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UltimateBet, also known as UB, was one of the largest US poker sites before April 15, 2011. The story of this site had previously gone a bit cold after April 15th, the date now referred to as Black Friday by the American online poker playing community.

While it was well known that they had not been paying U.S. customers and were barely paying their small amount of remaining funds to international customers, not much has been heard from or about the company in quite some time. However, that all changed on January 19, 2012 when a new lawsuit against the parent company of UltimateBet came to light.

A group of 8 poker players filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in California against 6356095 Canada Inc., which used to be known as Excapsa Software Inc. The group are alleging that Excapsa, as well as up to 10 Jane or John Does, violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.

On top of that, Excapsa is being accused of defrauding players and exhibiting negligence which enabled over $20 million to be stolen from the many players who frequented high stakes cash games during UltimateBet’s most popular period.

The… READ MORE

Generally speaking, as a tournament buy-in increases in size, so does the skill level of the field. It doesn’t come as much of a surprise that there was a very small field for the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller NL Hold’em event. With only 30 people participating, it was guaranteed that some of the best players in the world were going to be fighting for the $1.25 million first place prize.

There was an optional rebuy in this event, and only two people took it: Jonathan Duhamel and Bill Perkins. Day two saw Issac Haxton start the day as chip leader, but he was unable to make it to Day 3 alive. Do you think the Internet phenom went to his room to make a PokerStars install once he was done for the day?

Galen Hall was the chip leader going into Day 3 with just 7 people remaining. Hall is famous for winning the PCA Main Event in 2011 after beating tournament pro Chris Oliver. He took home $2.3 million for his efforts.

PokerStars had a myriad of pros at the final table: Humberto Brenes, Danial Negreanu, Duhamel, and Viktor Blom. You might better know… READ MORE

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) has become quite the destination for poker players over the past four years. The PCA serves as the kick-off event at the start of the year for the European Poker Tour (EPT) which is also run by PokerStars. In the past four years PokerStars has paid out nearly $10 million in first place prizes to the winners of the prestigious PCA Main Event. Perhaps the PCA is a big reason why PokerStars has a larger player base than the Titan Poker download.

The PCA takes place on Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas, offering players quite the setting if they’re not in the mood to play any more poker tournaments. The location is quite famous and has even been the location of filming! The James Bond movie Casino Royale was filmed at the Ocean Club on Paradise Island in 2006.

The 2012 PCA started just a few days ago, and it’s shaping up to be quite the series with 41 tournaments over 10 days. Those tournaments include the $10,300 No Limit Hold’em Main Event (which has already started), the $25,500 No Limit Hold’em 8-Max High Roller Event with Re-Entry and the $100,000 No Limit… READ MORE

Turbo tournaments have grown in popularity over the past few years on PokerStars. From single table tournaments to multi-table tournaments, you can find tens of thousands of players every day on the site playing the aforementioned games with various turbo structures attached. In addition to the PokerStars bonus code, these games have been a huge draw for new players.

For quite some time now players have been asking for a turbo oriented tournament series on PokerStars. Many thought it would never happen, but they were luckily wrong. PokerStars recently announced that the inaugural Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP) will kick off on January 19th and run until January 29th.  The series will comprise of 50 events with $10 million in guaranteed prize pools.

The events will run the gamut of variations including 6-max, knockouts, big antes, 2x chance and more. As well, there will be regular turbo, 2x-turbo, 3x turbo, and hyper-turbo events. Good luck finding this much variation in online video poker!

PokerStars has done a great job of making their tournament series accessible to players at all buy-in levels. TCOOP will be no different as buy-ins will range from $5.50 to $2,100 with the majority… READ MORE

A lot of the allure of poker tournaments, whether on the PKR download or live, is the fact that just about anyone can win. The excitement of winning a big poker tournament is a feeling that can’t be matched. Sometimes the allure causes final tables to be filled with relative unknowns while sometimes the final table is full of established and talented pros. The Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic fell under the latter category.

One of the big stacks going into the final table was Soi Nguyen, a former November Niner that has enjoyed continued success since his Main Event. He has made several final tables since then.

Joining Nguyen were Andrew Lichtenberger and Vanessa Selbst, a couple established poker pros that have excelled at the highest levels in poker both in brick-and-mortars and on the best US poker sites. Also there was Antonio Esfandiari, who won this exact event in 2010. The lone amateur going into the final table was Vitor Coelho, the short stack.

