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Tag: Merge Gaming Network

  • Lock Poker leaves Merge Network and purchases Cake

    The recent troubles between Lock Poker and their network, Merge Gaming, seemed to have finally boiled over. Lock has now announced that they’re leaving Merge, and making a big purchase in the way of the Cake Poker Network. Lock Poker CEO Jennifer Larson made the following statement about her site’s big moves: We are very…

  • Everleaf Gaming bans French and US Players

    Everleaf Gaming made big news yesterday after announcing that they were banning players from France, Malta and the United States. Now those from these countries who try to log onto an Everleaf Gaming site get a message that says: Client is blocked.Dear Member, according to our Terms and Conditions we regret to inform you that…

  • Joe Hachem: From PokerStars to AsianLogic

    2005 WSOP Main Event champion Joe Hachem definitely raised some eyebrows when he chose not to renew his sponsorship/endorsement contract with PokerStars. Seeing as how PokerStars is the world’s biggest poker site, one would think he’d have stayed put here. Then came the rumors that the Aussie had signed on with a little known Merge…

  • DOJ really after Merge Network?

    One of the biggest poker stories to surface in the month of September is how the US Department of Justice is supposedly targeting the Merge Gaming Network, which includes Lock Poker, Carbon Poker, RPM Poker and others. The story broke from a website called Subject Poker as the writer, Noah Stephens-Davidowitz, said that a source gave…