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.
HR 2366: An Overview of Barton’s Bill
No blackout period and no opt-in requirement makes for a player-friendly bill that could become law this year.
QuickTender to Allow Withdrawals Starting July 1st
Customers will be able to request withdrawals through the website, but only to bank accounts in Euros.
Playtech To Bring Online Poker To California
COPA, the California Online Poker Association, has signed a deal with Scientific Games and Playtech to provide intrastate internet poker.
Full Tilt Launches iPhone-Compatible Rush Poker
New web-based HTML5 client brings Rush Poker to apple devices.
Online Poker Services Scramble to Add Merge Support
Software companies and hand history dataminers are adding support for the Merge Gaming Network in a bid to stay relevant to the US market post-Black Friday.
PokerTracker 4 Coming Late 2011
Software company PokerTracker announces the next major version of their popular analysis software.
PokerStars Denies Australia Pull-Out Rumor
Stars rep Steve Day quashes the rumor that PokerStars plans to pull out of the Australian market.
QuickTender: Significant Funds Were Seized
QT issued a statement clarifying status of funds amidst confusion surrounding Blue Monday seizures; recommends US players open Euro bank accounts to withdraw.
PokerNews Pulls FTP Affiliation
Tony G.'s popular poker news website says that they can “no longer, in good faith, send our readers to play there.”
Merge Gaming Blocks New US Accounts
Merge vows to return soon as the growing network struggles with their increasing US player base.
Victory Poker Closes Down
Player base moved to Cake Poker as Victory CEO says he’s “emotionally done” with running a poker room.
Tiltware: Lawsuit Meritless and Ivey In Debt to FT
Full Tilt’s parent company fires aggressive return shot in response to Ivey’s statement and lawsuit.