by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 2, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
After more than one month since Purple Lounge suddenly went off line, its parent company, Media Corporation, has announced that the site will not resume operation. The Board of Media Corp announced this week that all employees of Purple Lounge have been laid off, that...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 11, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, SCOOP
The second of three knockout events during PokerStars’ SCOOP 2012 kicked off yesterday as Event #13. Players played down to approximately the final three tables, at which time they went on break for 12 hours, resuming today, May 11th to finish off the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 16, 2012 | New Jersey, Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
After the first attempt at legalizing poker within the state of New Jersey failed last year, sponsor Raymond Lesniak has helped the new Senate Bill 1565 get over the first few hurdles on its way to becoming law. In March of 2011, Republican Governor Chris Christie...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 9, 2012 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
It appears that 888 will soon become a household name among poker and casino players. Despite many online poker sites being hit hard by Black Friday, 888 Poker did extremely well in 2011. Their poker site revenue increased 58%, the number of active customers increased...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 3, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
PokerStars’ newest poker tour, the Eureka Poker Tour, plans to bring poker to Central and Eastern Europe. The next stop is the beautiful Golden Sands resort in Varna, Bulgaria and PokerStars is giving you plenty of chances to win a seat to the main event....
by FTR Poker Admin | May 23, 2011 | Poker Law, Poker News
Once again, a proposed legislation to legalize online poker in the state of California was amended, this time redefining it as an ‘urgency bill’ allowing it to proceed in the 2011 legislative cycle. This legislation, known as Senate Bill 40, was proposed...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 9, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Summer is hot and Titan Poker is making it even hotter with their Super Sale tournament promotion. Players will be able to take advantage of discounted tournaments and have a chance to win big for much less. Starting May 28th and running until June 12th, Titan Poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 2, 2011 | FTOPS, Poker News
Black Friday may have kept US players from playing in FTOPS XX Event 42, but 302 players from across the globe still ponied up the $500+$35 needed to play in the event. These players battled it out head to head in this heads-up No Limit tournament that offered a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 25, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News
With spring in full gear, bwin Poker has decided to unveil six new poker promotions, including its Spring Spree bonus, $4,000 in freerolls, VIP bonuses and more. bwin’s Spring Spree bonus is a fantastic offer from bwin. Just enter the bonus code...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 15, 2011 | Poker Law, Poker News
A legislation that would have allowed intrastate online poker to be legal to Florida residents has died before making it out of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee. The bill, known as Senate Bill 812, was supported by Republican State Senator Miguel Diaz de la...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 1, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Poker Heaven is starting off April right with some fantastic new promotions for its players. These are no April Fools’ Day jokes, though. Instead, they are three promotions definitely worth checking out this month. One promotion Poker Heaven is running this...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 28, 2011 | Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker has released the schedule for FTOPS XX, which looks to be one of the biggest FTOPS to date in terms of guaranteed money. The series will run from April 17th until May 1st and will have tournament fans watching their calendars. Full Tilt Poker’s...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 4, 2011 | Full Tilt Poker, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker is always changing and improving to give its customers the best possible service. They were at it again last week, upgrading their software with changes to the lobby, new features and new games to give its players a better experience. The first update...