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Marketing Insight
PokerStars launches its most ambitious marketing promotion ever. The Facebook campaign stars Neymar Jr & Christian Ronaldo.
WPN Plans Five More Million Dollar Guaranteed Online Poker Tournaments in September and October
With state regulated online poker only available in New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware, an increasing number of players appear willing to take the risk of playing on an offshore site.
The Deal
Promotional highlights of the week, including PokerStars, Full Tilt, 888 in Europe and New Jersey, and the Equity Poker Network.
Planned Tournament Overlays Grow EPN Player Base
Full Flush Poker and PokerHost have seen tournament numbers double in four months.
Equity Poker Network Reportedly Closing Accounts of “Aggressive” Players
Players who do not meet “recreational criteria” are being banned from new US-facing poker network.
Equity Poker Network Returns to Growth Following PokerHost Merger
Initial teething problems resolved at the new US-facing offshore network.
Ending Network Split Pays Off for Merge
Cash game traffic rises after the departure of Pokerhost prompts change in network segregation policy.
Merge Ends Network Split, Raises Tournament Guarantees—But Restricts Grinders
Following PokerHost departure, player pool desegregated on network—but high volume players report a new 4-max table cap and ejection from VIP program.
PokerHost Launches on Equity Poker Network
PokerHost officially made the move to the Equity Poker Network (EPN) on Tuesday leaving behind its former home at Merge…
PokerHost Leaves Merge for the Equity Poker Network
Merge Gaming loses a skin which may take as much as 20% of the network’s cash game traffic when it leaves.
Unauthorized Messages on Merge Skin Promotes Bitcoin Scam
Messages sent out to players on PokerHost, a skin on the Merge Gaming Network, attempted to trick players into sending…
PokerHost Accused of Banning Winning Players
Amid accusations that PokerHost is banning winning players on orders from Merge, it has also brought its VIP program and P2P transfer policy into line with the network.
Latest News
Big 20 Finale: How to Qualify for PokerStars’ Largest $55 MTT in History
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$1,100 in Big 20 Finale Tickets Added in PokerStars Women’s Sunday Tournament
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BetRivers Treating Players to a $25 Free Bet for Thanksgiving
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WSOP 2021 Generates Almost $238 Million in Prize Money, Awards 99 Bracelets
4 days agoThe curtain has finally fallen on WSOP 2021. As the dust settles and we pick through the statistics, it is impossible…
WSOP Online 2021 Events Pay Out Over $8 Million
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PokerStars’ US Fall Fest Breaks Guarantees on First Weekend
4 days agoThe weather may be getting colder with autumn well underway, but the prize pools in PokerStars’ Fall Fest series…
BetMGM Still Leads Shrinking New Jersey Poker Market
5 days agoThe New Jersey online poker market has been flipped on its head in the past two months with a new market leader in the…