Doyle’s Room purchased
Tuesday October 11, 2011 : REVITALISED AMERICAS CARD ROOM ACQUIRES ONLINE POKER OPERATION
Doyle's Room purchased for an undisclosed consideration
The reappearance of the well-known BetCris online poker subsidiary Americas Card Room on the Yatahay Network last month has been followed by an announcement from the operator that it has acquired Doyle's Room for an undisclosed consideration.
Doyle's Room is already on the Yatahay network, but over the years has moved around the industry in a software sense ever since it was founded by pro poker legend Doyle Brunson. Possibly discouraged by the events of Black Friday, on May 13th, Brunson announced that he was leaving the poker room, requesting that the strongly branded site no longer use his name.
Americas Card Room goes back ten years and was one of the pioneers in online gambling, although in more recent times it appeared to fade into the industry background, especially after the passage of the UIGEA in 2006, re-emerging earlier this year on Yatahay and rather bravely accepting US action.
"We're very excited with the acquisition of Doyles Room and the resulting expansion of the Americas Card Room brand," said a company spokesman this week. "Doyles Room's new software is proving to be a player favorite, and coupled with its recent success in serving US players this made the company attractive for a takeover."
The spokesman added that ACR would honour all existing Doyles Room business obligations, and had taken on the Doyles Room staff.
"Players and affiliates can rest assured that their balances are safe and secure and Americas Card Room will honor all of the existing Doyles Room agreements," he said, promising better promotions and player incentives that include a $65,000 Rake Race and a brand new online poker series branded the Americas Card Room Online Super Series (ACROSS).
In related news, the knowledgeable and well-connected Nevada newspaper The Las Vegas Sun, dampened some of the anticipation that legalised online poker could be a possibility sooner rather than later in the United States.
Referring to the hopes of the Poker Players Alliance that a legalization measure could be promoted through the Obama Administration's Deficit Reduction Bill, the newspaper quoted Sen. Jon Kyl, a long-time and strenuous opponent of online gambling and a member of deficit committee, as saying he did not think that was a possibility, and that he would oppose such a move.
And Nevada Sen. Harry Reid, whose real position on legalised online poker is sometimes difficult to fathom, but who nevertheless is a highly influential player on the political scene, said: “Online poker, frankly, is way back in my head.”
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/oct/10/close-folding-hand/
