Friday, 18 March 2016
As it looks to introduce online poker to new audiences around the world, PokerStars has made its Jackpot Poker spin-and-go tournament app available to download via PlayPhone.com.
PokerStars, which is the sister site to Full Tilt, launched its free-play and fast-paced ‘winner takes all’ Jackpot Poker innovation in December as an evolution of its Facebook app. The three-player advance is aimed at casual poker aficionados and comes complete with a jackpot element that has its final amount determined only after competitors have taken their seats but before the first cards are dealt.Jackpot Poker offers players the chance to compete against a pool of up to 50,000 others in games that can see a winner determined in as little as ten minutes while a final ‘spin of the wheel’ can multiply any jackpot by up to 3,000 times.The new partnership with PlayPhone.com will see poker aficionados all over the world able to join the existing Jackpot Poker pool from the Apple App Store, Google Play, Facebook and the Amazon App Store while PokerStars stated that the deal will additionally contain ‘a marketing emphasis in Taiwan’.“We are excited to make it easy for players to download and install the mobile Jackpot Poker by PokerStars app in their local dialect,” said Lloyd Melnick, Social Gaming Director for PokerStars.“Gamers in Taiwan and throughout Asia are going to love the fast-paced poker action that they can get from PokerStars on the Jackpot Poker app.”For its part, PlayPhone.com operates customised mobile social game stores around the world that allow players to discover, download, enjoy and share thousands of titles with friends via social and highly localised platforms.“PlayPhone.com is thrilled to release Jackpot Poker by PokerStars to our users around the world,” said Scott Masters, Business Operations Senior Director for PlayPhone.com.“Getting to work with PokerStars as a developer partner has been extremely fun and the entire team loves its game.”
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off a second three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Fans of the Oh Hell trick-taking game will soon be able to enjoy real-money competitions online after Hell Club announced that it will be launching its new Oh Hell Stackpot innovation from Sunday.
Tuesday is the deadline for all working Americans to have submitted their income tax returns to the federal government and Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker are set to mark this annual occasion by holding a special freeroll competition featuring a $1,000 top prize.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes cASINO are giving online poker players another chance to win their way to the Caribbean.
Win your way to the Caribbean in online satellites at Intertops and Juicy Stakes.
“We run a lot of higher stakes tournaments for our more hard-core players,” said Intertops’ poker manager. “But since our network is generally pretty soft, we created this series to give less competitive players a shot at winning.”
$200 GTD ‘East of Eden’ Poker Tournament Monday night at Intertops Poker will be a freezeout tournament with no re-buys or add-ons.
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