October 2013 News Archive

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Thu, Oct 31, 2013

Vasili Firsau’s 7 to 1 chip lead was not enough to take the title. — Thu, Oct 31, 2013

UK-based payment services provider Skrill, formerly MoneyBookers, informed its e-wallet customers Wednesday of a new… — Thu, Oct 31, 2013

Play-money customers will be contacted today to test out online casino and poker games for real money. — Thu, Oct 31, 2013

The Rush Poker patent application inherited from Full Tilt has failed to impress the US Patent Office. — Thu, Oct 31, 2013

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Wed, Oct 30, 2013

Alex “Kanu7” Millar and Marc-Andre “FrenchDawg” Ladouceur join the team to mark Team Online Week. — Wed, Oct 30, 2013

By the time New Jersey online gaming begins its soft launch on November 21, the public will have a “good sense” of… — Wed, Oct 30, 2013

A documentary into the life of Irish poker professional John O’Shea was released for rental or purchase online… — Wed, Oct 30, 2013

Not to be outdone by its competitor WSOP, Ultimate Poker has purchased a sponsored support forum on influential… — Wed, Oct 30, 2013

New partnership means exclusive tournaments and leagues for Hendon Mob players. — Wed, Oct 30, 2013

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Tue, Oct 29, 2013

Following Lock’s migration to its new network earlier today, Revolution has reportedly begun referring players to a new “Pure Poker” skin. — Tue, Oct 29, 2013

Z4’s HD Poker slated for Q1 2014 launch with play-money. — Tue, Oct 29, 2013

Prestigious event will be hosted at Casino Barriere in January. — Tue, Oct 29, 2013

Former WSOP Player of the Year Frank Kassela puts himself forward as Democratic congressional candidate. — Tue, Oct 29, 2013

Pot limit and limit forms of Omaha 8 now available alongside the PLO tables added last week. — Tue, Oct 29, 2013

Week-long event at the Dusk Till Dawn poker room features a £500k-guaranteed main event. — Tue, Oct 29, 2013

The reigning WPT Player of the Year and 2012 champion sits in 10th with 24 remaining. — Tue, Oct 29, 2013

Citing “numerous and ongoing breaches of contract,” Lock launches a “new beginning” with its own all-new poker platform. — Tue, Oct 29, 2013

Tobias Reinkemeir leads day 1, but registration remains open. — Tue, Oct 29, 2013

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Mon, Oct 28, 2013

A multi-table, multi-session battle against WCGRider sees Isildur1 at the top of the cash game rankings. — Mon, Oct 28, 2013

19 year old Adrian Mateos beat Fabrice Soulier after a five hour heads up battle. — Mon, Oct 28, 2013

Over six months after controversial “protected tables” were implemented, PartyPoker promises to reveal exactly how and why the system works—a day before a planned mass sit-out protest. — Mon, Oct 28, 2013

David Thornton of OneBillionHands.com introduces the “Situation Score”—an empirical approach to measuring situational value in poker. — Mon, Oct 28, 2013

Delaware Lottery director confirms peer-to-peer online poker will be a part of the launch this week. — Mon, Oct 28, 2013

The latest from the Pokerfuse Poker Podcast Directory. — Mon, Oct 28, 2013

Our weekly round-up of the special features, columns and news published exclusively on pokerfuse PRO. — Sun, Oct 27, 2013

Most read stories on pokerfuse in the last seven days. — Sun, Oct 27, 2013

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Fri, Oct 25, 2013

The Party Poker Premiere League VII announced today that professional poker player Sam Trickett is set to take a seat… — Fri, Oct 25, 2013

Romanian and Hungarian regs are blamed for the abuse. — Fri, Oct 25, 2013

This year, fewer players are on pace to qualify for PokerStars top VIP tier. — Fri, Oct 25, 2013

The final table of the €10,450 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event is underway. — Fri, Oct 25, 2013

It was a historic day for one of the most popular poker players on the planet as not only did Daniel Negreau lock up… — Fri, Oct 25, 2013

Indian Poker Association says criminal cases “humiliated and harassed” aspiring poker players. — Fri, Oct 25, 2013

