- PartyPoker Confirms 3% Wallet Withdrawal Fee Permanent.
- Late Registration SNGs, Cash Time Banks, Multi-Entry Tournaments Coming to iPoker.
- PokerStars Software Update: Bug Fixes, Ratholing Solution, PokerStars 7 Updates.
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10. Caesars Interactive Readies WSOP.com Launch in Nevada
Official launch date to be announced Monday. WSOP and Caesars are to hold a conference call with invited media Monday for a preview of its real-money online poker debut in Nevada.
9. WPN Releases “On Demand” SNGs in Major Software Upgrade
More multi-tabling and tournament features among new features. Winning Poker Network (WPN) released a major software upgrade Wednesday that modernizes the client, bringing it inline with its competitors.
8. A Message from the US to France: Your Land-Based Casino Brand is Not Enough
The closure of Partouche’s and Barriere’s online poker site is a wake-up call to US land-based operators expecting to parlay their brand into online success. Editor’s note: Given today’s announcement of Barriere Poker’s closure, we are updating and republishing an abridged version of this exclusive pokerfuse PRO article, originally published in May 2013.
7. New Ultimate Poker Software, VIP Program Boosts Cash Game Traffic
Better multi-tabling software and rewards program propels Ultimate Poker off a three month low. This article is an abridged version of an article previously published on pokerfuse PRO.
6. PartyPoker Server Upgrade Hopes to Resolve Major Issues
PartyPoker has just announced a server upgrade that aims to fix some of the serious stability issues that have faced players since the new software rolled out one week ago today.
5. Sauce, WCGRider Set for High-Stakes Heads-up Battle
15k hands at $100/200 and a $100k sidebet for the victor. Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky and Douglas “WCGRider” Polk have put the online poker world on notice that, starting next week, they plan on conducting a high-stakes, heads-up challenge with a considerable amount of money on the line. If it weren’t enough to agree to 15,000 hands at $100/$200, the pair have agreed to, as extra incentive, a side bet of $100,000 for whoever is ahead at the end of the challenge.
4. First Skin on New Equity Poker Network Launches
Full Flush Poker launches on the non-profit “cooperative” online poker network, promising US-facing real money games soon. The Equity Poker Network (EPN), “the world’s only cooperative poker network,” launched late last week with its first online poker skin, Full Flush Poker.
3. PokerStars Software Update: Bug Fixes, Ratholing Solution, PokerStars 7 Updates
A new software update rolling out across PokerStars this week includes a variety of small bug fixes, while alpha testers of PokerStars’ new “7” client will also be seeing changes.
2. Late Registration SNGs, Cash Time Banks, Multi-Entry Tournaments Coming to iPoker
New October update will add extra tournament types and new software features. iPoker’s forthcoming poker client upgrade, planned to roll out during October, includes a slate of new features and a couple of online poker innovations, pokerfuse has learned.
1. PartyPoker Confirms 3% Wallet Withdrawal Fee Permanent
Uncapped 3% vig on Skrill, Moneybookers and WebMoney cashouts remains, but the flat fee removed. As the new online poker client was rolling out late last week, a bwin.party representative confirmed that the fee for withdrawals to e-wallets is a permanent change.
