore. All Mac users can play on the same software with top security and features...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 20, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
Just days ago, PokerStars released this year’s schedule for what it describes as “the biggest and most prestigious annual tournament series anywhere online,” the World Championship of Online Poker, or WCOOP. WCOOP 2012 will begin with three events...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 12, 2012 | Online Poker News
Innovative promotions have been missing from poker for quite a while now but America’s Cardroom just changed all that. They’ve created a fun new promotion that puts cash in their customers’ pockets. This month, they’ve released the world’s first-ever progressive rake...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 2, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Following suit with other poker sites, players can now play a speedy version of poker on the iPoker Network. iPoker calls their version “Speed Hold’em Poker”, which is essentially identical to the old Rush Poker of Full Tilt and the recently released Zoom Poker from...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 29, 2012 | Online Poker News
William Hill Poker (WHP) has made it an exciting time to be an online poker fan. A favorite among players in Europe and the United Kingdom, WHP is running a number of promotions for the remainder of the year to keep its loyal fans and curious newcomers engaged. Poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 12, 2012 | California, Online Poker News, Poker Law
In an unexpected turn of events, California Senate Bill 1463 was pulled from today’s meeting agenda. This bill would legalize and regular online poker within the state of California. It was expected to be voted on in the Senate Governmental Organization Committee...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 10, 2012 | California, Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
On June 12th there will be some additional changes to California’s online poker bill SB1463. The main change will require that license applicants must currently operate a brick and mortar card room or casino that offers poker. Other changes include reducing the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 2, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
After more than one month since Purple Lounge suddenly went off line, its parent company, Media Corporation, has announced that the site will not resume operation. The Board of Media Corp announced this week that all employees of Purple Lounge have been laid off, that...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 26, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
According to an email sent out by Mark Bryan, a gaming analyst at Merrill Lynch, the Australian government plans to legalize online poker sometime in the next six to 12 months. This move will coincide with a relaxation of other online betting restrictions, such as...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 21, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
The two day SCOOP 2012 Main Event tournaments began on Sunday May 20th. Play was halted at the conclusion of level 20 (10 hours) and resumed early this afternoon. After two weeks worth of events, and many players entering many of the available events, a mere 10 hour...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 21, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
PokerStars has set a new record for the largest ever online poker tournament series. This year’s Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP 2012) ran for two weeks, featuring 40 events of three tournaments each for a total of 120 events. Registration for the last...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 17, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
Event number 30 of PokerStars’ SCOOP 2012 was action-packed and took surprisingly little time to determine the winners. It was a Turbo “SuperKnockout” 6-Max bounty tournament, in which half of each player’s buy in became a bounty on their head. This prize structure,...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 14, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News, PokerStars
Spain’s new cash-strapped, conservative government is now demanding that online poker license applicants pay backdated taxes for their last 4 years of operation within Spain. This abrupt ultimatum comes just weeks before the first licenses were slated to be issued on...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 14, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Lock Poker was a huge beneficiary of Black Friday with thousands of American players flocking to the poker room to continue playing the game they love. They’ve grown by leaps and bounds and, in June, they will be launching their very own gaming network. It has...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 13, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Internet service providers in Belgium have been ordered to block traffic to several of the most popular online poker sites, including Bwin, Betfair, Betsson, and William Hill.
by FTR Poker Admin | May 11, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
The second of three knockout events during PokerStars’ SCOOP 2012 kicked off yesterday as Event #13. Players played down to approximately the final three tables, at which time they went on break for 12 hours, resuming today, May 11th to finish off the...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 10, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
Event #8 of the 2012 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) has concluded after many hours of play. This event was the “SuperKnockout” event, which featured a very large bounty on each player’s head. Most bounty/knockout tournaments put a small,...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 7, 2012 | California, Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Today bwin.Party announced a formal agreement with the United Auburn Indian Community (UAIC) to provide online poker to the residents of California if intrastate legislation is enacted. The UAIC is a federally recognized Californian Indian tribe that currently owns...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 5, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
It’s time again for another promotional period on the Road to 100 Billion Poker Hands at PokerStars. For this 80th Billion hand milestone, PokerStars is giving away money to the lucky players who play on every millionth hand starting at 79,700,000,000 and ending at...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 28, 2012 | Live Poker Results, Online Poker News, Poker News
The second annual online tournament series iPOPS (iPoker’s Online Poker Series) kicks off tomorrow, Sunday April 29th, 2012. Hosted on the iPoker network, the series this year consists of five events of the course of the week, with a guaranteed prize...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 25, 2012 | Online Poker News
Bovada is gearing up for their second $7,500 PTS freeroll of the month.
