April 2013 News Archive

UltimatePoker.com, which will today claim the coveted prize of first regulated online poker site in the United States,... — Tue, Apr 30, 2013

Historic moment for US online poker: The first regulated room in Nevada opens for real money today. — Tue, Apr 30, 2013

New network looking to entice webmasters with easy integration and 50% revenue share. — Mon, Apr 29, 2013

Massive player protests erupt over intended blockage of secondary-market trading caused by site’s slow cashout times. — Mon, Apr 29, 2013

Even with Gov. Pat Quinn shunning the idea of legalizing Internet gambling, at least one Illinois lawmaker is trying to… — Mon, Apr 29, 2013

UK based Coral will join iPoker’s “Top Tier” rooms effective May 1. The site switched to iPoker from Ongame in May last… — Mon, Apr 29, 2013

Management puts its spin on a struggling venture. — Mon, Apr 29, 2013

C-betting in hyper-turbos, preparing for the WSOP, understanding showdown value and more this week in the Poker Training Video Directory. — Sun, Apr 28, 2013

Poker Action Line, Tournament Poker Edge, Itsawinner and DonkDown Radio all featured this week in poker podcasts. — Sun, Apr 28, 2013

Missed anything? Catch up with our weekly Saturday column, breaking down the top ten most read stories in the last seven days. — Sat, Apr 27, 2013

Revolution poker room, previously high-profile Ongame skin, shuts down after seven years of operation. — Fri, Apr 26, 2013

Everleaf still under investigation, and “players with genuine complaints” are still being processed, Maltese regulator claims. — Fri, Apr 26, 2013

After a day’s downtime during the migration, InterPoker re-opened its website Friday at its new home on Ongame. — Fri, Apr 26, 2013

On the blog Wednesday, we gave a broad overview of our pokerfuse PRO plans, who should interested, and what it means… — Fri, Apr 26, 2013

Bingo now produces more revenues than poker for iPoker owner Playtech according to a Q1 trading statement. — Fri, Apr 26, 2013

The US government detailed a list of assets sought from Full Tilt Poker founder Ray Bitar in a forfeiture order filed… — Thu, Apr 25, 2013

Zynga released information regarding the company’s performance for the first quarter of 2013 on Wednesday. The… — Thu, Apr 25, 2013

Heated debate on PokerStars’ New Jersey application a highlight of day 1 at the San Fran conference. — Wed, Apr 24, 2013

Online poker in New Jersey could generate lower than expected gross gambling yield (GGY) of $113m during its first… — Wed, Apr 24, 2013

Last week, we quietly launched pokerfuse PRO, our new subscription web app. In this blog post, we aim to give an… — Wed, Apr 24, 2013

New cloud-based system means all reporting and hand storage is done on remote servers, while still providing a minimal HUD. — Wed, Apr 24, 2013

888 released key performance indicators for Q1 2013, which showed strong growth in online poker revenue and active… — Tue, Apr 23, 2013

A proposed bill extending Pennsylvania’s regulatory reach into online gambling has been introduced by Pennsylvania… — Tue, Apr 23, 2013

bwin.party has blamed technical difficulties for the failure of PartyPoker’s annual PokerFest III tournament series to… — Tue, Apr 23, 2013

Training sites consolidate: HUSNG will transition SNG:Gs videos to its “video pack” style sales format. — Mon, Apr 22, 2013

Last week, an amendment sponsored by eighteen members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives was attached to the… — Mon, Apr 22, 2013

Opening tournaments for the 2-week online poker festival pulled; event 6 first to run. — Mon, Apr 22, 2013

The Keystone State seeks to add jobs and generate revenue through internet gambling. — Mon, Apr 22, 2013

Just four months after joining Global Poker Index, Marco “AgentMarco” Valerio has jumped back into business with… — Mon, Apr 22, 2013

Using SAGE to improve heads up play, what the EV line really means, a review of some hyper-turbo hands and how to use Excel to make poker math easier to learn this week in the Poker Training Video Directory. — Sun, Apr 21, 2013

Missed anything? Catch up with our weekly Saturday column, breaking down the top ten most read stories in the last seven days. — Sat, Apr 20, 2013

Redrawing the boundaries: bwin.party pulls out of gray markets. — Fri, Apr 19, 2013

Pokerfuse can now confirm that Bodog has stopped processing deposits and withdrawals from Skrill accounts. Bodog’s… — Fri, Apr 19, 2013

There’s an Android app available that could give you a slight edge or help you resolve odds debates with your… — Fri, Apr 19, 2013

Caesars Interactive, the online division of World Series of Poker parent Caesars Entertainment, has begun the process… — Thu, Apr 18, 2013

The latest budget plans in Massachusetts call for an amendment that would allow for intrastate online poker, calling… — Thu, Apr 18, 2013

iOS and HTML5 apps to come to select iPoker skins, and new Elite VIP loyalty program to come network-wide in the following weeks. — Thu, Apr 18, 2013

Rational Group US Holdings, a United States-facing entity associated with online poker giant PokerStars, has completed… — Wed, Apr 17, 2013

Ongame’s live tournament series, The Grand Series of Poker, is to be rebranded as simply The GRAND Live, network… — Wed, Apr 17, 2013

The latest quarterly report on the French market from ARJEL shows total tax receipts down €1m after poker ring game… — Wed, Apr 17, 2013

A number of well known high stakes poker players were named as defendants in an unsealed indictment targeting multiple… — Tue, Apr 16, 2013

Beginner tables can only be played for 2000 hands before “graduating” to normal tables. — Tue, Apr 16, 2013

Online subscription-poker site ClubWPT has exited the Florida market in direct response to last week’s enactment… — Tue, Apr 16, 2013

