Michael Mizrachi Launching Bitcoin Online Poker Site

One of the biggest names in poker, Michael Mizrachi, has announced plans to open his own bitcoin online poker room.

In an exclusive interview with the online gambling industry trade website CalvinAyre.com, Mizrachi revealed his decision to get in on the operating side of things in light of all the difficulties in securing sponsorship deals.

“I have decided to make my own luck. I am opening my own online poker site,” he tells Lee Davy of CA. “We will have a few pros on there. It will be called GetLuckyPoker.com and we will be using bitcoins. Hopefully, that works. We will have Badeci, Badugi, Deuce to Seven…as many games as we can get up on there. Hopefully, it will be up before the beginning of January and it’s going to be exciting.”

Another familiar name in poker, Mike Matusow, will be in on the project.

While the GetLuckyPoker.com website appears to be up, it is not yet operational.  The site also mentions BTC on Tilt, a now defunct former Merge Gaming skin, throughout.  GetLuckyPoker.com has been in the soft launch phase for nearly a year now.

Bitcoin, the anonymous online currency, is only now just starting to catch on in the world of Internet poker.  This week Americas Cardroom revealed that it will have bitcoin fully integrated into its platform within the next two weeks.

- Nagesh Rath, Gambling911.com