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Thu, Oct 24, 2013

AT&T scheduled maintenance leads to player anger at lack of notice. — Thu, Oct 24, 2013

The high-stakes heads up challenge between Doug “WCGRider” Polk and Ben “Sauce1234” Sulsky came… — Thu, Oct 24, 2013

The final table of the World Series of Poker Europe €25,600 High Roller event is underway. — Thu, Oct 24, 2013

Daniel “Kid Poker” Negreanu clinched the 2013 World Series of Poker Player of the Year award today, making… — Thu, Oct 24, 2013

The Main Event of the 7th Annual World Series of Poker Europe played down to their final table yesterday leaving only… — Thu, Oct 24, 2013

6-max PLO games go live, and Omaha 8 to debut shortly. — Thu, Oct 24, 2013

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Wed, Oct 23, 2013

Tournament players are targeted with a “Variback” promotion designed to reduce variance. — Wed, Oct 23, 2013

Day two of the World Regulatory Briefing conference in Pennsylvania has seen online poker grab the attention of the… — Wed, Oct 23, 2013

Bloomberg Television, the 24-hour business and financial television network, is set to debut a new poker show…. — Wed, Oct 23, 2013

The Main Event of Ultimate Poker’s first tournament series ended with triumph as the Main Event bested the $100k guarantee. — Wed, Oct 23, 2013

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Tue, Oct 22, 2013

The 7th Annual World Series of Poker Europe Main Event entered Day 3 today with 69 players left in a field where only… — Tue, Oct 22, 2013

Delaware will be the first state to offer regulated online gambling—other than poker—when it opens its… — Tue, Oct 22, 2013

Previous internet gaming connections of Caesars Interactive CEO a concern for regulators. — Tue, Oct 22, 2013

Higher stakes and PLO games added as 888’s fast-fold game is cautiously rolled out to more players. — Tue, Oct 22, 2013

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Mon, Oct 21, 2013

The success of PokerStars Carnival of Tournaments could lead to repeat promotions as the billion tournament mark approaches. — Mon, Oct 21, 2013

The first televised European event of Season XII of the World Poker Tour (WPT) gets started this week with the bwin.fr… — Mon, Oct 21, 2013

Full Tilt Poker Professional, Victor “Isildur1” Blom, is planning on putting $100,000 of “his… — Mon, Oct 21, 2013

Ultimate Poker, the first official legal online poker site in the US, also became the first to lose members of its team… — Mon, Oct 21, 2013

Officials at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) have officially announced the return of the biggest charity poker… — Mon, Oct 21, 2013

This weekend The Poker Hall of Fame Governing Council announced that former World Series Of Poker Main Event World… — Mon, Oct 21, 2013

The latest from the Pokerfuse Poker Podcast Directory. — Sun, Oct 20, 2013

Our weekly round-up of the special features, columns and news published exclusively on pokerfuse PRO. — Sat, Oct 19, 2013

Most read stories on pokerfuse in the last seven days. — Sat, Oct 19, 2013

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Fri, Oct 18, 2013

Half of the gold bracelets up for grabs at this year’s World Series of Poker Europe have now been awarded. With… — Fri, Oct 18, 2013

History was made on Thursday at the 7th Annual World Series of Poker Europe when 13-time WSOP bracelet winner, Phil… — Fri, Oct 18, 2013

Improve your poker game with our top picks from the pokerfuse poker video directory. — Fri, Oct 18, 2013

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Thu, Oct 17, 2013

The Garden City Group has announced that it will not consider Full Tilt Points, Iron Man Medals or other bonuses as… — Thu, Oct 17, 2013

The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has issued another two internet gaming permits both to Trump… — Thu, Oct 17, 2013

Officials from the PartyPoker Premiere League VII have announced yet another poker superstar to join the televised… — Thu, Oct 17, 2013

The World Series of Poker Europe was in full swing on Thursday with two bracelet events playing down to a winner and… — Thu, Oct 17, 2013

Second permit issued in New Jersey. — Thu, Oct 17, 2013

Gilbraltar is looking to “snap up a giant slice” of the US online gaming market, according to a report by… — Thu, Oct 17, 2013

