$500,000 Worth of WCOOP Seats Being Given Away By PokerStars
This year will be the second in a row for the Extreme Satellites event. PokerStars is looking to give away a whopping $500,000 in additional World Championship of Online Poker seats. This is an...
View ArticleMajor Software Upgrade Taking Place at PokerStars
PokerStars members will see some pretty drastic changes in the software utilized by the company. There will some major upgrades which affect all parts of the site. Individuals will notice changes in...
View ArticleInnovations Weekend Post #2! — PokerStars Introduces Home Games
Let's not overlook the fact that this is at least an attempt to reach out to some people who harbor a natural distrust for online poker, who might feel that they're up against players who collude in...
View ArticleMarcel “The Warbling Dutchman” Luske Releases Music CD
My, oh, my, it’s shaping up to be a fine week here at the old Kick Ass Poker blog, starting off with one of those oddball tidbits that tend to brighten up one’s day. Y’all remember Marcel “The Flying...
View ArticleRaymer Departs Stars Pro Lineup; Marketing Shift in Progress?
Duke is damaged goods, in the marketing sense; for all I can see, Raymer is not. Continue Reading
View ArticleLegislative Sound and Fury, Part 2: NAPT LA’s Last-second Sponsorship...
...(E)ven PokerStars has had a hand in the weakening of power able to be wielded by online rooms. Despite their billions in earnings, they've turned out to be an impotent short-sighted bunch, focusing...
View ArticleUnderage Dutch Player Loses Big Payday in Stars Sunday Million
Remember what it was like to be seventeen? I do (if just barely), and one of the things I remember was wishingwishingwishing every day for my 18th birthday to hurry up and arrive, so I could do all of...
View ArticleUnderstanding Online Poker’s Black Friday
That may or not be legal, again dependent on what the courts rule as online poker's status amid these other banking charges, but to my way of thinking it has always posed an unnecessary legal risk......
View ArticlePokerStars Endures as 2011 WCOOP Numbers Roll In
With the 2011 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) well underway at PokerStars, it’s interesting to see how well the world’s largest online poker site is faring in its post-Black Friday days. One...
View ArticleFull Tilt Poker Claims Site Now Accepting Player Registrations
The jilted American customers of Full Tilt Poker, who were left in the lurch after the company exited the United States following April 2011′s “Black Friday” crackdown and which ceased operations soon...
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