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.
The signing of world tennis #2 Rafael Nadal to PokerStars Team SportsStars is the biggest celebrity endorsement in online poker history.
5050poker, a poker room on the Microgaming Network, has closed over what is apparently a dispute over a new network…
Players will continue to receive rakeback based on weighted-contributed model thanks to a “dual layer” system.
Team Full Tilt pro will take on one competitor in a live-streamed event with a €20k prize.
Auction for contested suffixes will be held later this year • Only the gambling companies Ladbrokes and William Hill are looking to purchase personalized suffixes • .bet, .bingo, .lotto, .win, .bid also on the list.
Lock Poker’s new Revolution Gaming Network has become the largest network of online poker players still serving…
The German State’s liberal Gambling Act faces a serious challenge from the new ruling coalition party looking to revoke licenses and repeal the law.
Important lingering questions over an existing unworkable tax code—that requires Spanish players to pay income tax on winnings without deducting losses—mars an otherwise successful launch of regulated online poker in Spain.
PokerStars, PartyPoker, 888 and skins on Microgaming and Ongame launch their segregated dot.ES online poker rooms.
With less than a day to go, there is still the question on whether players will be able to migrate existing accounts to new dot.ES rooms—or whether they face losing their VIP points and status.
Major poker rooms among 15 operators to confirm receipt of an online poker license; rooms will go live on the morning of Tuesday, June 5.
A last minute “clarification” from the Spanish regulator: Existing operators cannot transfer player accounts nor their balances, VIP points or statuses from dot.com to new dot.ES platforms.