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  • Ultimate Poker will be first legal US online poker room

    Tuesday, April 30, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    Since the day the Nevada legislature legalized online poker in the state the race has been on among potential providers to be the first in the market, and after numerous postponements and missed launch dates, one room is now apparently r...more
  • Party Poker cancels multiple Pokerfest III tournaments

    Monday, April 22, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    Without warning Party Poker cancelled the four of the first five tournaments on the Pokerfest III schedule on Sunday, causing the poker community to lash out at the site on social media and poker forums. Players already registered for th...more
  • New Full Tilt VIP Program targets high-volume players

    Thursday, March 28, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    After recently dropping to #4 in the traffic rankings, according to pokerscout.com, Full Tilt Poker has given its VIP Loyalty Program -known as Edge Rewards- a major makeover aimed at pulling in more high-volume poker players. When Full ...more
  • Moorman and Middleton among early FTOPS XXII winners

    Tuesday, March 19, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    The Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) XXII has begun and through the first five tournaments of the popular series some well-known poker pros have already left their mark, including Tom "HittheHole" Middleton, who won the opening even...more
  • Alleged poker bot ring busted on Swedish poker site

    Sunday, February 24, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    Most of the world outside of Sweden is probably unfamiliar with the online poker site Svenska Spiel, a state-owned and operated online poker room that caters to residents of the Scandinavian country, but the site is now in the throes of ...more
  • PokerStars approaching 100 Billion Hand celebration

    Thursday, February 21, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    The world's largest online poker room is coming up on a huge milestone as PokerStars' continued countdown to 100 billion hands dealt continues. The next benchmark for the site will be the 95 billionth hand dealt on the site, which should...more
  • $7 mil guarantee for 7th Anniversary Sunday Million

    Wednesday, February 20, 2013, Steve Ruddock
    The PokerStars Sunday Million is turning "7" and the world's largest online poker room is celebrating the birthday of its most popular tournament by offering a nearly unprecedented $7 million guarantee for the event. In its seven-year r...more
  • No more Rakeback on Carbon Poker as of February 2013

    Wednesday, January 23, 2013, Pokerspace Staff
    Right now it is unclear whether or not other skins on the Merge Gaming Network are also concerned by this move or not. Players that currently receive 35% Rakeback on Carbon should have received the following notification by email:Hi ___,Car...more
  • $150,000 GTD in Sunday's OSS II Event

    Friday, January 18, 2013, Pokerspace Staff
    San Jose, Costa Rica - January 18, 2013 - Americas Cardroom's second Online Super Series is proving to be an incredibly lucrative tournament series for US poker players. After just five days of nightly tournaments, the online poker site ...more
  • More than 236k paid out on Day 1 of $1 Million Guaranteed OSS II

    Monday, January 14, 2013, Pokerspace Staff
    San Jose, Costa Rica - January 14, 2013 - If Day 1 of Americas Cardroom's OSS II series is any indication, the $1 million Guaranteed online poker series will see its total prize pool surpass the $1 million prize mark well before the 2-week...more