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A recent announcement by PokerStars that the famous online poker brand would be reformatting its live tournaments, effectively dissolving the European Poker Tour, was bound to have consequences. The first casualty has been identified as the Aussie Millions, which just declared independence from the PokerStars-sponsored Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT). The Crown Australian Poker...
PokerStars finds itself in hot water yet again this week as a professional poker player has filed a lawsuit against the online poker operator’s parent, Amaya Services Ltd, for fraud, copyright infringement and other accusations stemming from the company’s alleged theft of the International Poker Rules. Marcel Luske, aka the ‘Flying Dutchman‘, is widely...
When any major, worldwide competition takes place in a particular region of the world, it tends to inspire local participants to deliver a peak performance. When Russia hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics, they scored, they scored 33 medals (13 gold), more than doubling their 15-medal (3 gold) performance in 2010. When the UK hosted...
Hot off the presses, PokerStars has announced the launch of a new mobile poker app, Jackpot Poker. The new app is available on Facebook, or for download on Android and Apple iOS mobile devices and tablets. It’s most laudable feature is that it offers SNG poker tournaments that mimic the creator’s wildly popular, real-money...