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.
$82m in US Full Tilt Repayments “Weeks Away”
30,000 undisputed claims have been approved by the US Department of Justice.
One in Twenty Still Face Geo-Location Issues in New Jersey
95% success rate still leaves a lot of customers locked out.
NJ Poker Operators Sending Free Wifi Adapters to Solve Geo-location Issues
PartyPoker, 888 and soon WSOP are sending free hardware to poker players with wifi verification issues.
Full Tilt Casino Games Debut
Real money roulette and blackjack games available for some customers in staggered rollout.
New Jersey Poker: PartyPoker and Borgata Join WSOP and 888 in App Store
The top four online poker rooms in New Jersey now have native Apple apps in the store.
Winamax Players Can Now Change Screen Names Every Six Months
French online poker room tries new anonymity feature, which scrubs all notes and stats.
Everest Poker France Rolls Out iPoker’s New Native Mobile Clients
iOS and Android native apps debut with cash tables and Speed Poker. Tournaments coming in April 2014.
PartyPoker Claims 50% of New Jersey Market
Top three networks in New Jersey’s nascent regulated online poker market see positive December growth.
PokerSnowie vs the World: Up 25bb/100
Aggregate results from new “challenge” feature shows the GTO bot is crushing all competitors.
Checking Around
Pokerfuse PRO’s exclusive industry-focused summary of online poker discussions in the last week. Troll free, guaranteed.
Rounders Sequel Gets its Backer
Matt Damon and Edward Norton to star in Rounders 2, to be set in Paris and Las Vegas.
PokerStars to Trial Zoom-Only Games at $50/$100 Next Month
Fast-fold only trial to commence January 1 in a bid to reduce “seating and angle-shooting meta-games” at high stakes.