PDC Poker Closes Virtual Doors, Migrates Players to AcedPoker.com

Post in News by Dev Ops on Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

The Merge Poker Network continues to streamline its operations, with the latest move being the unexpected shuttering of the PDCPoker skin, with the players bein...

Zynga, Online Poker World Begin to Intersect

Post in News by Dev Ops on Sunday, December 9th, 2012

The meeting of parallel online gaming universes continues, with social-networking gaming sites such as Zynga moving toward real-money online poker, even as esta...

Jim Ryan Resigns as bwin.party Co-CEO; Nevada Licensing Process Eyed?

Post in News by Dev Ops on Saturday, December 8th, 2012

This week's surprise resignation of bwin.party co-CEO James Ryan might just have more to it than meets the eye, and it has some relevance to bwin.party's effort...

Reid-Kyl Online Poker Bill Moves to Hospice Care

Post in News by Dev Ops on Friday, December 7th, 2012

The prospects of the Reid-Kyl online poker bill continued to fade this week as several of the major proponents of the measure, which has yest to be introduced, ...

Black Chip Poker Moving to Winning Poker Network

Post in News by Dev Ops on Saturday, December 1st, 2012

The rumors that Black Chip Poker was leaving Merge Gaming have finally been confirmed.  Black Chip Poker announced today that they will be leaving the Merge Ga...

Full Tilt’s Rafe Furst Reaches Settlement with Department of Justice

Post in News by Dev Ops on Thursday, November 29th, 2012

Former Full Tilt board member Rafael "Rafe" Furst has reached an agreement with United States authorities to settle the government's outstanding civil allegatio...

Gus Hansen’s $2M Downswing Highlights FTP Cash Games Return

Post in News by Dev Ops on Monday, November 26th, 2012

Former prominent Full Tilters haven't lost their touch for dropping huge chunks of cash at the tables, as evidenced by last week's 27-hour marathon session by G...

Former Solicitor General Clement Protests Reid-Kyl Blackout

Post in News by Dev Ops on Wednesday, November 21st, 2012

Former US Solicitor General Paul Clement has sent a letter to US Senator Jon Kyl (R-NV) that further clouds the chances of the Reid-Kyl online poker legislation...

Reid-Kyl Prospects Wane; PPA Releases Support Letter

Post in News by Dev Ops on Saturday, November 17th, 2012

Remember the pre-election posturing by supporters of the Reid-Kyl legislation that the re-election of Sen. Dean heller (R-NV) was important to the bill's prospe...

PPA Boss Pappas Tours DOJ Offices, Signs Guestbook

Post in News by Dev Ops on Wednesday, November 14th, 2012

Poker Players Alliance head John Pappas visited the offices of the Department of Justice on Tuesday, noting the clear, no-nonsense decor of the place on the way...