- PokerStars Speaks Out on Controversial T-Shirts Worn During EPT Super High Roller.
- PokerTracker and Hold’em Manager Merge.
- Bitcoin Exchange Refuses Online Poker Transactions.
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10. What Players Should Know About the Safety of Their Money on Online Poker Networks
MPN Head of Poker describes how his network takes fund protection seriously. Microgaming Head of Poker Alex Scott’s latest blog post tackles an issue of importance to players—player fund protection at the company’s MPN poker network.
9. Software Snapshots
A weekly review of the latest platform updates in the online poker industry, including PKR, Full Tilt, PokerStars, Merge Gaming and more. PKR
8. partypoker Tries Another $500k Guaranteed Sunday Major
$100k is guaranteed to the winner of the event to be held on September 21. partypoker is again raising the guarantee for its flagship Sunday major tournament to $500k.
7. Bitcoin Poker Players Pay Less Rake
Betcoin’s latest rake reductions to 2.5% make the leading Bitcoin sites some of the cheapest places to play online poker. Following player complaints, bitcoin-only online poker site Betcoin has released new rake tables that reduce the rake charged for cash games.
6. Amaya: PokerStars Casino to Launch This Year
PokerStars Spain and PokerStars Italy will be the first to see casino products before the end of 2014. During an earnings call following the publication of its second quarter results, Amaya confirmed that it would be launching casino games on PokerStars Italy and PokerStars Spain before the end of the year.
5. Why Amaya Thinks Casino and Sportsbook Will Benefit Poker Players
Casino will come to PokerStars in Spain and Italy this year. During a conference call to discuss Amaya’s second quarter financial results, CEO David Baazov remarked that the companies expansion into new ID mean verticals will benefit its online poker players.
4. PokerStars TV Returns to the US: Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open to be Live Streamed
The first time since 2010 that PokerStars has streamed coverage of a US tournament. PokerStars’ involvement with the Florida Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open has moved up a gear.
3. Bitcoin Exchange Refuses Online Poker Transactions
Seals with Clubs player reports that top exchange Coinbase will not process gambling deposits. A player at Seals With Clubs (SwC) has reported that Bitcoin exchange Coinbase cancelled his access to their services after he made a deposit onto the world’s leading Bitcoin-only online poker room.
2. PokerTracker and Hold’em Manager Merge
The two market leaders in database and HUD poker software tools have joined forces—both products will continue. The two industry-leading poker analysis tools, Poker Tracker (PT) and Hold’em Manager (HEM), have agreed to merge into one business.
1. PokerStars Speaks Out on Controversial T-Shirts Worn During EPT Super High Roller
Tournament winner Olivier Busquet and runner-up Daniel Colman promoted their political views on the war in Israel. Mike Sexton has been advocating for a dress code for poker players for years, and if he had it his way, this week’s European Poker Tour Super High Roller Final Table in Barcelona would have looked vastly different.
