Unconfirmed … but that\’s the word we\’re spreading, based on possibly drinky information from a semi-reliable source, a presumably reliable source, and a plausibly reliable source.
The status of PokerPages has been up in the air ever since they announced they\’d be closing up shop effective Oct. 31. That day passed and they still kept publishing — and even sent two reporters to cover the November Nine. But no original content has been put up on the site since Dec. 3. Everyone was expecting some sort of sale, and now that has apparently gone through.
PokerPages, of course, is one of the oldest poker information sites on the internet — having reported on tournaments since 2000 … and having built a massive tourney/player/results database in the process.
What PokerStars plans to do with a site they haven\’t yet told many people they\’ve bought (or intend to buy) remains to be seen.
Meanwhile, the transition from NeverwinPoker to Donkdown seems complete — with the old NWP forums successfully transfered over to their new home. Donkdown is now a Bryan Micon and Todd Witteles (aka \”Dan Druff\”) joint, with no more Tony G or Dustin Woolf, who is now the lone face for his namesake site.
Speaking of forums … 2+2 honcho Mason Malmuth has sued Dutch Boyd (and a guy named Anthony Scocozza) over domain squatting issues.
Oh, and our once-superbeloved PokerBlog.com … yeah, they\’re apparently gone. For at least the past week, visiting the site gives you this message:
Fatal error: Table \’./pokerblog/cache\’ is marked as crashed and should be repaired query: SELECT data, created, headers FROM cache WHERE cid = \’variables\’ in /home/pokerblogcom/public_html/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 66
R.I.P. Yeah, seems kinda appropriate. PokerBlog was/is a PartyPoker operation … but now they seem to be focussing blogging efforts on their more official company blog.
UPDATE: PokerBlog is back. Looks like we can expect some WPT coverage there.
