Author Archive for Donna Dorsa
PokerStars & Full Tilt Poker Claim 60% Of Online Poker Market Share
According to a recent report, the top two online poker rooms, PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, now control a whopping 60% of the entire industry. When you consider that the online poker industry is made up of around 500 operators, those are some pretty impressive numbers for only two combined sites. The news came this [...]
Dual Milestones For Online Poker Room PKR
PKR is an online poker room that launched 3 years ago on the premise of offering the most realistic, 3D environment in which to play online poker. The next generation poker room has announced two incredible milestones this week, both occurring within 24 hour of the other. First came the incredible announcement of PKR registering [...]
Native Tribes Enter Battle For Legal Online Poker In California
According to recent reports out of California, local Native Indian Tribes have joined the initiative to support legal online poker in California. Up until this point, Native Indian Tribes have shown no interest in entering the fight to legalize online poker; albeit understandable as they control all of the land-based casinos in the state. Just [...]
Busiest Day Of FTOPS: Full Tilt Awards Three Titles Tuesday
The 13th Full Tilt Online Poker Series, better known as FTOPS XIII, has certainly given onlookers and players alike plenty of entertainment as the action continues through this 25-event series. But yesterday – Tuesday, August 11th – was by far the most action packed of them all. Full Tilt Poker awarded not one, not two, [...]
36 Year Old Online Poker Mogul Murdered In Sweden
Online poker mogul Andreas Oscarsson was found murdered in his home in Sweden earlier this month. According to reports, Oscarsson’s murder was not a burglary gone awry, nor a random act of violence, but a targeted hit on wealthy the 36 year old. Andreas Oscarsson was the founder of the incredibly popular online poker site, [...]
Inching Closer To Legal Online Poker In The US
From city to city, state to state, the US truly seems to be inching its way closer to legalizing online poker. Several recent court rulings have deemed poker a “game of skillâ€Â, while other legislative matters seem to be leaning towards amending the UIGEA. The most recent maneuver came in Massachusetts, where Governor Deval Patrick’s [...]
