Irish employees saved
The latest news involving the acquisition of Full Tilt Poker by Pokerstars reported that the acquisition has saved 200 jobs at the Dublin HQ of the beleaguered company.
This was confirmed by the head of corporate communications ......
Monthly Archives: August 2012
World Series of Poker bracelet winner Ryan Young was killed in a fatal car accident on Monday, July 30, 2012 at 28 years old.
Young initially found success in poker tournaments in 2007 and 2008 when he earned the prestigious WSOP bracelet, participate......
The Irish Super Stack, sponsored by 888 Poker, kicks of Friday at the City West Hotel in Dublin with a €165 buy-in main event. Dublin marks the 13th leg of 23 and there are high expectations as this is predicted to be among the most anticipated st......
Taiwanese poker player, Carlos Chang reigns as the winner of the HKD25,000 (US$3,220) buy-in main event at the Asian Poker Tour Macau main. He knocked out a whopping 267 opponents on his way to taking the top spot and a prize of HKD1,913,100 (US$246,62......
Bureaucracy leads the police to arrest wrong people
Media and industry observers were shocked and appalled this week when news came that over 60 players got arrested and briefly detained by the police on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus due to burea......
Daniel "Jungleman12" Cates should be getting a lot of money back
After initial reports that Pokerstars is to acquire Full Tilt Poker and reimburse players owed monies, one player in particular had a lot to look forward to.
It was high stakes poker pr......
Full Mac poker client the same as PC version
The latest innovation from US-friendly online poker room Bovada (formerly Bodog-branded) is a full Mac poker client which has the same features as its PC client, according to the company.
The features in q......
Fresh Deck Poker goes live
As of this week, social gaming poker sector is richer by another member - Fresh Deck Poker, launched by US developer Idle Games, which has gone live on the Facebook freemium platform.
The game is powered by proprietary soft......
Deal reached with US Justice Department
After initial rumors that another company shut down in Black Friday action, Absolute Poker, has struck a deal with the US Justice Department, the report has been confirmed by company legal representative Jerry B......
USA doors opening to PokerStars
Certain details of a deal between PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and the US Justice Department, have been released by PokerStars directors on Aug. 1, according to which:
* FTP is to forfeit all assets to the US government......