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Nominations for Women in Poker Hall of Fame

Nominations for Women in Poker Hall of Fame 125zl

May 20, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

While poker is largely dominated by male competitors, women have always been an important part of the game’s world. Unlike in many sports, men and women can compete on equal footing across the ...  Read more...

New Bracelet Design Revealed for 2012 WSOP

New Bracelet Design Revealed for 2012 WSOP 3z573q

May 19, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

If you happen to win a bracelet at this year’s World Series of Poker, there’s a good chance you might want to show off your gold bracelet. Sure, this has always been true, but now you might find ...  Read more...

Revenues Up Slightly for bwin.party

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May 18, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

After a turbulent year for the newly formed company, bwin.party announced this week that revenues were up slightly in the first quarter of 2012. Overall, the company brought in €215.9 million in ...  Read more...

‘The Micros’ Set for Return as Web Comic

‘The Micros’ Set for Return as Web Comic 4a2m4p

May 17, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

If you’re like many online poker players, you may have noticed that there’s been a little something missing from the world of online poker over the past few months. No, it’s not Full Tilt Poker ...  Read more...

Tax Could Derail Spanish Online Poker

Tax Could Derail Spanish Online Poker 653t4a

May 16, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

We’ve talked a lot recently about the plans to regulate Spain’s online poker market. The regulations are set to kick in on June 1st, when Spain will begin awarding licenses to some of ...  Read more...

Online Poker for Nevada Expected 2013

Online Poker for Nevada Expected 2013 446w33

May 15, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

It may be slow in coming, but online poker in the state of Nevada will be a reality soon. But according to a meeting held Monday, it may not quite as soon as some players – and potential ...  Read more...

Spanish Online Poker Regulation

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May 14, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

For close to a year now, Spanish online poker players have awaited the beginning of the regulatory scheme that their government was planning to put into place. Now, a date for the beginning of ...  Read more...

Belgium’s Restricted Online Poker Sites

Belgium’s Restricted Online Poker Sites 31l1f

May 12, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

Sporadically we have talked about certain European countries (see our international countries poker list) and how they have begun to crack down on online poker. While a country like England is ...  Read more...

Bwin.Party s up with Indian Tribe

Bwin.Party s up with Indian Tribe 271n56

May 11, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

While bwin.party needs online poker to be legalized in the state of California, it is fully ready to enter the US poker market. If the game is made legal bwin.party has already finalized a deal ...  Read more...

Regulated Online Poker in Spain

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May 10, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

Believe it or not, Spain was one of the few European countries that sets irrational laws making it impossible for online poker to thrive there. On June 1st Spain will be running online poker for ...  Read more...

French Online Poker Report 2012

French Online Poker Report 2012 5p614o

May 9, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

A new report out from ’s online gambling regulatory body shows a mixed bag for online poker in the country, as some segments of the market have done far better than others over the last ...  Read more...

Lock Poker Leaving Merge

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May 8, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

Lock Poker has been one of the largest and most independent rooms on the Merge Gaming Network for some time now. The room had built an impressive team of sponsored professionals, and had even ...  Read more...

rUabot defeats Negreanu easily

rUabot defeats Negreanu easily 3s3nx

May 6, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

Heading into the first ever Limit Hold’em Challenge on PokerStars Saturday, many observers had pegged the encounter as too close to call. On the one hand, you had Daniel Negreanu – one of the ...  Read more...

PokerStars 80 Billionth Hand

PokerStars 80 Billionth Hand 1zy6z

May 6, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

It’s hard to imagine 80 billion of…well, of anything, really. So when an online poker site says they’re dealing the 80 billionth cash game hand in the site’s history, that definitely says ...  Read more...

Negreanu Limit Hold’em Challenge

Negreanu Limit Hold’em Challenge 571p4t

May 5, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

Limit hold’em is a great game, and for a long time, it was by far the most popular betting style in the most popular poker game in the world. But over the last decade, no-limit Texas hold’em has ...  Read more...

