24 April 2015
Full Tilt to Sponsor IPO Tour
The International Poker Open (IPO) Tour will return on May 22nd, but this time around the low stakes festival will have a new headline sponsor in the form of Full Tilt.
Revenue Drops for Will Hill and Ladbrokes
The recently introduced Point of Consumption (POC) Tax that all licensed UK poker sites now have to pay is beginning to take its toll on at least two operators. Following the conclusion of Q1 2015, both Ladbrokes and William Hill have reported lower than anticipated trading figures.
23 April 2015
Italy Shrinking but PokerStars Dominating
The latest figures for Italy's ring-fenced online poker market have just been released and, according to the Customs and Monopoly Agency, PokerStars Italy is dominating the market. However, despite this upturn in fortunes for PokerStars, the country's poker industry as a whole continued to suffer a financial downswing.
Phil Hellmuth Headlines Poker Night in America
The latest incarnation of Poker Night in America gets underway on Sunday inside the Sugar House Casino in Philadelphia and when the cards start to fly a host of stars will be taking part in the action.
GUKPT Edinburgh ME Starts Today
There are 100,000 very good reasons to head to the Scottish capital over the next few days as the GUKPT hits Edinburgh.
Chieregato Crowned WPT Venice Champ
Amedeo Chieregatoro has been crowned the WPT National Venice champion after topping a 330-runner field earlier this week.
22 April 2015
Poker the Subject of Bones Episode
Poker will receive some more exposure in the mainstream media soon courtesy of hit US TV show, Bones. The episode, which airs tomorrow on FOX, will see the show's lead character, FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (played by David Boreanaz), delving into the world of underground poker to solve another murder case.
PokerStars and Duhamel Split
PokerStars and Jonathan Duhamel appear to have parted ways following the removal of the latter from the online poker site's pro roster page.
Dan Bilzerian's Epic Charity Bash
Dan Bilzerian promised that his latest charity bash would be a wild one and judging by the photos it certainly lived up to the billing.
21 April 2015
India's Thrill Poker Launches Pro Team
India remains arguably the poker world's great untapped market but the plates are shifting with a number of new operators appearing on the scene. Among them is Thrill Poker which has just launched an updated software package and the launch of a new team of sponsored pro