Cereus Poker Network to file for bankcruptcy
- May 5th, 2011Posted in: Industry News
Things just seem to be going from bad to worse for those sites that were affected by the Department of Justice on Black Friday.
Pokerstars and Full Tilt have both seen their doors shut to US players and a significant drop to the number of active players on their network.
Franzen the first to plead not guilty
- April 20th, 2011Posted in: Industry News
Bradley Franzen has become the first of the men arrested on what has now become known as Black Friday to enter his plea.
Franzen was one of 11 men to be indicted following a joint operation between the Department of Justice and the FBI in which four of the world’s largest poker rooms were shut down.
Full Tilt release official press statement
- April 16th, 2011Posted in: Industry News
Shortly after Pokerstars released an official press statement regarding the seizure of their primary domain, Full Tilt poker has done the same.
However, while the statement from Pokerstars attempted to be fairly bright and breezy, the Full Tilt press release is much more formal and comes from the site owner Raymond Bitar – one of the men who has been indicted this weekend.
Breaking news: FBI seize poker domains
- April 15th, 2011Posted in: Industry News
In what has arguably been the biggest crackdown on internet poker since the UIGEA bill was passed, the US Federal Government appears to have seized the domains belonging to the world’s largest poker rooms.
Anyone visiting Pokerstars, Full Tilt, UB.com or Absolute Poker is now greeted with a simple HTML page which contains the official seals of both the Justice Department and the FBI.
Card Rush Tournament at Party Poker
- April 4th, 2011Posted in: Tournaments
Party Poker are holding a “Card Rush” event throughout April where they’ll be giving away prize cards to 1.8m players.
The event started on 1st April and is scheduled to continue until 30th April or until the 1.8m cards are given out, so if you don’t currently have an account with Party Poker, we’d suggesting registering your details now.
Cake lose another client
- April 2nd, 2011Posted in: Industry News
Talk about peaks and troughs!
Just when it looked like Cake Poker finally had something to cheer about after announcing a “Strategic Partnership” with PokerListings.com, they’ve been dealt another blow with the news that the small UK Poker Room, Gutshot poker will be leaving the network and setting up home with iPoker.
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