A Swedish online gaming software developer has acquired the bankrupt ZEN Entertainment, a Las Vegas-based free-play… — Tue, Apr 16, 2013

After a more than two-year hiatus, the heads-up NL match between Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Daniel “junglema… — Tue, Apr 16, 2013

Daniel Negreanu won his fifth World Series of Poker bracelet and AU$1,038,825 in dominating fashion as he rolled… — Tue, Apr 16, 2013

In a New York courthouse Monday, Ray Bitar plead guilty via a live video stream from California to charges of fraud and… — Mon, Apr 15, 2013

Ban of electronic devices capable of playing games of chance worries unrelated e-gamers. — Mon, Apr 15, 2013

Boss Media AB, a division of SPIELO G2, has been selected as the primary service provided for online gaming in Ontario,... — Mon, Apr 15, 2013

Many downloadable poker clients suffer security flaws, including issues in user password storage and software update… — Mon, Apr 15, 2013

Straight Flush, a new book about the rise and fall of Absolute Poker that has drawn criticism from the poker community… — Mon, Apr 15, 2013

Late game hands from WCOOP, learning different poker variants, a high roller live sweat session and iso raises this week in the Poker Training Video Directory. — Sun, Apr 14, 2013

Missed anything? Catch up with our weekly Saturday column, breaking down the top ten most read stories in the last seven days — Sat, Apr 13, 2013

The week in rumors, gossip and poker industry misclicks. — Fri, Apr 12, 2013

The argument that poker is a skill game continues to progress through the US judicial system. — Fri, Apr 12, 2013

A weekly look at poker site traffic: Spotting the trends, the winners and the losers in the competition for market share. — Fri, Apr 12, 2013

Fifty-seven defendants named in strike against online bookie operation — Thu, Apr 11, 2013

Chapters four and five of High Stakes DB’s “The Making of Viktor Blom,” a biographical series on Swedish… — Thu, Apr 11, 2013

The fifth Poker Maximus tournament series on the Merge Network kicks off this May with a guaranteed prize pool for the… — Thu, Apr 11, 2013

As Nevada’s new real-money online poker inches closer to becoming live, World Series of Poker officials have… — Wed, Apr 10, 2013

Phil Ivey claimed his ninth WSOP bracelet on Wednesday after triumphing in Event #3, the $2,200 Mixed Event, at the… — Wed, Apr 10, 2013

UK e-wallet provider Ukash has signed a deal with retail payment network PayPoint that enables customers to withdraw… — Wed, Apr 10, 2013

Gambling expansion bill fails to gain approval in final Senate vote. — Tue, Apr 09, 2013

Deal includes $40 million forfeiture but no prison time due to severe heart disease. — Mon, Apr 08, 2013

An Oklahoma tribal nation shut down its online gaming site over the weekend after a long-standing dispute with state… — Mon, Apr 08, 2013

Nearly all the skins on the iPoker Network are now offering anonymous tables, pokerfuse can report. — Mon, Apr 08, 2013

SkyPoker is introducing a new VIP benefits program on May 1 that will offer automatic rakeback payments to high volume… — Mon, Apr 08, 2013

PLO vs Isildur, playing at anonymous heads-up tables, tips for multi-tabling against regulars and heads-up Hyper Turbos this week in the Poker Training Video Directory. — Sun, Apr 07, 2013

Missed anything? Catch up with our weekly Saturday column, breaking down the top ten most read stories in the last seven days. — Sat, Apr 06, 2013

Poker strategy, success stories, and a changing of the guard on Rabbit Hunt. — Fri, Apr 05, 2013

Ronaldo joins Rafa Nadal and Boris Becker as a “SportsStar” brand ambassador. — Fri, Apr 05, 2013

The inaugural WSOP Asia Pacific (WSOP AP) has started with an AU$1.1k No-Limit Hold’em Accumulator tournament. The… — Fri, Apr 05, 2013

Measure passes on 36-4 vote despite the threat of procedural delays. — Thu, Apr 04, 2013

Anonymous NL tables now running at Titan Poker, with broader network rollout expected next week. — Thu, Apr 04, 2013

A ban on gambling-parlor “internet cafes” that includes comprehensive language defining a wide range of electronic… — Thu, Apr 04, 2013

The Intellogix Network has launched a new site, Pokeafrica.com, targeting the growing African gambling market. The… — Thu, Apr 04, 2013

Proposed pact with state’s Navajo Nation would include online poker ban. — Thu, Apr 04, 2013

Romania has created a regulating body as part of its efforts to regulate online gambling in the country. The National… — Thu, Apr 04, 2013

Amendment to existing gambling statutes passes on 26-11 vote. — Wed, Apr 03, 2013

Fantasy Poker Manager, the free-play fantasy sports site that lets fans draft their own roster of pros, has joined… — Wed, Apr 03, 2013

Betfair has announced that it has bought “certain assets, including the customer database” of Blue Square Bet for £5m. — Wed, Apr 03, 2013

Zynga has announced that it will launch real-money online poker and casino games in the UK on Wednesday. — Tue, Apr 02, 2013

Ultimate Poker, a Nevada site expected to launch real money games later this year, named Antonio Esfandiari as its… — Tue, Apr 02, 2013

Following up a well established relationship with Caesars Interactive Entertainment, 888 Holdings has acquired the… — Tue, Apr 02, 2013

Specialized firms offering support services connected to online transactions dominate the list of 14 companies that… — Tue, Apr 02, 2013

Australian Senator Dr Richard Di Natale has continued his opposition to unlicensed online gambling by calling for… — Tue, Apr 02, 2013

Online poker site Interpoker has confirmed in emails to its players that the site will complete its announced move from… — Tue, Apr 02, 2013

Motion seeking to remove judge alleged to have received improper campaign contributions dismissed. — Mon, Apr 01, 2013