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Wed, Oct 16, 2013

Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi recently addressed and confirmed the fact that he has, in fact, left his… — Wed, Oct 16, 2013

Survey concludes 60% of respondents across four US states are opposed to state regulation of internet gambling. — Wed, Oct 16, 2013

The 7th Annual World Series of Poker Europe enters Day 6 having awarded the 2nd gold bracelet of the series yesterday… — Wed, Oct 16, 2013

Websites and social media accounts prepared for New Jersey launch. — Wed, Oct 16, 2013

October 22 release for film exposing the cheating, investigation and cover up at UltimateBet. — Wed, Oct 16, 2013

A new government sets out to open up Norway’s restricted gambling market. — Wed, Oct 16, 2013

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Tue, Oct 15, 2013

World Poker Tour (WPT) President Adam Pliska addressed the growing concerns of players regarding the conflict between… — Tue, Oct 15, 2013

Schedule changes and more guarantees give Merge an instant 3% profits bump, according to report. — Tue, Oct 15, 2013

The 7th Annual World Series of Poker Europe enters Day Five ready to award the series second bracelet and potentially… — Tue, Oct 15, 2013

Four internet poker operators presented their case for additional time to get their virtual poker rooms up and running… — Tue, Oct 15, 2013

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Mon, Oct 14, 2013

On-the-felt action is underway at the 7th Annual World Series of Poker Europe. This weekend the first of eight… — Mon, Oct 14, 2013

First bracelet of the 2013 WSOPE and first bracelet for Jackie Glazier. — Mon, Oct 14, 2013

Overlapping schedules at EPT Prague and Prague Poker Festival. — Mon, Oct 14, 2013

Fee-free withdrawals may be motive for Rational Group decision. — Mon, Oct 14, 2013

In a letter dated October 10, 2013, John Pappas, the Executive Director of the Poker Players Alliance, requested… — Mon, Oct 14, 2013

The latest from the Pokerfuse Poker Podcast Directory. — Sun, Oct 13, 2013

Most read stories on pokerfuse in the last seven days. — Sat, Oct 12, 2013

Our weekly round-up of the special features, columns and news published exclusively on pokerfuse PRO. — Sat, Oct 12, 2013

Those that were registered with Full Tilt Poker as affiliates are now able to submit a claim to be considered for… — Fri, Oct 11, 2013

After the purchase by Zagox, Juicy Stakes explains what happens to tournament tickets and withdrawal requests. — Fri, Oct 11, 2013

Free-to-play online poker website acePLAYpoker.com announced the signing of Christina Lindley to become their first… — Fri, Oct 11, 2013

There were on 16 runners left at the beginning of Day 5 of the European Poker Tour (EPT) London stop and by the time… — Fri, Oct 11, 2013

Today marks the start of the 7th Annual World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) from the Casino Barrière d’Enghien-les-Bains… — Fri, Oct 11, 2013

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Thu, Oct 10, 2013

An email distributed to Juicy Stakes players on Thursday announced that “Zagox Management N.V.” has… — Thu, Oct 10, 2013

Lithuanian Anatanas “Tony G” Guoga has been selected as a Liberal candidate for EU elections to be held next year. — Thu, Oct 10, 2013

The DeepStacks Poker Tour (DSPT) announced that it has inked a three-year deal with the Dragonara Casino to bring the… — Thu, Oct 10, 2013

Hard nosed Hollywood investors are likely to want to see big profits from Runner Runner before investing in a Rounders sequel. — Thu, Oct 10, 2013

First casino given the go-ahead for a November real-money gaming launch. — Wed, Oct 09, 2013

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Wed, Oct 09, 2013

The film about online poker is set to premiere on DirecTV Thursday October 10 at 8:00PM EDT. — Wed, Oct 09, 2013

On the heels of last week’s announcements of additions to the Party Poker Premiere League VII roster, today the… — Wed, Oct 09, 2013

The New Jersey DGE has rejected a request from PokerStars’ parent Rational Group to allow player to player transfers. — Wed, Oct 09, 2013

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Tue, Oct 08, 2013

The week of October 13 – 20 should see PokerStars put on its 800 millionth tournament. The world’s biggest site… — Tue, Oct 08, 2013

