US Poker – The face of the US online poker industry has changed at several points during its 15-year life.  The biggest contributing factors were the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act and Black Friday.  The online poker industry has always learned to adjust.  The biggest hurdle currently facing it is access to reliable and legitimate payment processing. One other factor facing the US-friendly offshore poker sites is that regulation in the US is inevitable.  Three states have already regulated online poker and many more are expected to do so in the coming years.  The PPA predicted California, which is 12%…

Poker News – As you may well know, the United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) heads to the home of PokerStars at the end of October for the inaugural UKIPT Isle of Man festival. PokerNews cannot wait to explore the PokerStars headquarters (pictured), something that no media outlet has ever done before. With the poker community tingling with anticipation at heading to the home of PokerStars, PokerNews thought it would be fun to look at some PokerStars-related data and discovered that some of those figures are mind-blowing. The Rational Group, the parent company of PokerStars, employs a staff of…

Card Player – Tom McEvoy and Scotty Nguyen will become the 45th and 46th individuals to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. The announcement came Sunday from the Poker Hall of Fame Governing Council. The Poker Hall of Fame is owned by Caesars Entertainment Corp. As has become tradition, McEvoy and Nguyen will be inducted officially on Sunday, November 3 at 5:00 p.m. at the Rio Las Vegas a day before the 2013 World Series of Poker main event final table gets underway. At 68 years of age, McEvoy was the oldest among the finalists. He has four…

Poker News – Last month, the Garden City Group, Inc. (GCG), the company tasked with redistributing seized Full Tilt Poker funds to U.S. players, sent email notices to “all potentially eligible petitioners GCG identified utilizing data supplied by Full Tilt Poker” to file a Petition for Remission, which they can do until Nov. 16, 2013. The GCG has now updated their Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQ”) section to answer the question: Are Full Tilt Points, Iron Man Medals and other bonuses going to be refunded or included in my account balance? Unfortunately for players, the answer is no. “Full Tilt Points…

Card Player – A new study has come out that pegs the New Jersey online poker market, which will kick off on Nov. 26, at between $39 million and $65 million during its first 12 months. The industry could grow to between $55 million and $92 million in year ten. Those figures represent the amount poker players could end up spending in rake for tournaments and cash games. In other words, it’s the online casino’s revenue from its poker room. The research is according to a new report by Academicon and PokerScout. The researchers analyzed data on 4.6 million real…

Poker Fuse – The Prague Poker Festival and the European Poker Tour (EPT) will once again be hosting a series of poker events Prague this December. In previous years organizers worked together to coordinate efforts. This year the events schedules will directly compete. The Czech Republic’s Card Casino will house the Prague Poker Festival from December 5 through December 22. The 18-day series features a number of sponsored tournaments with a wide variety of buyins culminating with the bwin-World Poker Tour Main Event. The EPT will set up shop at the Hilton Prague Hotel—a mere 5km from the action at…