From iGaming Business – PokerStars has confirmed that it will be launching a range of online casino products on the Full Tilt Poker brand but would not give an indication of timeframes involved. OnlinePokerReport first mentioned the possibility of the world’s leading online poker site diversifying into online casino as a way to target the regulating US iGaming market. Another reason for the move could also be that Full Tilt Poker has not lived up to expectations following PokerStars’ acquisition of the troubled site last summer. The name of the new venture could mean a new company name for the…

From KRNV The only legal gaming web site in the United States is a success so far, despite some players who plan to continue playing abroad and avoid being taxed. It was one of the largest crackdown’s on illegal online gambling to date when the FBI shut down three internet poker sites in April of 2011. Players across the country lost their money and some lost their livelihood. Owen Glenn, an online poker player, says it was like the government took his job. Glenn has made a career out of playing online poker and when the sites were shut down…

From Poker Fuse – Full Tilt Poker is planning on expanding its offerings and going beyond poker, an article in Online Poker Report claimed Monday. As yet unconfirmed, the article attributes sources close to the situation as revealing that Full Tilt will rebrand as “Full Tilt Gaming” in order to encompass real-money gaming beyond poker. The article speculates that an online casino is likely to be introduced, given the freedom to offer casino-style games in regulated markets such as New Jersey and Delaware. FULL STORY

From Poker Fuse The PokerStars and 888 poker apps have been removed from the Apple App Store at the request of the government, pokerfuse understands. No formal statements have yet been released from any parties involved, but tweets from PokerStars to concerned players have confirmed that the app was pulled country-wide, and players are directed to voice their concerns with the authorities. “Your local authorities are the best point of call for information. As far as we know it’s a ‘clamp down’ on mobile gaming,” reads one tweet made Sunday. The Interactive Gambling Act 2001 in Australia prohibits most forms…

Youth and online skills dominated as the WSOP final table in 2013, but it was an experienced grinder who carried the day. As Monday night bled into Tuesday morning, the most veteran player of the final 10 gamblers competing for a seat at the nine-person final table worth $8.4 million for the winner was defeated by the second-most respected player. Deep into the 14th hour of play on the seventh day of the world’s biggest no-limit Texas Hold ‘em competition, well-known Sacramento, Calif., grinder J.C. Tran went head to head with Carlos Mortensen, a Spanish pro known as “El Matador,”…

From Poker News The World Series of Poker may run annually in the United States’ gambling capital, Las Vegas, but that doesn’t stop worldwide residents from traveling to participate in the biggest tournament of the year. In 2012, 101 different countries participated in the WSOP, and this year 107 different countries flew in for the chance at turning their dream of winning a coveted WSOP gold bracelet a reality. It’s no surprise that the U.S. led in the WSOP World Ranking Standings. All together Americans accumulated 40 bracelets and made 6,035 cashes for a total of $109,966,358 in WSOP earnings….

Players notoriously, and quite literally, fold under these lights… but not JC Tran. When the WSOP Main Event reaches its last couple days before the final table, the tri-colored beams spotlighting the ESPN stage and camera bulbs surrounding the outer tables seep through players’ minds and alter their decision-making. They tighten up their games, getting involved with fewer hands in an effort to increase their chances of earning the vaunted status as a member of the November Nine final table. Any experienced gambler knows there’s value to responding in a contrarian manner and mixing it up as much as possible….

From Card Player In what could be his last main event ever, poker legend Doyle Brunson had quite a run. Brunson entered Day 4 with about 700,000, but failed to get anything going through the first six hours or so of the day. He was down to his last 290,000 when his elimination hand occurred. With blinds at 4,000-8,000, a player opened to 16,000 in early position. Another player called, and Brunson raised to 86,000. The action folded to the original raiser, who elected to fold as well. The player in the middle shoved, and Brunson called off his last…