Full Tilt Poker announced the creation of “Full Tilt Poker Pro Battle“, a new television show which gives… — Tue, Oct 08, 2013

The combined cash game traffic of Ultimate Poker and WSOP.com, the first two online poker rooms in the newly regulated… — Tue, Oct 08, 2013

Seven more main tour stops early 2014. — Tue, Oct 08, 2013

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Mon, Oct 07, 2013

Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom has had a monster week, winning over $1.9m on Full Tilt at high stakes cash games. — Mon, Oct 07, 2013

A couple of poker’s premiere players claimed victory in various side events during the European Poker Tour (EPT)... — Mon, Oct 07, 2013

Scottish 21-year old poker player Robbie Bull took down the UKIPT4 London Main Event on Sunday taking home the trophy… — Mon, Oct 07, 2013

PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker site, announced today that for the first time the United Kingdom… — Mon, Oct 07, 2013

Germany’s Martin Finger was crowned the champion of the European Poker Tour (EPT) £50k Super High Roller event on… — Mon, Oct 07, 2013

Improve your poker game with our top picks from the pokerfuse poker video directory. — Sun, Oct 06, 2013

The latest from the Pokerfuse Poker Podcast Directory. — Sun, Oct 06, 2013

Most read stories on pokerfuse in the last seven days. — Sat, Oct 05, 2013

Our weekly round-up of the special features, columns and news published exclusively on pokerfuse PRO. — Sat, Oct 05, 2013

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Fri, Oct 04, 2013

Party Poker Premiere League VII recently announced the first batch of names that are confirmed to attend the massive… — Fri, Oct 04, 2013

The Full Tilt Poker Montreal Festival Main Event saw 32-year old Ontario resident Herni Balcazar best a record field to… — Fri, Oct 04, 2013

Five-day soft launch required for all licensed operators prior to full real-money gaming on the 26th. — Fri, Oct 04, 2013

Players express their concerns that the names of the cheaters have not been published. — Fri, Oct 04, 2013

UK newspaper provides revelations that British politicians seem to do an awful lot of gambling research. — Fri, Oct 04, 2013

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Thu, Oct 03, 2013

The Garden City Group (GCG), the organization in charge of the Full Tilt Poker Remission Process, updated their website… — Thu, Oct 03, 2013

Inspired by the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, the WPT quadruples its guarantee for next year’s event at the casino. — Thu, Oct 03, 2013

Eleven events in 11 days with $250k guaranteed. — Thu, Oct 03, 2013

Plans to construct a new poker venue in Atlantic City are contingent upon PokerStars receiving a license in New Jersey. — Thu, Oct 03, 2013

Major ISP blocks PokerStars following a 2012 court ruling. — Thu, Oct 03, 2013

Minor changes from Bodog incrementally improve the client software. — Thu, Oct 03, 2013

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Wed, Oct 02, 2013

Six levels become three, and the top level is invitation only at Carbon Poker. — Wed, Oct 02, 2013

Severe server and network problems at Intertops disrupted play at the Revolution Gaming poker room yesterday. — Wed, Oct 02, 2013

Season 10 of the European Poker Tour (EPT) continues today as EPT London kicks off from its new venue—the Grand… — Wed, Oct 02, 2013

Cates extends his overall lead to approximately $1.5 million. — Wed, Oct 02, 2013

The email notification portion of the Full Tilt Poker remission process is now complete, according to the Garden City… — Wed, Oct 02, 2013

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Tue, Oct 01, 2013

22 year old German player “PlayinWasted” won the bracelet and almost $1.5m in the WCOOP 2013 Main Event. — Tue, Oct 01, 2013

Relatively unknown small-stakes grinder Patty Beaumier has recently been introduced as the new site ambassador for the… — Tue, Oct 01, 2013

Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Russo opens up about her love of music and how she’s been spending her time away from… — Tue, Oct 01, 2013

New no-limit learning tool using a neural network that Snowie claims makes it the best NL poker player in the world. — Tue, Oct 01, 2013

Six potential options—from fund segregation, to trust funds, even reserves held by the regulator itself—are proposed, and the industry has until December to respond. — Tue, Oct 01, 2013