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POKERSTARS’ ZOOM FOR MOBILE?
2012-04-04

The wildly popular Pokerstars speed-poker offering Zoom, already accounting for almost 25 percent of cash game action on the giant site, could soon be included on the company's mobile offering.

As early as mid-March company representatives like Lee Jones were hinting that it was on the cards, but this week posts on the twoplustwo message board confirmed that the company is developing the runaway success for its mobile platform.

"As for ZOOM for Mobile, this is something we are working on. It's going to be very, very cool," Jeffrey, a Pokerstars spokesman, posted this week.

"The only real 'news' I can share today is that we have an updated version of our PokerStars.TV app rolling out next month with some special content. If you haven't already seen it, you can download the current version."

YACHTING POKER SETS SAIL
2011-08-03

New online poker site is powered by B3W software
The latest addition to the B3W software group's licensee list is a white label operation branded Yachting-Poker.com, which claims Malta licensing but displays a non-linking LGA logo.
Dr Sasha Gicquel, managing director of B3W, revealed this week that the poker site was the first in his company's new online poker network and is offering players a 30 percent weekly rakeback.
Ownership details on the white label were not disclosed by either Gicquel or the new website.
B3W Group developed the software, which it claims provides features that make it easy for any white label partner to launch a customised poker room. The poker software can be branded and localised to the client’s requirement and offers various table themes and multi-table functionality, whilst players can benefit from synchronised breaks, showdown percentage display, time-bank, customisable tourney tables and many other features.

How to Play Online Poker Free
2011-02-08

The introduction of online casinos, took the gambling world by storm. And the online poker followed closely behind. Being one of the most “accommodating” of casino games, it is popular among all kinds of casino players throughout the world. Online poker was a big thing in itself; but free online poker made it even bigger.
Usually, the players who want to try their hand at poker, for the very first time, tend to hesitate in betting their hard earned money. The reason for this being that, the game of poker offers a lot many variations. These variations in turn have some sub variants too. The most popular of these is the Texas Hold’em Poker. On the basis of the betting structure, it has 3 further variants, i.e. the No Limit Texas Hold’em, the Limit Texas Hold’em and lastly the Pot Limit Texas Hold’em.
It offers a couple of other variants as well, having their own set of sub variants. One of these, namely the Omaha Poker includes Omaha Hi as well as Omaha Hi-Lo (which is also referred to as Omaha 8), as its variants. The other, namely Seven Card Stud Poker has, not 2, but 3 variations. These are 7 Card Hi & Card Low and lastly Razz.
The other variants of online poker, that you may come across, are Triple Draw, Pineapple, Video Poker and, last but not the least, Five Card Draw.
Now all these variants, and thereon their sub variants, require different sets of rules to be adhered to; different procedures to be followed, not to mention, different strategies to be applied. To play the respective games and to try their hand at winning, one has to be thoroughly aware of all these. Although, there is a lot of readable material available on the subject, no theory is a substitute for practical experience. In other words, the huge number of books available in the market, or the large number of articles available on the Internet absolutely cannot replace the learning that one undergoes while actually playing the game.
And no player is a naive enough to put his or her money in unexplored or uncertain territory. And hence, for the benefit of both, the casinos as well as players, the facility to play online poker free, was introduced.
Just because it is being offered free, does not mean that compromises are being made. In fact, free online poker comes with all the benefits of a paid poker game including, superb sound effects as well as great graphics. It also includes a demo or a tutorial to teach you the basics of the game. The user-friendly prompts guide you easily through the game. Moreover, it is not just the play that is free; it also saves on your pocket considering the tips that you may have to offer to the dealer on winning a hand, or to the server for the drinks or food.
All these great features are made available, absolutely free of cost, and on top of that, without needing to get dressed and driving to the casino.
The reason, why the casinos offer free poker online, is that they hope that it would help the players develop the confidence, and tempt them to play with real money ultimately.
However, certain players lose out on the benefit that they can gain out of this opportunity, to play online poker free. As no real money is at stake they tend to play in a way that no player, who risks losing any money, would play. As such, they lose out on actually learning the game, and consequently also losing out on the possible profit that they can make from it. Therefore, if one happens to play online poker free, they should use the free credits as their actual funds. This will help them to make the maximum of the learning experience and perhaps become an expert at poker.
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WSOP BRACELET #5 FOR LISANDRO
2010-09-20

Aussie pro triumphs in PLO event
The Italian-resident Australian poker pro Jeff Lisandro snared his fifth World Series of Poker winner's bracelet Sunday, taking down the GBP 5 250 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha event at WSOP Europe in London.
Dominating a star-studded final table, all that remained of an original entry field of 120 hopefuls, a clearly tired and uncommunicative Lisandro collected the winner's check for GBP159 514 and the bracelet at the Empire Casino in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Lisandro had to battle his way through a final table that included Joe Serock, Willie Tann, Jeff Madsen, John Racener, Karl Mahrenholz, Felipe Ramos, Jeff Kimber and Chris Bjorin to gather in the honours and the lion's share of the GBP600 000 prize pool.
When Willie Tann busted out in third place the scene was set for a Serock vs. Lisandro heads up, with the former holding the chip lead, but early in the match Lisandro seized this by doubling through his opponent, and building on it to ultimate victory. Serock's second placing was worth GBP 98 262.

POKERLAB FOR POKERTIME
2010-07-13

Microgaming network member provides players with better more firepower
Online poker operator Poker Time.com has enhanced its members’ chances of winning by making the poker tracking and analysis software MyPokerLab available on-site.
Poker Time describes the new facility as “…a personalized poker tuition service that will help you to play better, plug your leaks, and boost your bankroll. Analyze your game while you play – get real-time information and advice on every aspect of your game.”
The service also educates the player and tests knowledge accrued, whilst keeping an accurate record of valuable playing metrics such as Voluntarily Put Money into the Pot (VPIP), Pre-Flop Raise percentage (PFR), cbet and turn aggression percentages.

THREE MORE ONLINE POKER SITES JOIN CAKE NETWORK
2010-04-09

Online casino, poker and sportsbook operates sign up
The Cake Poker Network has signed up three more operators from online casino, sportsbook and poker sites JuicyStakes, BeteXpress and KakuyPoker.
Retro-themed JuicyStakes, is an online casino site adding poker to its gambling services, whilst BeteXpress is an online bookmaker licensed within the European Union intent on widening its range of gambling offers.
Kakuy is a South American online poker operator whose COO, Elvio Salvatierra says: "The key of KakuyPoker's success is our knowledge of the Latin American poker market and our player's needs, we don't trespass any cultural barriers since we share the same culture with our players."
KakuyPoker.com offers features such as 24/7 customer support through chat, video-chat, desktop sharing, e-mail and phone in both English and Spanish, and soon Kakuy will offer the KakuyPoker International League, where teams will represent their countries and play for national poker pride.
"We are excited to announce these three new Cake Network partners," said Cake's director of marketing, Andrew Turner. "With JuicyStakes, BeteXpress and Kakuy we are adding both numbers and diversity to our player base."