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Get your share of $20,000 in weekly prizes at BetRivers Poker.
If you enjoy cash games and play online poker in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Delaware, or West Virginia, you definitely want to take advantage of BetRivers Poker’s Weekly Cash Game Ladder. There is $20,000 up for grabs every week.October 21
Bubble out in style: the WPTG Black Card is your consolation prize.
WPT Global is offering online qualifiers for the WPT Prime Championship in Taiwan, with buy-ins starting at just $0.55.
Qualifiers get a Black Card, which unlocks a few perks: if you bust on the money bubble, you’ll have your buy-in refunded. There’s also a last longer contest for cash prizes and a new iPhone for any qualifier making the final 18.
October 20
Kmart streams from Costa Rica.
After the online poker in Alberta scene changed drastically this past year, Kevin Martin hit the road, taking his streaming setup with him.October 19
Things aren’t looking great for online poker in New Zealand.
With the market changing on December 1 and the international operators leaving the country, New Zealand players will have to resort to locally licensed sites. However, as things stand right now, there is only one operator on course to get a license with a peer-to-peer online poker platform in the mix.GGPoker is adding in sweeping changes to its security policy.
Read how it may effect you here!Stake Poker is raising the stakes, with its next flagship tournament boasting a $200,000 guarantee.
The buy-in is still a hefty $1,000, qualifiers are running for a fraction of the cost.Everything you may have missed on the GGPoker third-party tool changes.
If you play on the site it’s worth a read.It’s Monday morning. What have we missed.
Here we go again.This is almost TLDR from Pads.
But, if you want to know more about his thoughts on the ecology of cash games right now, this is the thread for you.October 18
Enjoy some mystery bounty action on PokerStars on FanDuel.
This Sunday, FanDuel Poker brings some exciting mystery bounty action for the players playing online poker in Michigan, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.GGPoker updates its terms and conditions regarding third-party tools.
As previously announced, GGPoker is upping its security measures and changing things around regarding third-party tools. You can now see all the details about new policies coming into force on December 1.October 17
Make sure to get 10% of your buy-ins back at BetRivers Poker.
If you play online poker in Pennsylvania, Michigan, West Virginia, or Delaware at BetRivers Poker, you can get 10% of your daily buy-ins back as satellite tickets. You just need to register for the MTTs you want to play before they kick off.ACRPoker issues a statement about a serious (now-fixed) software bug.
According to the operator, the bug created a potential security risk, but they couldn’t find any evidence of player account being compromised as a result of this flaw.Aaron Barone is back to the usual programming.
Having successfully finished his bankroll challenge, Barone is back grinding his usual tournaments and crushing it.October 16
PokerStars on FanDuel has spared no expense so far.
For players playing online poker in New Jersey, Michigan, and Pennsylvania – if you’re looking for value, you needn’t look further than FanDuel Poker. Since the launch, the operator has dished out millions in tournament overlays, and there could be more to come.Lessons learned from Aaron Barone’s low stakes challenge.
The man has some good advice in this thread. Give it a read!Key take aways from GGPoker’s new security feature roll out.
- GGPoker is introducing four optional tools: Screen Guard, Connection Monitor, Allowed Processes and DNS Check, designed to protect private information and detect suspicious connections or network activity.
- Enhanced cheating detection: New Win-Rate Anomaly Detection (WAD) technology analyses decisions to identify players making unusually accurate plays that could indicate access to opponents’ hole cards.
- Ban on third-party poker software: All third-party poker software and automation tools are prohibited, including PokerTracker 4, Hold’em Manager 3, Hand2Note and Jurojin. Players must close these applications before launching GGPoker.
- End of support for older operating systems: Support for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, and macOS 11 (Big Sur) or earlier, will end in 2027. Players are advised to upgrade to at least Windows 10 or macOS
- Action following the recent security incident: GGPoker says it has traced the funds involved, shared cryptocurrency wallet details with Coinbase and relevant industry networks, and reported the matter to law enforcement. It also recommends players enable two-factor authentication, passkeys and Fund Password protection.
Jurojin Poker’s response to the new GGPoker security features.
I can understand why GG have made some of these changes but have they taken things too far?GGPoker bans all 3rd party tools.
The new security measures come after the Jurojin superuser scandal rocked the poker community 2 weeks ago.
October 15
GGPoker ramps up its security!
Good news for all online poker players. GGPoker is introducing a new set of security measures aimed at protecting the community. These measures include a ban on all third-party poker software.October 14
Get your freeroll seats at BetRivers Poker.
If you play online poker in Pennsylvania or Michigan, this is an easy way to get yourself a seat in a $2,500 freeroll and potentially give your bankroll a nice boost.From skipping lectures to chronicling chaos: Taschner’s online poker odyssey.
Wladimir Taschner has lived the online poker rollercoaster, from freerolls to high-stakes tables. He told PokerOrg about his journey, which included skipping semesters, going broke, and getting coached up before making it to the big games.888 has become the first operator to launch regulated online poker in Alberta.
The new platform went live on October 13, offering the only licensed poker option for the province under Alberta’s new rules.
With Alberta requiring a segregated player pool, most expected poker to be left out of the mix.
Even PokerStars decided to bow out, leaving 888 to take the lead.
October 13
Ontario online poker future is in limbo, and so are the players.
