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Online Industry News: PokerStars’ new IOS mobile app; New Partypoker’s cash game leaderboards; DOJ targets Online Poker again
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. PokerStars releases Next-Gen mobile app with biometric login PokerStars players have long awaited an update on the so important mobile experience and after a long period of testing in smaller markets, the poker […]
07/02/2020
APT Online Series 2nd Edition: Pete Chen wins Championships Event & Player of the Series; Final stats and results
Land-based operator Asian Poker Tour wrapped up its second ever online series on Natural8 – GG Network and it was nothing short of a smasher. Running from June 14 to 28, the APT online Series 2nd Edition delivered on its eight figure promise, paying out a tour record $ 10.9 million across 234 events. With […]
07/01/2020
WSOP on GGPOKER – Natural8: More details on the Main Event and upcoming Silk Road series
Only a couple more weeks until the 2020 World Series of Poker Online series runs on the GGPoker – Natural8 network and everyone is already anticipating its 54 gold bracelets to be awarded. One for the books, the extraordinary event will feature over $60 million in combined guarantees throughout the seven-week period. Buy-ins ranging from […]
07/01/2020
Online Industry News: High Roller online tourneys; Traditional operators try to catch the home game train; Unibet launches“HexaPro Banzai”
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. PokerStars, GGPoker, partypoker and the flourishing high stakes tournament action It wasn’t just traffic that rose during the Corona lockdown months, it was also the stakes involved especially in the tournament area. Now […]
06/28/2020
WSOP Online, WPT Online Championships, Stadium Series : It’s going to be a great Online Summer
In many places of the world people are still not supposed to have large gatherings, but everyone’s fatigued and want to leave their homes. The northern half of the world is having the start of a beautiful summer and you don’t want to sit inside when it’s warm and the sun is shining. Most poker […]
06/23/2020
Early highlights of APT Online Series 2nd Edition; Overlays, multi-winners, and Main Event $1M GTD begins
Action is underway at Natural8 with poker players from around the world taking part in the 2nd Edition of the Asian Poker Tour Online Series. With an ambitious $10 Million in prizes guaranteed, this marks the richest APT festival ever to be staged. Of the substantial 234 game lineup are six trophy-bearing events, three of […]
06/18/2020
Online Industry News: Over half a BILLION lockdown dollars, 888poker in WonderWorld, PokerStars upping the action, GGPoker receives EU licence
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. Over half a BILLION lockdown dollars We can all agree that we live in very strange times. And these times shone a light on online poker as we probably only saw once before […]
06/11/2020
WSOP Online to Award 85 Gold Bracelets in Two-month Series Beginning this July
Following the success of the recently concluded World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online Circuit Event on the Natural8 GGnetwork platform, the leading global brand is back once again ready to award its players a total of 85 Gold bracelets this summer. One of the largest tournament online series in history, the World Series of Poker […]
06/09/2020
Online Industry News: Real names on GGPoker, WPT announces new online series, Flutter Q2 report – PokerStars doubles revenue, Playtech enters New Jersey
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. GGPoker pushes for more real names Following the example of partypoker, GGPoker had already started to implement real names in a few high stakes cash games and tournaments. This is a feature GGPoker […]
06/04/2020
$2 Million in June Promo Giveaways at Natural8
Article sponsored by Natural8 June is set to be a great month for Natural8 players, with exciting new promos like the Rush & Cash Daily $33,000 Leaderboard, Spin & Gold Weekly $100,000 Race, All-In Or Fold Daily $10,000 Flipout and the Short Deck $5,000 Daily Leaderboard. That’s an eye-watering combined total of just about $2 […]
06/03/2020
Super High Roller Bowl Online: Bonomo Wins Main Event – Addamo Runner-up; Blom Crushes Side Events
The prestigious Super High Roller Bowl series recently concluded its inaugural online edition on the partypoker platform featuring a combined guarantee of over $20 million in prizes. Drawing in the world’s top players, the festival of high-stakes No Limit Hold’em action hosted a total of 29 high-roller events which ran from May 23 – June […]
06/03/2020
Exclusive Freeroll on KKPoker: $500 for Grab Daily – No Deposit Needed!
