While no official confirmation has come from Merge, multiple sources have confirmed that the Merge Poker Network has been split into two separate player pools. How is the network divided? Pool one is made up of customers of Sportsbook.com and PlayersOnly, along with a handful of associated sportsbook sites...
May 24th, 2013 By Charles Washington
It took some half a decade and the release of some surreptitious recordings, but the former lead pros for Ultimate Bet Poker – Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke – both recently released statements offering their perspectives on the cheating scandal at UB. The Ultimate Bet recordings The recordings in question were...
May 21st, 2013 By Shane Larson
Last week we brought you coverage of the latest chapter in the saga of PokerStars’ attempt to purchase the Atlantic Club Casino. After winning a temporary victory early in May, PokerStars was handed a defeat when a judge in New Jersey ruled that the ACC could break their deal...
May 20th, 2013 By Shane Larson
PokerStars’ hopes of re-entering the United States online poker market were dealt a severe blow this week when a New Jersey judge ruled that the Atlantic Club Casino can pursue alternative buyers for their struggling Atlantic City commercial casino. The ruling topped off several weeks of intrigue surrounding the...
May 18th, 2013 By Stephen Smith
Like the monster at the end of a horror movie who always has just one last bit of life left after everyone has written him off, Illinois’ legislative attempts to regulate online poker appear poised for a resurrection. While a formal bill has yet to be introduced, sources within...
May 16th, 2013 By Lucy Brown
While the events of the Ultimate Bet super-user scandal sit a full decade in the rear-view of the online poker industry, the fallout from the cheating debacle refuses to fade into history. May has already played host to a number of UB-related events, each of which has sent a...
May 12th, 2013 By Lucy Brown
Players at Lock Poker can be forgiven if they’re not quite sure what the current policy regarding cashing out funds received from player to player transfers is, as the room has shifted the posts a number of times in the space of just the last few days. Before this recent upheaval,...
May 11th, 2013 By Lucy Brown
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