August 2014 News Archive

The latest from the Pokerfuse Poker Podcast Directory. — Sun, Aug 31, 2014

Most read stories on pokerfuse in the last seven days. — Sat, Aug 30, 2014

Charitable donations catching on in the poker world. — Fri, Aug 29, 2014

There is more than just money on the line. — Fri, Aug 29, 2014

Following the largest month on the books for online poker operators in June, July figures were only slightly smaller. — Thu, Aug 28, 2014

Lottery and casino revenue declines prompt openness to internet gaming. — Thu, Aug 28, 2014

Two thirds of states at the NCSL annual meeting voted to keep gambling regulation at the state level. — Thu, Aug 28, 2014

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Wed, Aug 27, 2014

The t-shirts were Colman’s idea, but Busquet was intent to “inject” some politics into poker. — Wed, Aug 27, 2014

888 remains “fully committed” to US market with “unique opportunity” to bring shared online poker liquidity across Nevada and Delaware. — Wed, Aug 27, 2014

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Tue, Aug 26, 2014

Launch targeted for Q4 2014 or early 2015 to include liquidity sharing on the All American Poker Network. — Tue, Aug 26, 2014

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The 2015/2016 legislative session will see a new bill with legally acceptable “bad actor” definitions. — Tue, Aug 26, 2014

Brian Mattingley thinks PokerStars should be penalized one to two years before being allowed to compete in US markets. — Tue, Aug 26, 2014

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Tue, Aug 26, 2014

Alex Luneau and Isaac Haxton round out top three winners of the week at the nosebleed stakes. — Mon, Aug 25, 2014

A 23% month-over-month increase still ranks as the second lowest revenue-generating month for poker. — Mon, Aug 25, 2014

Half the money will go to half the field at the 2015 PCA Double Bubble events. — Mon, Aug 25, 2014

The latest from the Pokerfuse Poker Podcast Directory. — Sun, Aug 24, 2014

Most read stories on pokerfuse in the last seven days. — Sat, Aug 23, 2014

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Sat, Aug 23, 2014

Someone please think of the sponsors. — Fri, Aug 22, 2014

MPN Head of Poker describes how his network takes fund protection seriously. — Fri, Aug 22, 2014

Betcoin’s latest rake reductions to 2.5% make the leading Bitcoin sites some of the cheapest places to play online poker. — Fri, Aug 22, 2014

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Thu, Aug 21, 2014

Tournament winner Olivier Busquet and runner-up Daniel Colman promoted their political views on the war in Israel. — Thu, Aug 21, 2014

Heads-up online poker specialists square off for the EPT title. — Thu, Aug 21, 2014

The two market leaders in database and HUD poker software tools have joined forces—both products will continue. — Thu, Aug 21, 2014

The first time since 2010 that PokerStars has streamed coverage of a US tournament. — Thu, Aug 21, 2014

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Wed, Aug 20, 2014

The three-tiered system is based on Global Poker Index formula. — Wed, Aug 20, 2014

Seals with Clubs player reports that top exchange Coinbase will not process gambling deposits. — Wed, Aug 20, 2014

The Norwegian player becomes the latest WSOP Main Event Final Table participant to strike a sponsorship deal. — Wed, Aug 20, 2014

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Tue, Aug 19, 2014

Community feedback results in minor changes on New Jersey online poker series. — Tue, Aug 19, 2014

Brazilian will enter table ninth in chips when play resumes in November. — Tue, Aug 19, 2014

Charitable act catching on among poker personalities. — Tue, Aug 19, 2014

The fourth record turn out in the fourth country in less than two months—and they say poker is dead. — Tue, Aug 19, 2014

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Mon, Aug 18, 2014

Over the last 7 days Chun “samrostan” Lei Zhou lost close to $1 million making it a disappointing $2 million deficit… — Mon, Aug 18, 2014

Casino will come to PokerStars in Spain and Italy this year. — Mon, Aug 18, 2014

The Grosvenor Casino in Coventry managed to organize the 3,394 entrants over six Day 1s. — Mon, Aug 18, 2014

$100k is guaranteed to the winner of the event to be held on September 21. — Mon, Aug 18, 2014

The latest from the Pokerfuse Poker Podcast Directory. — Sun, Aug 17, 2014

Improve your poker game with our top picks from the pokerfuse poker video directory. — Sun, Aug 17, 2014

Most read stories on pokerfuse in the last seven days. — Sat, Aug 16, 2014

Our weekly round-up of the special features, columns and news published exclusively on pokerfuse PRO. — Sat, Aug 16, 2014

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Fri, Aug 15, 2014

Season 8 of the LAPT will open in January, 2015 at the Bahamas PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. — Fri, Aug 15, 2014

Five £10,000 packages offer a guaranteed overlay. The jet flight alone will cost DTD £50k. — Fri, Aug 15, 2014

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Fri, Aug 15, 2014

The video of PokerStars HQ included an intriguing explanation of how it achieves randomness in the shuffle. — Thu, Aug 14, 2014

A policy update earlier this year no longer automatically accepts ignorance as an excuse. — Thu, Aug 14, 2014

Figures reported by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement on Wednesday show online poker revenues in the state… — Thu, Aug 14, 2014

