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Poker Rooms

888Poker Discontinues Heads-Up Tables

August 26, 2013 at 7:45 PM |

In an effort to find an alternative solution to the problem of bumhunting, 888Poker made a controversial decision to remove all heads-up cash game tables from its offering.

Online Poker

Niklas Heinecker Wins $1.1 Million in Two Days

August 24, 2013 at 12:00 PM |

Niklas ‘ragen70’ Heinecker has been dominating the NLHE games online in the past couple of days. He won the most from one of the largest high stakes fish today, ‘MalACEsia’.

Poker Rake Races

William Hill Poker Returns with Unique Offer – Exclusive $3,000 Cash Race and €5,000 CPT St Maarten Package

August 23, 2013 at 4:03 PM |

Premium iPoker network skin William Hill Poker returns in September with a $3,000 private cash race, available exclusively to Rakrace.com players. Do not forget the 200% up to $2,000 first deposit bonus and the €5,000 CPT St Maarten package, either, which can be redeemed in 2 months.

Poker Rooms

William Hill Exclusive €5,000 CPT Package Rake Chase - 26 August - 26 October

August 23, 2013 at 3:55 PM |

Generate at least $20,000 in rake between 26 August, 2013 and 26 October, 2013 at William Hill Poker and you win a €5,000 package to the Caribbean Poker Tour St Maarten festival. Only players who register via our link are eligible to participate! This is an extraordinary offer for high rollers and it can be cleared together with the exclusive and central cash races and the first deposit bonus.

Poker Tournaments

Tournament Directors Revise Official TDA Rules

August 22, 2013 at 12:00 PM |

For the first time since 2011, the Poker Tournament Directors Association has revised its official rules and released the 1.1 version of the guidelines. Several changes have been implemented, corresponding to recent issues in major tournaments.

Poker Rooms

Bwin.Party Introduces 3% Fee for Online Wallet Withdrawals

August 21, 2013 at 1:22 PM |

Lacking any prior announcement or warning, PartyPoker and other skins of the bwin.party network introduced a $4 + 3% uncapped fee for money withdrawals to online wallet operators Skrill and Neteller.

InsuredPlay Shuts Down with Players’ Money Safe

August 20, 2013 at 8:21 PM |

Cash game all-in equity insurer InsuredPlay has been unable to overcome certain, unforeseen difficulties. The company announced that they were serving withdrawal requests until 30 September.

Poker Legislation

LGA Under Government Investigation

August 19, 2013 at 3:26 PM |

The Maltese government has announced that it was investigating the Lotteries and Gaming Authority, more specifically, its regulation of the Everleaf network. The regulatory body suspected the license of the network 18 months after it became unable to pay its US players.

Poker Rooms

The iPoker Skins are Repositioning in Australia and China

August 18, 2013 at 12:00 PM |

The iPoker network partner rooms Betfred and William Hill have been in intense repositioning in China and Australia; while Betfred is leaving the latter market, William Hill is strengthening its position there, withdrawing in the meantime from China.

Poker Rooms

RedKings Poker Introduces New VIP Shop

August 17, 2013 at 12:00 PM |

While the RedKings VIP program has always been very +EV to participate in, with up to 40% return achievable, the room has now introduced a VIP shop to further enhance the quality of its offers. Players can purchase electronics, branded gear, tickets and vouchers for their crowns.

Online Poker

Cal42688 on Vacation, Pessagno Takes Over Lead Again

August 16, 2013 at 1:30 PM |

Three players got ahead of Calvin ‘cal42688’ Anderson in the online MTT money list, while he has been on vacation. ‘Cal42688’ has nevertheless stated that he would be back before the WCOOP.

Poker Tournaments

Changes to EPT 10 Announced by Neil Johnson via Forum

August 15, 2013 at 12:19 PM |

Neil Johnson, PokerStars’ specialist for live tournaments posted yesterday in the 2+2 forum the planned changes to the 10th season of the European Poker Tour. While most press releases come out in the course of the next weeks, you can catch a preview below.

Online Poker

French Regulated Market Traffic Drops under Italian

August 14, 2013 at 1:12 PM |

For the first time since the introduction of the regulation, the size of the French market shrank to below that of the Italian.

World Record Attempt at Montesino

August 13, 2013 at 5:58 PM |

The Montesino Casino in Vienna, Austria is organising an attempt to break the world record of poker endurance. The current record is 120 hours and 20 minutes, held by Barry Denson.

Lost & Found

Ivey v Mader - WSOP Hand Analysis

August 13, 2013 at 1:20 PM |

One of the most interesting hands of this year’s World Series of Poker Main Event was played down on Day 3 between poker icon Phil Ivey and an amateur competitor, Phil Mader. See if the legend could best his opponent or if Mader was cunning enough to escape Ivey.