The Supreme Court of Canada has heard arguments about whether Ontario can open its regulated online poker market to international players.
The Ontario Court of Appeal ruled in favor of shared liquidity last year, but the decision was quickly appealed by several provincial lottery corporations who are not as keen on international competition.
Ontario’s market has been ring-fenced since its launch, and operators are hoping a positive result will mean bigger tournaments and prize pools.
QQPK statement to players is here.
They do admit to bots being found on the site.Lex Veldhuis is a fan of GG’s Ocean KO.
The poker streamer is a fan of the new format, despite it still polarizing the poker community.October 12
🪦💀 PokerStars exits Alberta tomorrow!
All you need to know. ⬇️October 11
Qualify for the upcoming WPT World Championship at WPT Global.
The satellites start as low as $1.10, so you can build your way up to one of the biggest poker tournaments of the year even if you’re working with a tiny bankroll.October 10
PokerStars is leaving Alberta on October 13.
The decision stems from the recent regulatory changes in the province and was expected. However, the operator did not inform players about when and if it would return.Aaron Barone’s bankroll challenge is progressing very well.
Starting with $2,500, Barone set out to make it to $10,000, and after just five days of play, he’s nearly there.October 09
It’s one thing that gives BetRivers Poker an upper hand.
And that one thing is the ownership of the software, allowing the operator to implement changes, updates, fixes, and improvements without waiting for a third-party approval.Guinness World Record for largest online poker tournament has been broken.
And it is for GGPoker’s Ocean KO.After a series of high-profile cheating incidents, AceGuardian Research has decided to open up its anti-cheat software to the world.
The idea is to give both operators and players a way to detect 'superusers’ — players who have exploited security holes to see their opponents’ hole cards.
The announcement came after a Trojan was discovered in compromised poker software, allowing an attacker to remotely view players’ screens.
According to PokerNews, 'over two dozen high-stakes online poker players’ were affected. Jurojin Poker and IntuitiveTables were identified as the compromised tools.
October 08
WSOP Online is making October a marathon for tournament lovers.
Three separate series are running at once, with more than $5 million in guaranteed prizes and a mix of bracelets, rings, and reload bonuses for players.
The Fall WSOP Online Poker Festival leads the way, offering 33 bracelets and buy-ins from $400 to $3,200.
So if you’re playing online poker in Nevada, Michigan, Pennsylvania, or New Jersey, it might be time to clear your calendar.
888 and PokerNews are joining forces.
The online tournament series starts on October 18!Poker sites and the art of not sharing secrets.
Lee Jones takes a closer look at why online poker sites keep cheater info to themselves.
Even when a player, like the notorious 'Paul Gregg,’ is found using compromised poker apps to see hole cards, the news rarely travels beyond the site that catches them.
According to Jones, “The bottom line is that sites are very unlikely to share suspected cheater information with each other.”
A mix of legal headaches, data protection laws like GDPR, and commercial interests means sites play it close to the vest.
For players, that means the same scammer might show up on multiple sites before getting caught.
As Jones notes, “A site which has this sort of evidence and doesn’t act on it has abdicated its responsibility to its customers.” But sharing? That’s another story entirely.
PokerStars UK players are about to get very familiar with Betfair, as the PokerStars Network shifts its UK operations onto the Betfair platform.
This is all part of Flutter’s master plan to consolidate poker under one roof, bringing the shared player pool and iconic tournaments like the Sunday Million along for the ride.Brazil's new online gambling ban just went into effect, but poker is still in the clear.
The government decided that poker is a game of skill, so the new restrictions on betting and gaming don’t apply.
Major sites like PokerStars and GGPoker are continuing to operate as normal, though some players are reporting trouble logging in.
🪦 RIP PokerStars UK!
Betfair is now the place to go.October 06
GGPoker is leaning hard into Halloween this year, with a reported $18 million in promotional prizes up for grabs through October.
The highlights: a million-dollar Halloween Party promo, a comeback for the Bounty Hunters Series, and the usual pile of leaderboard giveaways.
The Halloween Party runs from October 24 to 31, and all you need to do is play cash games and keep an eye out for the Jack of Spades.
Collect ten candies by spotting Jacks, and you get a crack at a Mystery Pumpkin worth up to $1,000 in cash.
Is Ocean KO the latest revolutionary poker product to hit the market?
We think so!Poker streamer, Lex Veldhuis, on his WSOP Online grind.
It’s a long read, but a good one!October 05
After a cheating scandal rocked the high-stakes poker world, ACR Poker CEO Phil Nagy addressed players in a seven-minute video.
According to PokerOrg, Nagy explained that malicious third-party software had let bad actors see players’ hole cards in real time. The culprit wasn’t the poker client, but compromised remote-access tools installed on players’ computers.
To counteract this, ACR launched Screen Shield, which blocks screen-sharing and screen-capture tools from viewing WPN tables. Nagy said, “Screen Shield will prevent your tables from being visible to screen-capture and screen-sharing software.” The feature is already active for some players, with a self-activation option coming soon.
Other sites like CoinPoker have also responded, banning suspicious accounts and issuing refunds. The investigation is ongoing, and ACR is offering Screen Shield tech to other operators. In the meantime, streaming your poker wins just got a little bit harder.