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MORE VERSATILITY FOR POKER CONTROLLER
2011-03-17
Now players can use their iPad
Online poker fans can now move away from their PC keyboards when using the popular Poker Controller software following a new app from the original developers, Smarter Controls International in the UK that enables users to remotely control their action via iPad or iPhone.
Available from the iTunes store, the app has bet, check, and fold buttons, a plus/minus bet slider, x2, x3, x5, pot, and all-in buttons. Players have blind and lobby controls and can switch tables manually and automatically from the app, set bet levels and sit in and sit out. A wireless mouse touchpad is also available - fully configured to let users play across different online poker rooms at the same time.
The app connects to the player's Windows-based PC when he or she downloads the free PC Software from the Poker Controls website. With these two applications connected, each of the player's moves will be instantly sent from iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch to his or her PC via Wi-Fi.
Four different editions of the PCIA are available in the iTunes Store, dependent on individual poker room requirements. The app can be used with Pokerstars.com, FullTiltPoker.com, AbsolutePoker.com, EverestPoker.com, 888Poker.com, PartyPoker.com, UB.com, CakePoker.com, LadbrokesPoker.com, TitanPoker.com and ParadisePoker.com.
The $5 package includes free updates and upgrades, with new concepts currently being developed.
THREE CARD POKER INTERNET RIGHTS SOLD TO SHUFFLE MASTER
2010-12-23
Internet rights include internet and mobile gambling
Gaming supply firm Shuffle Master Inc. has announced the purchase of licenses to the "Three Card Poker" internet rights in the British Isles for $1.5 million from Prime Table Games LLC.
The acquired internet rights include internet and mobile gambling, in addition to certain social media uses such as play-for-fun applications on the internet.
"This acquisition will help us build a stronger international and internet presence with our best known and most successful brand, Three Card Poker," said David Lopez, Shuffle Master's interim chief executive officer.
PKR 2.0 IS A MAJOR UPGRADE FOR ONLINE POKER SOFTWARE
2010-08-16
Complete top-to-bottom re-development of a 3D fave
The UK and Alderney licensed 3D online poker site PKR.com has undergone a number of software upgrades since it launched in 2006, but the biggest re-development to date has just been completed with the launch of the company’s v. 2.0.
PKR was among the forerunners in interactive 3D graphics and fully customisable avatars, and the new software builds on this popular foundation in its latest incarnation, which retains features like avatar body language, expressions, chip tricks and poker tells.
The playability has been enhanced in the new software, which now boasts a range of new features including a multi-table option enabling action on up to nine tables simultaneously without switching screens - up to six of these in 3D. Players can view all nine or switch between tables, add national flags, and increase button and chat size, among other preferences.
PKR's head of development Leon Walters says: "The whole look and feel has changed. We've designed it from the ground up. It's much more accessible and fun to use.
"We listened to what poker players said about the multi-tabling and have responded to that. It's quicker, slicker…far more attractive.
"It looks much more contemporary. We're developing lots of industry firsts, lots of tournament and cash game innovations."
With over 3 million registered players globally, PKR has a wide audience with diverse priorities to satisfy, and the updated site now features an innovative game finder 'wizard', a completely new lobby where players can set personal filters and designate favourites, and an in-game stats centre.
The developers have also included new features like tournament chip stack graphs, new table layouts and bet button options.
Walters notes this week: “It's very easy to say 'don't fix what ain't broken' and people are naturally resistant to change, but we felt that the look and feel of PKR v1 was getting rather tired. It's four years old after all.
“More significantly the technology that we built the old User Interface with was getting out of date and made introducing changes to the game became very labour intensive.
PKR have posted a video on the new software at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR8VFD0dJXM
SPY POKER?
2010-06-30
Russian ‘sleeper’ had online poker ambitions
The arrest of a Russian ‘sleeper’ spy ring in the United States hit the world headlines this week, and one of the interesting sidebar stories will intrigue followers of the online poker sector of the industry.
Fox News has discovered that a Manhattan socialite among those arrested by the FBI, Anna Chapman, at one time had ambitions to operate an internet poker site, although she admitted that she knew little about the subject.
The 28-year-old internet entrepreneur tried to find investors, some from Moscow, to further her poker ambitions, Fox reported, quoting Alexander Galitsky, who is managing partner for a Russian capital investment firm.
Galitsky said he didn't know Chapman personally, but confirmed that she had been looking for investors for an internet poker venture.
"She tried to raise capital for her online real estate business," he emailed the news service Tuesday. "After this she tried to speak about some other initiative like online poker, but this is out of our policy.”
Chapman ostensibly headed a real estate business, although according to one person interviewed in follow up stories on the bust she knew very little about the property market.
She was a busy person, according to FBI reports, which described her as someone who interacted, flirted and perhaps went even further with officials in various organisations whom she thought might further her commercial and espionage interests. Her targets included Congress lawyers, military scientists and political fundraisers ‘at the highest level.’
One of Chapman’s most recent instructions from Russia was apparently to gather information on the policies and goals of the Obama administration going into an upcoming summit meeting.
NEW iPHONE POKER APP
2010-06-02
Vanessa Roussos follows Annie Duke into the App Store
Following the example set by poker ace Annie Duke (see previous InfoPowa report), poker pro Vanessa Rousso has launched a poker app for the iPhone.
Poker 1 on 1 with Vanessa Rousso is now available in Apple's App Store, and focuses on heads-up play in an interactive learning environment that lets users "learn by doing" with various simulations, games, and challenges.
Users who want to eschew the educational element and get down to the action can do so, and the ‘fun play’ entertaining component in the app enables players to take on a "virtual Vanessa" or compete against a friend in player-vs-player matches using Bluetooth.
“My biggest passion outside of playing poker is in teaching poker strategy. I love watching that light bulb go off in my students’ minds when they discover something new,” Rousso says. “It is very exciting when their confidence level improves as a result of implementing what they have learned.”
LAST CHANCE SALOON FOR ONLINE POKER SITE
2010-03-05
Chance Room closes its virtual doors
With little notice and less fanfare, the Chance Room online poker site on GTechG2's IPN network closed its virtual doors this week after a mere 5 months in business.
Owned by LGH Limited, the company started French and English language online operations in October 2009, with Louis Harang, a director of LGH, announcing proudly: "We've assembled a management team with many years experience in i-gaming. We've designed unique incentives for regular players, and we've chosen one of the most innovative and reputable software providers to make sure our players enjoy the best experience possible."
Apparently these blandishments were not enough to secure success, because the company this week emailed players and affiliate marketers to give them the bad news at rather short notice.
The company's email said:
"ChanceRoom regrets to inform you that it is ceasing its Casino and Poker activities as of 4th of March 2010.
"After a review of the viability of the online Casino and Poker operations, the Board has concluded that due to numerous constraints, the online Casino and Poker can no longer remain competitive.
"Over the next few days, our Customer Support shall be effecting the remission of all funds deposited into your Casino and Poker wallet using the payment instruments registered on your account. Please note that due to legislation requirements you may be requested to submit documentation prior to the remission of your funds. Our Customer Support team will notify you accordingly.
"From all of us here, we hope you have enjoyed the ChanceRoom site as much as we have enjoyed delivering our games and services to you, and would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude for your loyalty over the past months."