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 22, 2012 | Online Poker News
Players signing up for a new account on Bovada Poker already get a 100% up to $1,000 bonus. Now, players signing up through an affiliate link also get a ticket to any of the $1,000 Freeroll satellites for the World Series of Poker Main Event. Don’t miss your chance to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 22, 2012 | bet365, Online Poker News
bet365 recently rolled out, similar to Ludacris, a new, better reward system for its players. For some players, the changes mean 25% more cash. Also, even casual players can earn hundreds of dollars thanks to bet365’s new VIP system. Best of all, bet365 rewards...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 21, 2012 | Online Poker News
Play at bwin poker for your chance to win a seat to the most well-known tournament in the world- the World Series of Poker Main Event. Satellites and Super Satellites are running now through to June 6th. You don’t need to be a pro or have a bankroll to enter or to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 16, 2012 | New Jersey, Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
After the first attempt at legalizing poker within the state of New Jersey failed last year, sponsor Raymond Lesniak has helped the new Senate Bill 1565 get over the first few hurdles on its way to becoming law. In March of 2011, Republican Governor Chris Christie...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 15, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Mixed marital artist George St. Pierre has inked a contract with 888Poker.com.
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 14, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News, PokerStars
It has now been one full year since April 15th, 2011 when the Department of Justice (DOJ) shut down a number of major online poker sites who had been servicing American card players. Dubbed “Black Friday” by players around the world, Americans found themselves...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 12, 2012 | Online Poker News, Party Poker, Poker News
In the latest live streaming poker news, Party Poker’s Big Game is being streamed live as we speak. In a move seemingly to echo the IseriesLive, Party Poker made the decision a few days ago to stream the game live. Currently playing are famous pro’s such...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 11, 2012 | Online Poker News
Luvin Poker is offering a pair of promotions designed to appeal to their low and mid stakes players.
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 10, 2012 | Online Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars is celebrating another milestone in their brilliant career as the world’s number one poker room. Their ever-popular Sunday Storm tournament will be one-year old this month. This means that it’s time for another fantastic PokerStars promotion. The April 15th...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 9, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Donald Trump and 888 Holdings are discussing a potential online poker partnership, in the event that the government changes their stance on the practice.
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 9, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
It appears that 888 will soon become a household name among poker and casino players. Despite many online poker sites being hit hard by Black Friday, 888 Poker did extremely well in 2011. Their poker site revenue increased 58%, the number of active customers increased...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 8, 2012 | Online Poker News
Over the last year, Boss Media/International Poker Network has been demonstrating a commitment to getting their software up-to-date on the most modern features available. Boss—which includes rooms like InterPoker and ParadisePoker—had already made leaps and bounds in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 7, 2012 | Online Poker News, Party Poker, Poker News
Party Poker has unveiled plans to develop their own form of “Rush Poker.” This comes shortly after the successful release of PokerStars’ own version of the game last month. The announcement came during an interview of bwin.Party CEO Jim Ryan by the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 2, 2012 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker News
Bodog has announced Jennette Tan as the latest addition to their Team Bodog. Nicknamed “Jay”, Tan is an Asian poker player who was born in Los Angeles. In addition to her beauty, she also holds a Masters Degree in Business. She briefly moved to Hong King to start a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 28, 2012 | Online Poker News
Get ready for the $1000 Shuffle Up Freeroll. It’s just around the corner. April 1st at 16:00 CET, be at the RedKings Lobby. Look for the Specials Tab. But, don’t think this is an April Fools joke! Registration will open 48 hours before 16:00 CET on April...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 24, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News, Utah
In a pre-emptive move against the possibility of legalized online gambling at the federal level, Utah has become the first state to legally opt out. Yesterday, Governor Gary Herbert signed into law bill HB108. This bill excludes all Utah residents from gambling online...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 23, 2012 | Online Poker News
Sky Poker, one of England’s biggest online poker providers, is discounting its rake by 50 percent this weekend in all heads-up games with blinds of €1/€2 or higher. This means that Sky Poker’s normal 5 percent rake will be reduced to 2.5 percent beginning...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 23, 2012 | Kentucky, Online Poker News, Poker Law
Hog Wild Poker Leagues is giving people a chance to participate in this year’s Celebrity Derby Poker Championship Gala for free! The Celebrity Derby Poker Championship will be held in the Seelbach Hilton Hotel’s Medallion Ballroom in Louisville, Kentucky...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 21, 2012 | Online Poker News
Bovada is roaring toward the halfway point in their new Black Diamond Poker Open.