European Poker Tour’s Ninth Season

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May 4, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

The European Poker Tour has constantly tweaked its formula in order to adjust to the changing poker world. However, their plans for Season Nine, which will begin later in 2012, may mark one of ...  Read more...

Playtech Success & iPoker Struggles

May 3, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

Online poker and casino software developer Playtech has had lots of good news to share as of late. The Israeli company has seen massive revenue increases in almost every one of their ventures ...  Read more...

WSOP Asia-Pacific to Begin in 2013

WSOP Asia-Pacific to Begin in 2013 p2t2y

May 2, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

When the World Series of Poker first expanded to Europe in 2007, many players thought it would be a relative failure that would never be accepted as a serious part of the WSOP. However, the WSOP ...  Read more...

Mohsin Charania Wins EPT Grand Final

Mohsin Charania Wins EPT Grand Final 172z1v

May 1, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

Mohsin Charania had made several deep runs at major poker tournaments, which made some observers think he was overdue for a big win. Few, however, could have imagined that his first major victory ...  Read more...

PokerStars and Mobile Poker in Europe

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April 30, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

PokerStars has launched a real money mobile poker app in , expanding the reach of their growing mobile poker wing. That expansion also included PokerStars.eu, allowing players in Sweden, ...  Read more...

Amarillo Slim Dies at Age 83

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April 29, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

One of the true legends of the poker world, Thomas Austin Preston, Jr. – better known as Amarillo Slim – ed away Sunday morning after a lengthy battle with cancer and heart problems. He was ...  Read more...

Two Plus Two Poker Forums Hacked

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April 28, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

The twoplustwo.com poker forums, one of the oldest and largest online poker forums in the world, were closed Friday after it was discovered that a hacker had accessed the site’s database of email ...  Read more...

Tiger’s Poker Night Fundraiser

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April 27, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

Around the world, there are millions of golfers who would love to hit the greens with legendary golfer Tiger Woods. Tonight, a special tournament hosted by Woods will give players the chance to ...  Read more...

Annette Obrestad s Lock Poker

Annette Obrestad s Lock Poker 6b4y4w

April 26, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

Lock Poker has added Annette “Annette_15” Obrestad to their Lock Pro Elite team of professional poker players, adding one of the most popular young female poker players in the world to their ...  Read more...

GBT Out and PokerStars Jumps In

GBT Out and PokerStars Jumps In 3x3dk

April 25, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

News came down early Tuesday that Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT) – the French investment group that had been heavily involved in negotiations with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to ...  Read more...

888 Poker Continues Strong Growth

888 Poker Continues Strong Growth 47715f

April 24, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

While most of the online poker world has shrunk since Black Friday, 888 Holdings’ poker site, 888 Poker, has been bucking that trend. On Tuesday, the company issued an earnings statement that ...  Read more...

Obrestad Signs with Poker Royalty

Obrestad Signs with Poker Royalty 454g5h

April 23, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

Annette Obrestad has been one of the most successful female poker players in recent history – and one of the most successful young players of any gender, too. Now, she’s signed a deal with the ...  Read more...

Belgian Davidi Kitai wins EPT

Belgian Davidi Kitai wins EPT 2s1g59

April 22, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

Davidi Kitai won €712,000 and earned the second major victory of his career this weekend by winning the European Poker Tour Berlin Main Event. In the process, Kitai also became the first Belgian ...  Read more...

Merge Network Pulls Out of Utah

Merge Network Pulls Out of Utah 736ue

April 21, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

There is some bad news for residents of Utah who are still looking to play online poker. Earlier this week the Merge Gaming Network announced that they would no longer be accepting new s ...  Read more...

PTR Ends PokerStars Data Mining

PTR Ends PokerStars Data Mining 575n6c

April 20, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

Complying with a cease and desist action sent by PokerStars, popular data mining site PokerTableRatings.com has decided to end their data mining operations on the world’s largest online poker ...  Read more...