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Wed, Aug 13, 2014

The latest skin to leave EPN now has no network home. — Wed, Aug 13, 2014

Unconfirmed sources report that regulatory approvals could be in place for an October 1 launch date. — Wed, Aug 13, 2014

In less than six months, new gambling laws will significantly impact Portugal’s online poker industry. — Wed, Aug 13, 2014

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Tue, Aug 12, 2014

e-Wallets that process igaming transactions may see stiff competition if PayPal extends its services to regulated US markets. — Tue, Aug 12, 2014

Borgata’s $9.6 million claim against Phil Ivey now has a legal timetable. — Tue, Aug 12, 2014

After eight years, Humberto “The Shark” Brenes exits the PokerStars family. — Tue, Aug 12, 2014

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Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Mon, Aug 11, 2014

Last week Dan “Jungleman12” Cates lost his number one position as online poker’s biggest cash game earner in 2014 to… — Mon, Aug 11, 2014

Efforts to regulate online poker in California came to an end for the 2013-2014 legislative session late last week when… — Mon, Aug 11, 2014

A new video promotes the online poker leader to its customers and the general public. — Mon, Aug 11, 2014

66 total events to be held from September 7-28. — Mon, Aug 11, 2014

The latest from the Pokerfuse Poker Podcast Directory. — Sun, Aug 10, 2014

Improve your poker game with our top picks from the pokerfuse poker video directory. — Sun, Aug 10, 2014

Most read stories on pokerfuse in the last seven days. — Sat, Aug 09, 2014

Our weekly round-up of the special features, columns and news published exclusively on pokerfuse PRO. — Sat, Aug 09, 2014

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Fri, Aug 08, 2014

Former US players that lost money when Full Tilt Poker closed down in 2011 have until Wednesday September 3, 2014 to… — Fri, Aug 08, 2014

A country restricted promotion gives Canadian players who make deposits free tickets to random payout tournaments. — Fri, Aug 08, 2014

BorgataPoker.com and nj.partypoker.com series will wrap around Borgata Poker Open — Fri, Aug 08, 2014

PokerStars.BG will feed Bulgarian players into the main PokerStars.com player pool. — Fri, Aug 08, 2014

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The World Series of Poker is the only major poker tournament series yet to adopt GPI as its official ranking system. — Fri, Aug 08, 2014

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Thu, Aug 07, 2014

A stress saving “make a deal” option gave the top two finishers $45,000 each. — Thu, Aug 07, 2014

The PokerStars 7 Beta upgrade has now been officially released for dot-COM customers making it available in most… — Thu, Aug 07, 2014

Chances of 2014 being the year California passes online poker begin to slip away. — Thu, Aug 07, 2014

The Poker Ranking Authority strikes deals with PokerPlayer Magazine and the Aria Resort and Casino to use its ranking system. — Thu, Aug 07, 2014

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Wed, Aug 06, 2014

Requests for patience are an inadequate response to players owed money after regulatory failure. — Wed, Aug 06, 2014

Unusually, PokerStars is not an official sponsor of the event. — Wed, Aug 06, 2014

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Tue, Aug 05, 2014

The Garden City Group has announced that it has received approval to process applications for reimbursement from those… — Tue, Aug 05, 2014

Phil Ivey is expected to go for his third win in the AU$250k buy in super high roller event. — Tue, Aug 05, 2014

Online poker revenue up 2% year on year, with total active players up 12%. — Tue, Aug 05, 2014

Less than three weeks before the festival starts, “unforeseen circumstances” lead to PokerStars withdrawing participation from Montreal series. — Tue, Aug 05, 2014

First event of FTOPS XXVI comfortably exceeds its new guarantee—but entries are 32% down on the last series. — Tue, Aug 05, 2014

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Mon, Aug 04, 2014

A few weeks ago online poker’s highest stakes players were struggling to achieve six-figure profits for the week…. — Mon, Aug 04, 2014

PokerStars 7 “integrated” beta now live on dot-EU, with dot-com expected this week. — Mon, Aug 04, 2014

Enhancements include new geolocation technology, increased withdrawal options and mobile app support. — Mon, Aug 04, 2014

FTP is the first to expand lottery sit and gos to the midstakes buy-in—and continues to lead the industry in lower rakes. — Mon, Aug 04, 2014

The latest from the Pokerfuse Poker Podcast Directory. — Sun, Aug 03, 2014

Improve your poker game with our top picks from the pokerfuse poker video directory. — Sun, Aug 03, 2014

Most read stories on pokerfuse in the last seven days. — Sat, Aug 02, 2014

Our weekly round-up of the special features, columns and news published exclusively on pokerfuse PRO. — Sat, Aug 02, 2014

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Fri, Aug 01, 2014

Senators Dianne Feinstein, Lindsey Graham and Kelly Ayotte want Eric Holder to support proposed legislation banning gambling over the internet. — Fri, Aug 01, 2014

PokerStars on the verge of re-entering the coveted US online poker market. — Fri, Aug 01, 2014

Former Tasmania Premier Paul Lennon, who was the governmental head of the island state from 2004 to 2008, was thrown… — Fri, Aug 01, 2014

Businessman and high stakes poker player “Richard” Yong is among the latest suspects released on bail. — Fri, Aug 01, 2014

Bite-sized summary of the day’s poker news. — Fri, Aug 01, 2014