PokerStars Sunday Million has long been the most actively partaken, weekly guaranteed poker event on the internet for several years running And why not? It's the only online poker tournament that promises a minimum of $1 million in prize money each and every week, spread across the most deserving end of the field.
Certain members of Full Tilt Poker who were playing on the tables Monday were privy to a brief pop-up message that explicated an upcoming, momentary downtime of the servers. The online poker room was preparing for a quick transition that would result in its software being moved to a new Malta-based sister site, FullTiltPoker.EU.
There was a time when GutShot Poker was among the most respected operators in the online poker industry, presenting a high performance platform, a generous promotional line-up and fast, reliable payouts.
Daniel Negreanu, two-time WPT titlist and 4-time WSOP bracelet winner, has declared via his Twitter account - @RealKidPoker "“ that he wants to raise money for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Not only that, he wants to inspire others to join him in his worthy cause.
One of the Merge Gaming Network's leading operators, Carbon Poker, is about to release its mobile poker platform for players who wish to access the virtual tables via their hand-held devices.
PokerStars has hired Lee Jones to serve as the correspondent for all of PokerStars' social interactions. He will be the spokesperson for the online poker room, on both and internal and external stratum.
Full Tilt Poker has undergone a lot of changes between Black Friday and its eventual relaunch on Nov 6, 2012. The online poker room is under new (remarkably more reputable) ownership, the once massive team of Full Tilt Pros has been reduced to three, and one of the most iconic faces of the industry, Tom "durrrr"?
Mobile Poker Club, a Curacao based operator owned by Afina Interactive N.V., has only been on the market for a short time, but it's already the world's largest mobile-only poker room.
For months now, we've been hearing IveyPoker.com. It was launched in 2012, and Phil himself has been working diligently to pen team contracts with some of the best known live and online poker players in the world, but all this time we've watched and waited for the static message "New Poker and Training Site Coming Soon!"? to disappear.
Full Tilt Poker saw a 14% increase in traffic due to its recent Rush Poker promotion, solidifying the online poker room's position as the second largest in the industry, under PokerStars. In the waning weeks of 2012, Full Tilt's traffic had dropped significantly, but the site's marketing managers are banking on a continuous flow of promotions to keep the traffic flowing in 2013.
The world's largest online poker room has set the launch date for its first land-based operations at the Hippodrome in London for March 4, 2013, and the launch of its first ever social poker venue by way of a Facebook app has seen phenomenal overnight success.
Chinese Poker has been mildly popular throughout the years, being one of those niche card games that some people can't get enough of, and others could do without altogether. However, a new variation of the game has emerged, and it is taking the poker world by storm.