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Online Gambling in Canada: Navigating the Legal Framework and Key Regulations

February 18, 2024 at 5:18 PM |

The Canadian regulatory regime for online gambling varies from province to province and in some provinces there is the provision of government regulated online gambling sites.

Poker Strategy

Zenderman's Poker Coaching: Become a Successful NLHE 6-Max Cash Game Player!

January 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM |

Join Zenderman's NLHE 6-max cash game coaching at RakeRace.com. Tailored for NL5-NL50 players, with personalized mentoring to help you dominate your stakes.

Poker Tournaments

42nd WSOP Official Schedule Released

February 4, 2011 at 3:38 PM |

Caesars Entertainment updated the schedule they released in the last few days of December. Now the detailed plan is available on WSOP.com. The biggest live event this year will kick off on May 31st, at the usual location, the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Poker Rooms

MPN will close down next May

November 28, 2019 at 7:04 PM |

The network announced the exact date of the closure, while RedStar Poker already found a new home.

Lost & Found

How to Identify a Fish

April 12, 2011 at 7:09 PM |

In this article, we would like to show how to avoid being a shark’s lunch and maximize our online winnings. The key aspect of catching the fish is choosing the best possible table to play at.

Poker Rooms

SNG Hero - weaker field, smaller variance and exceptional rakeback

April 7, 2016 at 11:03 PM |

''The jackpot distribution is better than on PS, the variance is lower thanks to the bounties and on the $20 levels, players can get good rakeback returns'' - said a successful Spin & Go regular about Partypoker's new jackpot SNG games.

Poker Interviews

Millions on a Frozen Account and Other Issues – Interview with Jungleman12 – Part 1

November 11, 2011 at 4:34 PM |

Daniel ‘jungleman12’ Cates has participated in a poker seminar in Vienna recently, where he gave an exclusive interview to poker journalist Marius Gartner. The beginnings, Angry Birds, Durrrr Challenge and the latest issues.

Online Poker

Tom Broadbent After Chinese Collusion Gang

September 14, 2010 at 4:24 PM |

As it was popular in the news recently a group of China-based players colluded by "going easy" against each other at PokerStars tables.Tom Broadbent was not happy with his refund, $16,90, he claims PokerStars owes him much more. He decided to travel to Beijing to report the incident personally to the local police.

Online Poker

Durrrr Challenge 2 – It’s On!

August 27, 2010 at 6:48 PM |

To the pleasure of many, durrrr and jungleman12 have started their 50k hand battle, and the first round ended with durrrr leading by almost $130k.

Poker Tournaments

Sebastian Homann Wins WPT Marrakech

December 3, 2010 at 5:10 PM |

Sebastian Homann won the World Poker Tour Marrakech Main Event, earning €244,000.

Poker Players

Conspiracy Theories about the Girah Scandal

August 10, 2011 at 6:38 PM |

It would seem that Haseeb ‘dogishead’ Qureshi is gradually becoming the top suspect to be behind the Macedo (Girah) Scandal as forum members and known poker celebrities assume that he is deeply involved in the case. At the very least, he used the Portuguese midstakes pro’s account for multi-accounting.

Poker Players

Andrew Robl Scared - Backs Out of Cage Fight Challenge

March 25, 2011 at 1:52 PM |

As we reported 2 days ago, a Hungarian poker pro accepted Andrew Robl's cage fight challenge he posted on his blog on March 16. Apparently Mr. Robl was too scared of the Hungarian, and wants to play against high stakes players he knows. We all know why.

Poker Rooms

Intertops Poker to conquer Australia

November 9, 2017 at 1:40 PM |

Intertops Poker offers exclusive promotions for their Australian customers as well as special deals for all players.

Poker Rooms

Party Poker Doubles the Guarantee of Their Flagship Tournament to $500k, Unibet Introduces a Host of New Sunday Majors to Their Lineup

September 27, 2017 at 6:53 PM |

In a bold move which demonstrates their recent resurgence in the poker industry, Party Poker has doubled the guarantee of their biggest sunday major tournament called Title Fight. The tournament nows sits as the second largest on any schedule or site, second only to the Sunday Million.