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 18, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Bodog Poker is now offering hand histories to its users.
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 17, 2012 | Maryland, New York, Online Poker News, Poker Law, Utah, Washington
Last week, Bovada began blocking anyone from the states of Maryland, New York, Utah and Washington from creating a new account on their site. It has been said that Bovada will soon also start blocking existing customers from Maryland. Bovada is the rebranded name that...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 13, 2012 | Online Poker News
bwin Poker wants to give their players a tournament entry into the WPT National Marbella. The first stop on the WPT National Tour is in the beautiful Costa del Sol. It’s the perfect place for a vacation balanced with some poker action as Costa del Sol is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 9, 2012 | Online Poker News
When I think of Cannes, I think of the infamous Film Festivals that have the media falling all over themselves just to get the best coverage. But, to get there you have to be a celebrity. Not this time! That’s right, we’re playing poker there this year....
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 8, 2012 | Online Poker News
Since the beginning of the month, Titan Poker has been honoring dedicated players with their Lord of the Grind promotion.
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 6, 2012 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Details have been extremely scarce in recent months since Group Bernard Tapie (GBT) supposedly reached a deal to purchase Full Tilt Poker (FTP). In December 2011, it was widely reported that the GBT had come to an agreement to purchase the assets and liabilities of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 4, 2012 | Online Poker News, PokerStars
The Norwegian Championship of poker will be taking place in Dublin at the end of this month, and PokerStars is giving its players all of the chances they can to have one of their own cash in big. They have been running ten satellites per week—including five freerolls...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 4, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Following their recent deal with Bally's Technology, ChiliPoker has shifted their player base onto Poker770, another site operating on the iPoker Network.
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 3, 2012 | Online Poker News, PokerStars
Sunday, March 11 2012 will mark the 6th anniversary of the ever-popular PokerStars Sunday Million tournament. To mark this special occasion, PokerStars is bumping the guaranteed prize pool to an extraordinary $6,000,000! At least $1 million will be awarded for the top...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 3, 2012 | Live Poker Results, Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Jim Ryan, CEO of bwin.party recently shared his insight into the future of online gaming legalization and regulation in the US and how his company is prepared to capitalize on the very promising upcoming US market. We will summarize some key points he made in his...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 1, 2012 | Online Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars, the biggest online poker site in the world, recently announced their upcoming MicroMillions tournament series. They are looking to make this tournament series the most inclusive online tournament series ever. Players of every bankroll will be able to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 29, 2012 | Online Poker News
Titan Poker has put together a pair of promotions open only to residents of Canada.
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 29, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Titan Poker has won Gambling Online Magazine’s Reader’s Choice Award for Best Poker Customer Service for the third consecutive year, and for the 5th time in 6 years. They have won the award every year since 2006 except in 2009 when they were runner-up to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 28, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Breaking news – BodogBrand has confirmed this morning that the Bodog.com domain name has been seized by US Department of Homeland Security. Shortly following, it became known that Calvin Ayre, the founder of Bodog, has been indicted as of this morning for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 27, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Last week the Washington Examiner newspaper ran an opinion piece regarding online gambling written by Louis Freeh and Tom Ridge. The article called for lawmakers to swiftly enact unambiguous legislation regarding internet poker and internet gambling. Both men have...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 26, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
Pokerstars is bringing excitement to the felt by rolling out a test version of Zoom Poker. Currently the game is available on a test client for play money only, but the new game is planned to be released to the main site for real money action soon. The concept behind...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2012 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker News
The online poker site Bet24 has signed on another poker pro to their brand, Gillian Epp. The 27 year old is an established poker player who also writes columns for the poker magazines CasinoPlayer and PokerPro Canada. At the age of 19, Gillian Epp started out as a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2012 | Online Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars has announced an increase in their regular tournament guarantees, as well as the re-launch the World Bloggers Championship of Online Poker (WBCOOP).
