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The Alderney Gambling Control Commission decided to postpone the Full Tilt hearing again this time to September 19th, before the due date was September 15th and so it was given Full Tilt more 5 days to solve their issues. There was no justification for this delay................. (06/09/11)
During the World Championship of Online Poker at night on September 6, 2011 PokerStars system crashed, while some players were offline and could not even re-connect to the room, others were in the game and "stealing" the blinds of who had been sitting out!................. (06/09/11)
Full Tilt Poker has just launched today on 30th August 2011 a further statement explaining the financial difficulties that the company is facing, and explains why it did not pay the American players after the Black Friday:................. (31/08/11)
PartyPoker has cancelled the changes made to the structure of the rake in NL600 and higher back to the original system contrary to what was scheduled for August 24, due to having received much criticism and negative feedback from players. The other rake changes remain.................. (25/08/11)
The summer of 2011 was very marked in the spring of 2011 with the "Black Friday" this factor that led to many changes in online poker. On this summer traffic in online poker rooms worldwide fell 3%. The "Merge Gaming Network" grew 4% based on news of reopening to the U.S. market................ (25/08/11)
After "Black Friday" many American players are faced with a difficult decision - to stay and live without poker, or move to another country and continue to play poker online. With the end of WSOP 2011more and more players are leaving the country. Many professional players.................. (24/08/11)
Full Tilt Poker issued an exclusive statement on the website Poker News, giving the current status of negotiations with potential investors and apologizing for their silence to date:"Dublin, Ireland (August 22, 2011) - On August 16, Irish based Pocket Kings................ (23/08/11)
The state of California wants to pass legislation on online poker, legislation that has raised conflicts between San Manuel and Morongo tribes of Southern California and other tribes who joined the California Tribal Business Alliance. The tribes against the legislation................ (23/08/11)
PartyPoker will change the rake structure, this changes will take place on 24 August 2011. The differences is by changing the method "Dealt" (rake of each individual player is calculated by dividing the total rake paid in hand by the number of players who are in it), for the method "weighted"................ (22/08/11)
The mysteries and questions about the future of Full Tilt Poker are increasing, last development is about the decision of Lothar Rentschler (Head of Marketing at Pocket Kings a business that is part of Full Tilt) to resign from his position as Head of Marketing in Pocket Kings:................ (22/08/11)
On April 19, 2011 shortly after the "Black Friday" Tom durrrr Dwan used Twitter to calm the players saying that if the PokerStars and Full Tilt does not pay the players, he would give a million dollars from his pocket to compensate players!................ (21/08/11)
The professional spanish poker player Leo Margets , which had a contract with 888poker which ceased about two months ago, has announced a new contract with Lock Poker, shortly after the departure of José "Girah" Macedo from Lock Poker.................. (20/08/11)
Joseph "Girah" Macedo appears again in the spotlight, but this time because the Lock Poker have decided to start a lawsuit against him. Eric Lynch, CEO of Lock Poker announced on the forum 2 +2 that will be taken legal action against Jose Macedo:................ (19/08/11)
It was instituted new proceedings against Full Tilt Poker by two Canadian poker players, which are Zayn Jethou and Donald Whelan, that a month after similar process has been moved by other online poker players against Full Tilt and their representatives.................. (19/08/11)
Mad Month at 888poker: 5 freerolls for every new player Whether they are crazy or sane over at 888poker doesn't really matter to us, so long as they are offering every new player free entrance to 5 x $888 tourneys.................... (18/08/11)
Daniel Jungleman Cates has been much talked about "Girah Scam," and then comes a post on 2 +2 forum where the user "d2themfi" claims to have been present at a dinner where Jungleman confirmed tha he has sold its banking at Full Tilt Poker estimated at $ 6 million................... (18/08/11)
The strong economic crisis in which the United States of America is going, seems to boost the regulation of online poker to get more tax revenues and creating jobs, many interventions have been made by the Congressman Barton Bill................... (16/08/11)
The billing for the casinos of Las Vegas increased 8.5% over the second quarter compared with last year. This increase is due in large part to "Black Friday" because by finding themselves unable to play online poker, thousands of poker players in the U.S. were forced to play in real casinos..................... (16/08/11)
External sources of our site told us that this week or next, the network "Merge Gaming" will re-accept American players. Since "Black Friday" many poker rooms and networks have abandoned the U.S. market.................... (12/08/11)
Full Tilt Poker began the process of dismissal of employees in the United States of America, having paid all the legal rights of workers. These data were advanced by the journalist Nahuel Ponce from ESPNdeportes.com on Twitter, and also the site wickedchopspoke................... (10/08/11)
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