The February edition of Bluff magazine feature’s Bluff’s Power 20, a list of the most influential people in the poker industry.  Amongst the group are three men with ties to Party Poker: Mike Sexton, Mitch Garber, and Antanas “Tony G” Guoga.  The list was compiled by tallying votes submitted by over 100 members of the [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | February 12, 2010

It was almost exactly a year ago that PokerStars celebrated dealing its 25 billionth hand with a slew of cash and bonus promotions. Now, the world’s largest poker site is giddy with anticipation for its 40 billionth hand and as such, has announced another batch of promotions to celebrate.
Starting yesterday, February 10th, and running [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | February 11, 2010

For the fifteenth time, the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) is ready to kickoff.  Beginning February 10th and running through February 21st, FTOPS XV will consist of 27 events and have over $17 million in guaranteed prize pools.
The prizes above and beyond the standard cash payouts are very similar to those in FTOPS past.  [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | February 10, 2010

PartyPoker is offering hockey fans a supremely simple opportunity to win a free package to see either the Toronto Maple Leafs or Vancouver Canucks take on a National Hockey League (NHL) opponent. The site is giving away a total of 120 packages as part of its upcoming Canadian VIP Hockey Event Promotion.
Winning a package [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | February 9, 2010

Normally we don’t report old news, or at least news that is a month old, but something happened in the internet poker industry at the beginning of January that appears to have almost completely stayed off everyone’s radars. Party Poker jumped into the ranks of the top three largest online poker rooms in the [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | February 9, 2010

There was a lot of hand wringing at Cake Poker Network headquarters last week as one of an online poker room’s worst nightmares came true: a pot was shipped to the wrong player. Fortunately, thanks to the professionalism of Cake’s Card Room Manager, Lee Jones, and the programming staff, the issue was resolved in just over a day.

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | February 8, 2010

When Tight Poker last reported on the line-up for next week’s PartyPoker Premier League IV, there was one seat left to fill and PartyPoker promised the person they had lined up to fill it was a living legend of poker.  They more than lived up to their promise when it was revealed that none other [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | February 6, 2010

At the end of January, Party Poker released the latest updates to its poker software.  There were no major changes, but the ones made should make most customers’ playing experiences just that much better.
The part of the update that will have the most immediate impact on an individual’s day in, day out play at Party [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | February 5, 2010

Last year appears to have ended on a high note for Party Poker and its parent company, PartyGaming.  The publically traded online gaming corporation (PRTY on the London Stock Exchange) recently released its 4th quarter results from 2009 as well as some preliminary numbers from the year-long performance of the company.  PartyGaming saw improvements over [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | February 4, 2010

Their chips may not have monetary value, but many recreational players feel as if they’ve been robbed by the site they’ve logged countless hours on over the years. A recent change to PartyPoker’s play money policy limiting the number of chips a player can retain in their account resulted in a number of players having [...]

Read More... | 1 Comment | By Kory Travers | February 3, 2010