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.
Poker Officially Recognized as a Game of Skill in Brazil
Order and Progress: Brazilian Ministry of Sport officially recognizes poker “as a fun game that requires concentration, training and study.”
ARJEL Proposes Adding More Games to Licensed French Sites
French players may be able to play Stud, Omaha 8 and mixed rotation games within a month if the proposals from France’s regulatory authority are adopted.
Zoom Poker: PokerStars’ Rush-like Game is Close to Public Beta
Beta testing of its fast-paced poker variant could begin in a month.
Entraction to be Renamed to Reflect IGT Brand
The publicly-traded slots and gaming manufacturer IGT has announced that its recently-acquired online poker network…
French Reps Reach Rewards Compromise with PokerStars After 2-Day IOM Meet
Concessions to be made to the VPP multipliers and rewards at PokerStars.fr.
PokerStars.fr Traffic Suffers as French Protest Continues
French rep to discuss changes in IoM as over 100 high-volume players pledge to boycott PokerStars’ French poker room.
GoldenPalace.be is Ongame’s First Licensed Poker Skin in Belgium
GoldenPalace.be has become the latest site to launch a regulated online poker room in Belgium. Licensed under the…
France Wants ISPs to Block Access to Unlicensed Sites
New Year’s decree requires service providers to filter access to online gaming sites that are not licensed under regulatory body ARJEL.
Accounts Locked for PokerStars Sit-Out Protesters
Table restrictions and accounts disabled for those demonstrating against PokerStars’ recent rake calculation change.
Status Quo for Spanish Online Poker Will Continue in 2012
An extension has been granted that permits unlicensed poker rooms to continue to operate in Spain for up to six months…
PokerStars, Partouche, Poker770 to Lead Belgian Online Poker in 2012
Belgians will only be permitted to play on licensed online poker rooms in 2012, with access blocked to all unlicensed operators.
Last Minute Concessions Don’t Mask the Real Changes
Call me a cynic, but there seems to be a worrying pattern in how poker rooms have been pushing through certain…
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