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Microgaming's MPN has expanded their Indian Poker Network with Mercury Poker joining the line up that includes Poker Nation and Khelplay.com.  Created by Poker Enthusiasts Mercury Poker was created by a group of poker enthusiasts know the value of listening to players wants and needs.

PokerStars Partners, the marketing arm of The Stars Group (formerly Amaya) responsible for promoting the popular brand, announced to advertising affiliates on Tuesday that all promotion of the PokerStars brand in Australia must cease immediately. Government Bans Online Casinos and Poker Sites August 9 the Australian Senate passed the Internet Gambling Amendment Bill 2016 after the bill had passed the house in similar form in June.

A poker tournament that lasted a bit over three hours was put on by Microgaming at ICE 2017 this year, and it was all for charity. The event included more than 80 people, and there were thousands of dollars donated to charity as a result. It was a great occasion, and it goes to show once again that Microgaming continues to do work to give back. The Three Biggest Winners The top prize went to Alon from Crazy Vegas.

Full Flush Poker is a dead online poker room that was initially launched as the main room of the Equity Poker Network, an emerging online poker network that was supposed to be a non-profit type of venture.

Bovada Poker has been a staple in US online poker since 2011 when it was split from the Bodog brand. This came right around the time that the Department of Justice announced that the Wire Act did not apply to online poker, which in turn meant that the UIGEA did not apply unless online poker was illegal on a state level. This dynasty has come to another change, however, as they are now closing their doors. Details on the Close On September 30, 2016, online poker will be done and over with.

One of the biggest innovations in terms of new formats of poker becoming popular over the past few years has been three-handed jackpot sit-and-go tournaments. These events give you a chance to win a pretty significant top prize relative to your buy-in because they use a distribution of available top prizes instead of using the traditional SNG prize format.

Earlier this month, the EGR B2B awards were held, and Microgaming walked away as a pretty big winner. Their poker network, known as MPN for Microgaming Poker Network, picked up the EGR B2B award for Poker Software of the Year. This is pretty impressive because this is the fourth year in a row that they've been able to do this.

The situation with online poker in the United States is extremely tricky. Because the game is unlikely to be regulated on a national level, it's up to the states to regulate things one at a time. New York has been one of the states putting up the most resistance to regulating the industry, but a recent development has put players in a position of being a bit more hopeful than before.

In the past, Vladimir Putin has expressed an interest in legalizing online poker because of the sport and competition elements of the game. A lot of industry experts assumed it most likely wouldn't actually happen, but they could have been mistaken.

There's nothing that online poker fans love more than free money, and that's exactly what you can get right now at the 32Red poker room. They're running a €50,000 Cash Drop promotion right now, and the way this works is that random players are going to be given €5 added to their account every five minutes from May 4 through May 31, 2017.

Many players who were interested in poker before the "boom" that started around 2003 will tell you that the Main Event of the World Series of Poker was so popular because the first place winner became a millionaire, guaranteed. After the event blew up, it was common for everyone at the final table to take down at least seven figures, and another tournament was born along the same lines.

The summer is the time for taking vacations and enjoying the warm weather, and Party Poker has put together a massive promotion that allows you a chance to get a piece of $1 million in rewards with their own Caribbean Poker Party promotion.

PartyPoker is offering up three major promotions during the month of April, and they're happening in the tournament side of things for the most part. It starts with the April 12 $260,000 Guaranteed Fight Night. On Tuesday, you'll see four different events happen at four different buy-ins.

After a one-year hiatus, the National Heads-Up Poker Championship returns to NBC in full flourish. With the first episode set to air on March 19th at 9pm EST, the NCAA-style bracket tournament will include 64 internationally known poker players and celebrities.