Poker News

05th April, 2025 at 20:12:12

Online bookmaker named title sponsor of World Cup of Darts

The Professional Darts Corporation has teamed with online bookmaking firm Betway, accepting the betting company as the title sponsor for this summer's much anticipated World Cup of Darts.

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05th April, 2025 at 20:12:12

After part-hiatus from the poker tourney scene.

New Yorker Joseph Cappello bested a field of 894 in the $1.5 million guaranteed WSOP Circuit Main Event at Horseshoe Baltimore this week.

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05th April, 2025 at 08:40:37

Second week of operations delivers good results for online poker giant.

Cash game traffic numbers from New Jersey show that the second week of Pokerstars operations in the Garden State has again yielding encouraging results, with the online poker giant maintaining its lead in the dedicated market and averaging 160 ring game players a day according to statistics from the Pokerscout independent online poker monitor.

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05th April, 2025 at 08:40:37

Company advises staff that it plans to make cuts to 7,200 workforce.

The job cuts which are inevitable when large companies merge and have to handle staff activity duplications are on the horizon at PaddyPoker-Betfair, according to staff advisories sent out this week, which inform employees on the 7,200 workforce that around 650 jobs will have to be sacrificed.

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05th April, 2025 at 08:40:37

Tables at London venue were well-populated for most of the 120 hours.

Aspers casino in London has reported that its inaugural Cash Game Festival from March 30 to April 3 was a notable success, with over 20 tables fully occupied for much of the time as poker fans responded to the opportunity to compete in no-limit hold'em, dealer's choice, pot-limit Omaha, six-plus hold'em, and open-face Chinese poker games with stakes between GBP1/GBP1 and GBP25/GBP50.

Full Story: Aspers Inaugural Cash Game Festival Rated A Success »