The online poker world was dealt a losing hand this summer. Referred to as Black Friday, June 29th marked the day online Poker came to a screeching halt in the United States. The FBI arrested the top executives from three of the biggest online poker sites (PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker/UltimateBet) and seized the [...]
Hollywood Poker has brought the Omaha Points Race back to their online poker room due to popular demand. Rise up the Omaha Points Race Leaderboard and claim your share of the $1,500 prize pool. Due to the success of their Omaha Points Race this past February and countless requests from their members, HollywoodPoker has decided [...]
At the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Regional Circuit Championship at Harrah’s Rincon, a revitalized Team PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu fresh off winning the rematch of Viktor “Isildur1” Blom’s Superstar Showdown was running good, though not as good as the Rodney Dangerfield of poker pros, Dwyte Pilgrim. The Brooklyn born native is one of the least [...]
If you were online with Full Tilt Poker today or tried to login, chances are that you came across a message that stated that the site was temporarily down due to maintenance. Just as Full Tilt Poker was not at all forthcoming regarding any information relating to the events of Black Friday, it would appear [...]
Further effects of Black Friday are being felt, following the announcement by the beleaguered online poker site, Absolute Poker that it is not able to honor any of its sponsorship deals signed with pros any more. Absolute Poker and its sister site, UB sponsor a total of 11 players, including Joe Sebok and Brandon Cantu. [...]