We have teamed up with KKPoker! The poker app is offering 5 exclusive daily freerolls with a $500 Total Gtd. Somuchpoker’s players are eligible every day! The field size is expected to be smaller than major poker networks as the application is quite new, you have a great chance to get your hands on some […]
06/01/2020
Natural8-WSOPC: schimmelgodx ships the MAIN EVENT for $1.2M; rubbherducky, waransan, Goblue also seize circuit rings; Isaac Haxton wins the $25K HR
On May 3rd, the World Series of Poker kicked off what promised to be the richest online event in history. 29 days of games, 18 circuit gold rings, and a staggering $ 100 million on the plate with all the action taking place at GG Network Natural8. Five days ago, the enormous guarantee was cracked. From […]
06/01/2020
UPDATE: Daniel ‘Jungleman’ Cates Confesses to Ghosting in Online Poker Home Game; Apologizes to Bill Perkins
As many of you may know, news of Bill Perkins blew up the internet by storm this week as the successful businessman revealed in a series of Twitter posts that he was cheated in an online poker home game. Specifically referred to as ghosting, Perkins confirmed that an unnamed ‘super pro of pros’ had played […]
05/29/2020
Online Industry News: PokerStars Dark Mode, partypoker adds private games, iPoker Network gains skins
In this column we deliver you the latest and most interesting online poker industry news from across the world and all platforms. PokerStars Dark Mode Some might say PokerStars enabled “dark mode” after the Scheinbergs left, but in this case we are talking about a software feature. The new “dark mode” was deployed last week […]
05/29/2020
Everything You Need to Know about the “Bill Perkins Cheating Scandal”
With the increasing popularity of unregistered real money poker applications, cheating issues in the forms of ghosting, chip dumping, multi accounting and so on have likewise arised within the poker community. High stakes players are not exempted to these scandals as more money is on the line making it highly tempting for participants alike. Usually […]
05/27/2020
Natural8-WSOPC surpasses $100 million guarantee; “BaccaratKing” locks in a gold; Mikita Badziakouski, Jacob Schindler, & Nick Petrangelo bag firsts
After 24 days of nonstop action, the Word Series of Poker Super Circuit Online Series has reached and breached the promised $ 100 million guarantee. Being the first to guarantee nine figures, without challenge, the 29 day festival is the largest and richest online event in history. Five days of games remain. How high the […]
05/27/2020
Natural8-WSOPC: Daniel Dvoress and Sam Greenwood score big; Ring Event #14 in several hours
The richest online event ever staged is in its final week with the promised nine figure $100 million guarantee soon to breach the horizon. The WSOP Super Circuit Online Series got underway on May 3rd at GG Network Natural8 with the last of the games taking place on May 31st. Out of the iconic 18 […]
05/26/2020
Natural8-WSOPC: WhiteChick banks the COLOSSUS; 5Dinks4All wins the Monster Stack; ForrestHaggerty & Michael Soyza top N8 performers
Day 22 at the WSOP Super Circuit Online Series was all about the shine and the big bucks as another two highly coveted circuit gold rings were captured, 20 side games claimed, and $ 10.8 million paid out. The latest ring winners were 5Dinks4All and WhiteChick. Both players battled through a massive field to reach […]
05/25/2020
Natural8-WSOPC: first series wins for superstar players Alex Foxen, Timothy Adams, & Juan Pardo Dominguez; two Ring Events hours away
Another two gold rings up for grabs! In just a couple of hours, the WSOP Super Circuit Online Series kicks off Ring Event #12 Monster Stack $ 500K GTD event followed by the COLOSSUS $ 2M GTD event several hours later. With the series headed into its final days, this past week has seen numerous […]
05/24/2020