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News
The World Sports Exchance will be closing their poker room at 1pm ET on February 15th, 2012. WSEX originally opened their doors in 1995 as a Sportsbook/Casino based in Antigua. They became quite successful and by 2007 WSEX was one of the top sportsbook sites. There...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
The Golden Nugget is joining forces with Chiligaming to launch an online poker site . . . in the United States . . . to be up and running in the next quarter. Golden Nugget chairman Tilman Ferttita says, “We believe that online gaming is inevitable in the United...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 7, 2012 | Online Poker News, PokerStars
To celebrate their 75 billionth hand, PokerStars recently handed out some sizable cash prizes to the players involved.
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 7, 2012 | bet365, Online Poker News
Everybody loves free stuff. That’s why bet365 Poker is offering its players $50,000 in freerolls in their $50,000 Freeroll Frenzy. There are literally hundreds of freerolls to choose from with other perks to be found during this awesome promotion, such as a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 6, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
FairPlayUSA is a fairly new advocate of regulated online gaming. While not as established as the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), it is still helping to raise awareness of the issue and working toward the goal of legal online poker. The group was created in 2011 as a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 6, 2012 | Online Poker News
Everest Poker is running a special rake race promotion throughout February with $20,000 in potential prizes. The promotion makes sure to not single out low stakes grinders, as the weekly leader boards are broken up into medium stakes and low stakes. Also, the winners...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 4, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News
After months of negotiations, the sale of Cryptologic has been finalized. The buyer is Amaya Gaming Group at a price of $35.8 million, approximately 55% over the closing price of Cryptologic’s shares on December 14th. Cryptologic Limited was an Ireland-based software...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 31, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News
It appears as though the team of 888 Holdings and Caesars Interactive Entertainment are going to be together for the near future.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 25, 2012 | Online Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars is now offering a series of $100,000 freeroll tournaments to all those who make a deposit to their real money account.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 21, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
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...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 17, 2012 | Online Poker News
Poker players and soccer fans from bwin are now competing over the chance to meet and train with the stars of Real Madrid.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 17, 2012 | Online Poker News
William Hill Poker is running a pair of promotions this month that is certain to enrich the poker economy. On top of these two promotions, William Hill Poker has teamed up with FlopTurnRiver to offer its players a monthly freeroll. These three promotions are geared...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 16, 2012 | Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Complaints are still rolling in to the Alderney Gaming Control Commission (AGCC) by disgruntled former FullTilt Poker players. The AGCC issued a statement to remind players that FullTilt Poker is no longer licensed by their organization, and thus are unable to help...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 14, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
In what appears to be an attempt to avoid more fallout of Black Friday, the Yatahay poker network has rebranded as the Winning Poker network. They are just one network of many to conduct a rebranding of this sort. Bodog recently rebranded to the name Bovada for U.S....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 10, 2012 | Online Poker News, PokerStars, TCOOP
PokerStars has gone a bit unconventional with their latest tournament series idea. The Turbo Championship of Online Poker, or TCOOP, is strictly for tournament players who like fast action. The tournament series has a guaranteed prize pool of $10,000,000 to be given...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 5, 2012 | Online Poker News
Everest Poker is looking for their next King of the Ring champion. The King of the Ring promotion is a series of tournaments where players square off for leaderboard points. Each week, $5,000 in cash will be awarded. On January 28th, when the promotion ends, the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 3, 2012 | Online Poker News
PokerStars has scheduled special VIP Ring Game Happy Hours this month, aimed at boosting the rankings of their players. From now until January 29, users can earn 50% more VPPs and FPPs by frequenting the ring games at the appointed times.
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