Bitcoin has reached its peak since the Bitfinex hack incident happened around three months ago where approximately $72 million in bitcoin got stolen and let the bitcoin price crash end of July 2016 Speculators consider the continuous fall of the Chinese Yuan as the main factor for the uptrend of bitcoin as more and more Chinese investors choose..

David Yan from New Zealand has won the EPT Malta High Roller event He managed to beat a field of 46 players at the Portomaso Casino in St Julian's For his victory he received a price money of €465,800 The only 23-years old said after his win: 'I’m pretty happy with it It’s tough to explain, but it feels pretty nice It’s..

William Kassouf was without a doubt the most talked person of this year's World Series of Poker Main Event even if he didn't make it to the November Nine In his last hand when he wakes up with pocket kings versus Canadian Griffin Benger's pocket aces all the tension and emotions that have built up towards that moment found its climax Since the..

US District Court Judge Noel Hillman ruled last Friday that well-known poker pro Phil Ivey and his companion Cheng Yin Sun broke the New Jersey casino gambling regulations when they won nearly $10 million back in 2012 at an Atlantic City casino On the other hand the judge also pointed out that Ivey did not commit fraud and the Borgata Casino has..

The EPT Malta kicked off with the €10,000 High Roller event and German Dietrich Fast was able to win it for €174,600 The 31-years old Dietrich Fast who finished day 1 and day 2 as the chipleader, managed to go all the way and beat a total field of 48 entries (with 12 re-entries) The German who also went deep in the World Series of..

Russia is known to be one of the most opposing countries towards cryptocurrencies but they seemed to have opened up to the idea of it as long as it is within their control It is reported the Russian government has partnered with its largest Bank, Sberbank, and the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) to a blockchain based project The blockchain..

The Global Poker Index (GPI) has announced a new partnership with China's largest online poker room, Tencent Poker Players taking part in the Tencent Poker Tour will from now on get their points recognized by the GPI In the hope of China being the next country and huge market to have a poker boom, Alex Dreyfus, founder of the Global Poker Index..

According to reports William Hill and Amaya have stopped merger talks The British company and its Canadian competitor Amaya, known as the owners of the biggest poker site on the market, Poker Stars, have ended talks over a potential $56 billion merger William Hill major shareholders decided against further pursue discussions with Amaya..

Today the EPT Malta has been kicked off in the Portomaso Casino in the heart of St Julian's The next 11 days will be packed with a total of 84 events with buy ins ranging from €100 to €25,000 It all starts with today's €10,300 High Roller tournament before the affordable €1,100 Italian Poker Tour (IPT) Main Event gets kicked off..

Elton Tsang has done it He won the biggest buy in event ever for a smashing €11,111,111 On Sunday the last remaining 8 players came back to fight for a spot in the top 6 and therefore in the money Andrew Pantling started the final table as the chipleader ahead of Rick Salomon and Elton Tsang and they were playing for a total price pool of..

Yesterday the biggest buy in tournament in poker history celebrated its opening Guy Laliberte, founder of Cirque du Soleil, is the organizer of the One Drop Super High Roller festival 26 players bought in for a cool one million Euros in the Casino de Monte Carlo What's new is that only amateurs were allowed to buy in this time, none of the big..

The Poker Hall of Fame has two new members as Todd Brunson and Carlos Mortensen were introduced to poker's most exclusive club   The Poker Hall of Fame Governing Council announced the 51st and 52nd members of the elite club today The newest additions were initially nominated by the public, before a 44-person jury consisting existing Poker..

On September 3 the new documentary series 'Life of Cards' premiered on Insight Television The show consists of 10 episodes, each focusing on one accomplished poker pro   In each 50-minutes episode you can have an insight into the lives of Joe Hachem, Nicolau Villa-Lobos, Vanessa Selbst, Liv Boeree, Faraz Jaka, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier,..

Favourit, a social sports betting operator, has entered a platform provisions partnership with EveryMatrix, a provider of a full suite of igaming solutions For Favourit, that claims to offer customers a brand new way to bet on sports and racing around the world, the partnership will make it possible to provide customers with one of the most..

iSoftBet, one of the leading providers in online and mobile gaming software, has launched their new website and unveiled their updated brand identity According to iSoftBet they have launched a new website, featuring a cleaner, lighter and more user-friendly layout, alongside a brand new logo to embody the core company values of simplicity,..

The American Red Cross is now accepting bitcoin donations through the bitcoin payment processor BitPay They will help the American Red Cross processing bitcoin donations through a BitPay hosted website, without any fees, so the Red Cross will be able to receive 100 percent of all donations made by the bitcoin community “Introducing the American..

According to the Nevada Gaming Control Board the revenue created by online poker operations decreased once again in October After having set a new low mark in September, October set an even lower amount with a total of $665,000 (€532,085), after September's $693,000 revenue, which also means the lowest monthly performance of the year Since..