Nick Jones
Managing Editor
Nick has been involved in the online poker industry for over two decades, at various times a professional poker player, poker coach, video instructor, blogger, software developer, journalist and editor. In 2011, he co-founded pokerfuse, and was for many years the lead writer and Editor in Chief of and our industry trade site, Poker Industry PRO. Today, he leads overall site strategy and product development.
Full Tilt Poker Follows Winamax and iPoker With “Jackpot SNGs”
Lottery-style Sit and Gos, which randomly assigns a prize pool to 3-max turbo tournaments, go live on FTP.
Amaya CEO David Baazov Joins Two Plus Two
“The most important relationship will be with you, the players,” Amaya chief assures following PokerStars/Full Tilt acquisition.
Resorts Plans to Bring Both PokerStars and Full Tilt Brands to New Jersey Market
NJ DGE “optimistic” license could be issued by this fall.
MPN Ends “English Only at the Tables” Chat Rule
Collusion rarely occurs in the chat box, nullifying the only reason to prevent players socializing in their own language, argues MPN poker head.
PokerStars Licensing Talks Resume in New Jersey
DGE to discuss with Amaya the reactivation of PokerStars’ online gaming application—their best shot at a fast return of the PokerStars online poker brand to the US market.
MPN Warns Players that Double Up SNGs “Require Very Advanced Strategy”
Seeing double: The DoN format might look easy, but the best strategy is far from it, the network warns.
PokerStars to “Substantially Review” VIP Program for 2015
“No plans yet” as to possible changes.
PokerStars’ California Alliance Fires Back at “Bad Actor” Bill
Bill with tribal consensus is “a blatant attempt to provide certain interests with an unfair competitive advantage.”
National Teams to Compete in GPI’s New “World Cup of Poker”
The Global Poker Masters tournament invites the highest ranked players from the top countries to compete in a new live-streamed event.
Milestone Hands Return to PokerStars
The most consistently successful promotion in poker returns for a 300 million hand stretch, with $700k to be given away.
Full Tilt Add Real Money Slots Games to Online Poker Client
Third-party slots from Leander Games integrated into poker software.
888 Closes Accounts of Relocated US Players
Players in Mexico and Canada have had their accounts closed and balances returned.