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Many poker players were taken by surprise last week when the Microgaming Poker Network suddenly announced that the Canadian based Kahnawake Gaming Commission regulatory authority had taken the 24 Poker site offline and had, in fact, suspended its gaming license on 24th November, 2011. Kahnawake took this action after receiving complaints with regard to 24 Poker’s lack of response to inquiries from the authorities as well as from players. The Kahnawake Gaming Commission has also issued a Show Cause Notice against 24 Poker giving the operator 30 days to respond.

Microgaming has, therefore, suspended the network on which its games were played and made a statement announcing that they had blocked all game play on the 24 Poker website due to the Kahnawake Gaming Commission’s suspension of 24 Poker’s gaming license. The statement went on to say that the Kahnawake Gaming Commission and Microgaming had unsuccessfully attempted to contact 24 Poker’s management team.

The Isle of Man based Microgaming Poker Network is offering online qualifiers to its European Championships of Single Table Tournaments (ECPSTT) a chance to win a cool €1 Million.

Microgaming will run its European Championships of Single Table Tournaments, which is a live tournament scheduled to be held at the Portomaso Casino in Malta in November, 2011.

The European Championships of Single Table Tournaments is a Microgaming exclusive event that has been specifically designed to find Europe’s top single tournament player. The prize of a € 4,300 winner’s package includes a buy-in to the € 2,200 ECOSTT Main Event, a € 550 buy-in to a NL Hold’em Side Event, entry into an MTT Turbo Bounty tournament as well as four night’ accommodation at the Hilton Malta hotel together with travel and spending money.

PaddyPowerPoker.com will soon be launching a promotion that will see those players who play regularly at the site win prizes that include entry into $2,000 freerolls right up to a $4,000 cash bonus.

This special promotion, titled Paddy’s Iron Man, will commence on Monday 1st August and continue for a full month during which period regular players will be awarded with points that can then be redeemed for one of many prizes.

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Online casinos face much competition from their land based counterparts. This competition comes in the form of bricks-and-mortar casinos and events. This time it is an event that is growing in popularity.
Although anything that raises the interest in gambling as a whole has a positive effect on the entire industry, land based events do however take clientele away from online casinos on a micro level.

Once again Lyceum Events is set to host the annual Poker in the Park event. Now in its 5th year, the event will feature a great melange of learning, live poker and entertainment. The event will take place at London’s Hanover Square on the 2nd and 3rd of September 2011.

The lucky winners of the prize packages to three-dimensional online poker domain PKR.com’s next World Series Experience are in for a wonderful treat by attending a special party that will take place on July 3 at the Wet Republic Ultra Pool which is inside the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

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Intertops Poker has announced that it will soon be installing a major new software update that will include a large range of special features which have been designed for tournament players and those who are desirous of improving their game.

The site stated that the new poker software will include lots of new features and conveniences for tournament organization and registration and will also customize the look and feel of the poker room.

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TitanPoker.com, the leading online poker room in Europe, will be awarding top online players with over $105,000 in prize money between now and the end of June courtesy of a special sit-and-go promotion at the site.

Antigua-licensed TitanPoker.com has revealed that its Sit ‘N’ Go Heat promotion that started on Wednesday, June 1, consists of a pair of bi-weekly leader-board races and that players will be ranked on action in their favorite sit ‘n’ go tournaments.

VictoryPoker.com, the Malta-licensed poker site, has made a decision to take the option to leave the US market.

This decision follows the US’s federal indictment of eleven individuals who were connected with online poker sites, Full Tilt Poker, AbsolutePoker.com and PokerStars.com.

A member of the Cake Poker Network, VictoryPoker.com was set up about a year ago and promoted itself as a site that welcomed players from the United States.