Entraction has signed an agreement with NoiQPoker, which is one of Europe's largest poker operators. NoiQPoker will join Entraction's poker network. The migration of NoiQPoker's players from iPoker to Entraction will be completed in January 2009.
The move is the result of friction between the network and certain member sites which were perceived as not pulling their weight. Since the Tain network merged with iPoker in February of 2007, rumors of disharmony between Tain and iPoker have persisted. A year ago, NoiQ received a one-week suspension from iPoker for allegedly violating the network's rakeback policy.
More recently, message boards buzzed with the rumor that all Tain poker sites would be kicked off the iPoker Network in 2009. The CEO of ChiliPoker quickly moved to dispel the rumor, revealing that iPoker had merely implemented a new policy for its member sites. Under the new policy, any site which did not contribute positive net cash flow (player deposits minus withdrawals) would be fined by the network.
NoiQPoker has grown fast since the start in 2006 and is now one of Europe's largest poker operators with ten thousand active players pro month. NoiQPoker has a strong customer offering and attractive tournaments, which will contribute to continued strong growth for NoiQPoker and thereby also for Entraction's poker network.
"We made a thorough evaluation of several poker networks before we decided to go with Entraction. The survey we made showed that our players prefer Entraction to other networks as it offers a faster game and a very stabile poker client. We bring a large number of players with us from iPoker and the fact that they preferred Entraction was a decisive factor for us," says Karl Buhagiar, Operation Manager NoiQPoker.
"Entraction's poker network is the world's fastest growing open poker network and the agreement with NoiQPoker is another proof that Entraction is an attractive network to the largest operators in the industry," says Peter Åström, CEO Entraction
iPoker Network will remove too Carlos Poker from the network by January 24, 2009.
Conversely, Sunpoker joins now the ipoker network after Mansion in october.