Luck and destiny seemed to be on James Dempsey’s side. He went to Vegas simply as a favor to his friend and fellow British poker pro Chris Moorman. He didn’t… READ MORE

If you are part of a poker strategy forum, you probably know about the hardships poker is going through in the USA thanks to Black Friday. Poker is thriving in other parts of the world, though. For example, WPT Prague has shown that poker is alive and well in the Czech Republic.

Many are pointing towards Martin Staszko’s 2nd place finish in the 2011 WSOP Main Event as a catalyst for the surge in entries, as this event broke the WPT’s record for attendance at a European event. 571 players signed up at €3,500 a piece, which created a giant prize pool of over 1.75 million Euros. That left over 450,000 Euros for the eventual victor.

Russell Carson, known as ‘rdcrsn’ in online poker rooms, was the first bust of the final table. He lost a coin flip early on in the final table, so he had to settle for 6th place. Sigurd Eskelund would join Carson on the rail just a short time afterward as his KQ was bested by Andrey Pateychuk’s JJ.

The remaining four players battled it out for awhile before Benjamin Pollak got the last of his chips in against Adria Balaguer while behind,… READ MORE

PokerStars is known as one of the best Euro poker sites, but you should also know that they are rapidly becoming one of the best Asian poker sites, as well. They created the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) not too long ago, and they recently held a tournament in Macau.

One of the biggest stories to come out of Macau was the fact that Phil Ivey played the event. This was huge news for some since he hadn’t been seen at a live tournament since April of this year. Despite the press and the attention, Ivey wasn’t able to go deep and actually busted quite early. Oh well – all the more time for online casino gambling since we hear he really likes Craps

In total there were 575 people registered for the tournament, each paying 30,000 Hong Kong Dollars (HKD). This meant a prize pool of 15,552,600 HKD and 3,772,000 HKD for 1st place, which is a little under half a million dollars at the time of writing.

Randy Lew, a member of Team PokerStars Online, was the short stack of the tournament when the final table formed. It looked like… READ MORE

Created by the Poker Stars download, the European Poker tour (EPT) has done a great job of bringing poker to different parts of the world. Just recently, the EPT held its first ever tournament in Loutraki Greece. This event enjoyed the participation of 336 players over two Day 1s. The buy-in was €4,400, which meant that first place was a handsome €347,000.

The final table of this event had 8 players, and the first person to bust was Mario Puccini. Known as Pokerccini online, he put the last of his chips in the middle with KQs. He was unable to outrace A8o, however, and busted in 8th place.

A huge pot involving three players took place a short time later. Pierre Mothes raised preflop, and he was 3-bet by Hauke Heseding. This was followed up by a cold 4-bet jam from Andras Kovacs! If you are a Craps online player, you might not be used to such crazy excitement at the tables.

Mothes could not handle all the bets and ended up folding. Heseding, however, had QQ and called. Kovacs flipped over AK suited and the two were off to the races. Despite turning overcards with a flush… READ MORE

PokerStars is almost ten years old, and the team has come up with a bunch of great promotions as a way to celebrate with their players. They have a little something for everyone, including those that enjoy bonuses and tournament poker.

If you are looking to give your bankroll a boost, you should take part in the 10th Anniversary Reload Bonus. You have until November 30th to deposit up to $100 and receive 10% in return. This may not seem impressive at first, but it’s the clearance rate that truly astounds: earn just 1 VPP on your PokerStars download for every $1 to clear this reload bonus!

If you love tournament poker, be sure to participate in the PCA package giveaways. In total PokerStars is giving away 100 packages worth $15,000 each! Every package includes entry for the $10,000 Main Event, accommodations at the hotel, and expense money.

You will need to download PokerStars to participate in the PCA promotion. Your goal is to get into one of two weekly finals every Sunday that started on November 13th and will go until December 11th. There are ten packages to be won in every weekly final.

To get into… READ MORE

The fight for online casino USA continues as people rally hard for legalization. In the next couple days, some hearings will take place and hopefully make a difference. This month on the 18th, a Senate hearing is scheduled for 2:15 PM ET. Then at 9:00 am the very next day, there will be a hearing in the House of Representatives.

Al D’Amato, the current chairman of the PPA, is probably one of the most important allies when it comes to the battle for US poker sites. He has intimate knowledge of the US government thanks to the fact that he is a former Senator. He served as a witness at a recent hearing in the House.

People have been working hard to emphasize the need for regulation the past few months. There was another hearing just last month in the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade. People were pretty happy with the results from that particular hearing (which took place on October 24th).

Poker bots were among the topics covered in the recent House hearing that D’Amato attended. Joe Barton’s proposed poker bill would make using or distributing poker bots against the law. Online poker enthusiasts are… READ MORE