Shortly after news broke of a rumored merger between online gaming companies bwin and PartyGaming, an announcement about a definitive business deal between Everest Poker and Mangas Gaming hit the newswire.
According to a press release issued December 16th, Mangas will purchase 60% of Everest Gaming shares while the remaining 40% will stay with Everest’s current [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | December 17, 2009

The end is nearing for this year’s respective Poker Player of the Year Race and while one seems all but over, another still has three different players who could walk away with the crown. Major poker publications Bluff and CardPlayer magazines each run their own races and, though the top ten of both possess some [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | December 16, 2009

Over the weekend, news broke that PartyGaming may be taking on another major business acquisition by merging with another European-based online gaming group, bwin. The two sites are two of the largest online gaming ventures in Europe and a potential merger could create a business valued at more than $3 billion.
The initial reports over the [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | December 15, 2009

As the date of the Idolo Cup draws nearer, the rosters for the charity soccer event are beginning to take shape. Idolo Cup sponsor PartyPoker recently announced a long list of names taking part for either the European or the African All-Star teams of the upcoming event that is aiming to raise money to fight [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | December 12, 2009

Cake Poker launched an upgrade to its customer loyalty program this week, turning it from a cute system for earning bonuses, satellite entries, and opportunities to make purchases in the Cake Store into a full-fledged rewards program that should appeal to hard-core grinders and casual players alike. The program, called Gold Stacks, is an extension [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | December 11, 2009

While many online players are currently preoccupied with the Mini Full Tilt Online Series of Poker (FTOPS), which kicked off Wednesday night, others may be eager to look ahead and set their sites on the 4th annual UB Online Championship (UBOC), another online tournament series which will run from January 20th thru the 31st.
In total, [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | December 10, 2009

The third season of the PokerStars-sponsored Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) is in the books and the finale stop in Sydney, Australia helped to finish off this installment of the tour with a bang. A grand total of 396 players took part in the AUD$6,300 buy-in event and it was online qualifier Aaron Benton who [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | December 9, 2009

The folks at Poker PROductions, the production company behind the late night NBC poker show, “Poker After Dark”, have big plans in store for this most recent set of new episodes.  The show will feature two solid weeks of cash game action with the theme “Railbird Heaven.”
The roster of players for the episodes includes Patrik [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | December 8, 2009

Online poker room Party Poker recently unleashed the latest software update to its poker client and there are several new changes in order for the virtual poker room, including synchronized breaks and a new console that allows players to track all of their games in a single window.
Following the lead of other major poker sites [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | December 5, 2009

Party Poker has released its new software updates for December and there are a few significant additions and changes. Without further ado, let’s take a look.
PartyPoints Distribution
As previewed in early October, PartyPoker.com has changed the way it awards PartyPoints in cash games. Previously, players would earn points at different rates based on the game type [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | December 4, 2009