Carbon Poker Seeks Testers for its New Mobile Platform
One of the Merge Gaming Network's leading operators, Carbon Poker, is about to release its mobile poker platform for players who wish to access the virtual tables via their hand-held devices.
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Daniel Negreanu Matching Donations to St Jude Children’s Hospital
Daniel Negreanu, two-time WPT titlist and 4-time WSOP bracelet winner, has declared via his Twitter account - @RealKidPoker "“ that he wants to raise money for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Not only that, he wants to inspire others to join him in his worthy cause.
Tom Dwan Wins $1.2M in His Return to High Stakes on Full Tilt Poker
Full Tilt Poker has undergone a lot of changes between Black Friday and its eventual relaunch on Nov 6, 2012. The online poker room is under new (remarkably more reputable) ownership, the once massive team of Full Tilt Pros has been reduced to three, and one of the most iconic faces of the industry, Tom "durrrr"?
Mobile Poker Club Mobile-Only Platform Allows Multi-Tabling
Mobile Poker Club, a Curacao based operator owned by Afina Interactive N.V., has only been on the market for a short time, but it's already the world's largest mobile-only poker room.
Phil Ivey Acquires Poker Training Site LeggoPoker.com
For months now, we've been hearing IveyPoker.com. It was launched in 2012, and Phil himself has been working diligently to pen team contracts with some of the best known live and online poker players in the world, but all this time we've watched and waited for the static message "New Poker and Training Site Coming Soon!"? to disappear.
PokerStars Poker Room to Open in March at London’s Hippodrome
The world's largest online poker room has set the launch date for its first land-based operations at the Hippodrome in London for March 4, 2013, and the launch of its first ever social poker venue by way of a Facebook app has seen phenomenal overnight success.
Promotions at Full Tilt Poker to Boost Traffic in 2013
Full Tilt Poker saw a 14% increase in traffic due to its recent Rush Poker promotion, solidifying the online poker room's position as the second largest in the industry, under PokerStars. In the waning weeks of 2012, Full Tilt's traffic had dropped significantly, but the site's marketing managers are banking on a continuous flow of promotions to keep the traffic flowing in 2013.
SkillBet is a Legal Online Poker Alternative
A quick search of the world wide web reveals a multitude of online poker sites that accept US players. However, just because these dominantly off-shore operators are willing to take deposits from Americans does not make them 100% legal.
Legal Online Poker Site for US Players by FaceUp Gaming
Online poker sites have been around for more than 15 years now. The laws in the United States have flipped and flopped so many times that most poker playing Americans are uncertain as to what's legal and what's not.
Iowa Reconsiders Online Poker Legalization in 2013
The state of Iowa is well versed in the regulatory means of online gambling. The state took great strides towards legalization of online poker last year, but the last bill that proposed a legal framework died a slow, bitter death in the House in March of 2012. At that time, the state simply wasn't ready to move forward with online poker regulation.
PokerStars Awards Lamborghini to Freeroll Winner
Industry leading online poker room PokerStars finally wrapped up its special Lamborghini Freeroll competition over the weekend, awarding the breathtaking Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 to Brazilian poker player “marciocid”.
Mobile Poker Apps for SmartPhone Users
Mobile poker apps are the latest and greatest way to enjoy a traditional game of poker with real people. Since the introduction of mobile poker for the iPhone, iPod, iPad and Android powered devices, the technology has become incredibly advanced. The graphics are as crisp - all be it a smaller viewing window - as any online poker room beheld on a computer or laptop monitor, and the game play is much the same.