On Thursday the Kentucky Supreme Court heard arguments in a potentially landmark case that could determine the future of online poker as well as set new standards and precedents regarding the censorship of the internet. The Supreme Court hearing marks the latest legal stop in a year-long debate on whether or not the Commonwealth of [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | October 24, 2009

United States residents who play on member sites of the Merge Gaming Network are down one funding method this week. As of October 18th, PIC Club and Merge ceased doing business with one another, leaving PIC Club customers scrambling to find another way to deposit and withdraw at poker rooms such as Carbon Poker and [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | October 23, 2009

PartyGaming co-founder Anurag Dikshit surprised both the financial and gambling worlds when he announced that he would be selling off his shares of PartyGaming and donating the entirety of the proceeds to his favorite charity. Dikshit, who currently owns 28% of PartyGaming, recently listed 2/3 of his holdings on the London Stock Exchange, where PartyGaming [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | October 22, 2009

The latest version of Party Poker’s software features a long list of upgrades including a feature that remembers users’ preferred table layout, a revamped player notes feature and the introduction of bounty tournaments to the site’s tournament schedule.
For those who are not familiar with bounty tournaments, they are set up to reward players for each [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | October 21, 2009

Publically traded online gaming company PartyGaming recently released the financial results from the third quarter of 2009 and while the news is good for the majority of the company with overall revenue up 11%, the online poker division, Party Poker, continues to struggle financially. Poker revenues were down 8% despite a higher number of players [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | October 20, 2009

The final table of the Party Poker World Open V began on Thursday afternoon, following two and a half days of poker action featuring everyone from Roland de Wolfe to Tom “durrrr” Dwan to Yevgeniy “Jovial Gent” Timoshenko. With Team Party Poker member Bodo Sbrzesny’s victory in the runners-up consolation heat the seven player final [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | October 17, 2009

The results of the Poker Hall of Fame voting are in and of the nine nominees, only one will be inducted in November: Mike Sexton. Sexton was named on a minimum of 75 percent of the Hall of Fame ballots, submitted by the living members of the Hall and 15 selected members of the poker [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | October 16, 2009

The penultimate preliminary heat of the Party Poker World Open V is in the books and the sixth spot at the final table now belongs to a very familiar face; that of World Poker Tour host, longtime Party Poker spokesman and candidate for the 2009 Poker Hall of Fame class, Mike Sexton.
Thanks to a last [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | October 15, 2009

The final table of the Party Poker World Open V is shaping up to have a little bit of everything as the five finalists come from every corner of the poker world and there are still two seats left to fill. Tight Poker reported yesterday that online pro Luke “FullFlush1” Schwartz and popular American pro [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | October 14, 2009

Online cash game pro Luke “Full_Flush1” Schwartz may be in his early twenties, but even at such a young age his reputation is starting to precede him. The British poker player’s penchant for antics and mouthing off is starting to catch up with him, as recent events at the PartyPoker World Open V suggest he [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | October 13, 2009