Australia is serious about ensuring that online gambling companies stop offering services to their citizens. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) recently took an unusual but logical step in ensuring that companies heed their ban. They contacted the NJ Department of Gaming Enforcement (DGE). Richard Bean, Acting Chairman of the ACMA, contacted DGE Director […]
Partypoker has been making huge investments over the last couple of years, including the signing of various big name pros. They are slowly beginning to rise as a legitimate challenger to PokerStars’ dominance of the online poker world. A sign that partypoker is becoming a premier place to play for online pros was the recent […]
An Iowa Indian Tribe has taken a huge step towards offering legal real money online poker. The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma recently revealed that the Isle of Man has granted them an online poker license. They have become the first Native American Tribe to receive an iPoker license PokerTribe.com to Launch Sometime This Fall The […]
Prior to the Poker Boom, it was rare for a person to win $1 million or more in a year. In fact, many years the only way a person could do so was to win the WSOP Main Event. Things changed following the Poker Boom and we started seeing more players win more than $1 […]
Trueteller and Isildur1 Among Leaders Timofey Kuznetsov, aka “Trueteller”, is presently the high stakes king is 2017. Through September 21, he has amassed $1.47 million in cash game earnings over at PokerStars. Unlike many players, Trueteller has managed to stay in the black the entire year. He caught fire early in the year, earning over […]
Heading into the Poker Masters Main Event on Monday, Steffen Sontheimer was in the driver’s seat to win the Purple Jacket as the event’s best player. However, as the event unfolded it became clear that he would need to make the final table to have a shot to hold onto his lead. Sontheimer not only […]
Online poker players in Australia received the worst possible news last month when it was announced that a ban on all forms of online gambling was passed. The amendment bill changed Australia’s Interactive Gambling Amendment (IGA) to ban all forms of internet gambling, including online poker. That ban went into effect last week and al […]
Just when you thought that online poker regulation had come to a screeching halt in the United States for 2017, Michigan comes up with another bill. On Monday, Michigan Rep. Brandt Iden filed H 4926. This bill seeks to regulate online gambling in general, not just online poker. Online Poker Must Be Offered An interesting […]
The inaugural Poker Masters series has played down to the Main Event. Over the last five days, a series of high roller events concluded at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas awarding millions in prizes. Some of the game’s biggest names took down events over the weekend and Steffen Sontheimer is the current […]
