Soldiers Supporting Sunday Poker Tourneys

An online poker apparel store continues to show their support for US soldiers by donating goods to the free poker tournaments held every Sunday for soldiers, Marines, airmen and civilians. The idea was to have a poker tourney for the soldiers to have a little fun and take their mind of the stress of service, and has grown to incorporate other poker lovers along the way. The store, DonkeyGear, supports the tourney by donating prizes that the players can win, since there is no prize pool generated by entry fees...

Poker Popularity Dropping

Over the last two years the popularity of poker has dropped among the young, according to the research of a social trends organization. With its origins in the UIGEA in the United States, online poker has taken a number of hits in recent years, including a drop in TV ratings, tournament sponsorship and fewer overall online poker rooms to play at. While none think online poker is going away in a permanent fashion, it is apparent that the heyday of online poker from 2005 has come and gone...

2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Boasts $25k Event

The schedule for the 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has been announced, and as part of the information the buy in amounts were released, with some interesting numbers. There will be buy ins including the following amounts: $1k, $2k, $5k, and a whopping $25k. Considering the main event of the World Series of Poker is only $10k, this figure is sure to excite more of the high stakes NLHE players, as well as any lucky poker player that wins a seat for a much reduced cost in an online poker qualifier. Related Articles: Wife joins husband in win at poker event Pacific Poker Open V...

Party Poker Den Three

For the third year online poker room Party Poker is hosting the Party Poker Den, a thirty six hour cash game poker marathon with some of the biggest names in poker. Timed to coincide with the World Series of Poker Europe running now in London, the Party Poker Den III starts today and will run for thirty six hours. David Ulliott, Robert Williamson III, David Williams and more will play a high stakes game of no limit Texas Holdem cash poker, each putting up $10k to play, with blinds at $25 and $50. Related Articles: Ladbrokes freerolls have players chase the chair New poker team doing well...

Brunson and Obrestad Face Off at WSOPE

In what could be the smartest publicity stunt the World Series of Poker has come up with former two time WSOP Main Event winner Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson faced off against last year’s World Series of Poker Europe winner Annette “Annette_15” Obrestad in a heads up confrontation. The heads up No Limit Texas Hold’em event - which some say is “poker in its purest form”, was held at the Casino at the Empire in Leicester Square in London, the same location the four WSOPE events are being held. Both players are expected to play in the main event. Related Articles: WSOPE HORSE over WSOPE rocky for pros...

Pros Rise and Fall at WSOPE

The second annual World Series of Poker Europe is running its main event now in London, and many pros from around the world are competing for the cash and glory won last year by young pro Annette Obrestad. With big guns like Phil Hellmuth, Joe Hachem, Howard Lederer, David Benyamine and Mike Matusow in the filed, it was inevitable that some would fall and some would make their way to the end of the day. By the end of the day the chip leaders included some of those names, like Matusow, and a few more like Andy Bloch and Scott Fischman. Related Articles: WSOPE PLO victor Jorgensen Brunson and Obrestad face off at WSOPE...

Poker Stars Sign Contracts

With the World Series of Poker for 2008 underway some of the bigger names in the business have found early success, going deep in the $10k Pot Limit Holdem event. In addition to cashing two of them found a boost to their careers, likely as a result of their success. Kathy Liebert signed with PokerStars as a new poker pro, and Patrik Antonius did the same with Full Tilt Poker...

Poker Stars Sign Contracts

With the World Series of Poker for 2008 underway some of the bigger names in the business have found early success, going deep in the $10k Pot Limit Holdem event. In addition to cashing two of them found a boost to their careers, likely as a result of their success. Kathy Liebert signed with PokerStars as a new poker pro, and Patrik Antonius did the same with Full Tilt Poker...

Police Raid Poker Conference in Spain

The Casino Affiliate Programs poker tournament was in full swing with the police stopped by, and they were not interested in taking a seat and drawing some cards. The Barcelona police raided the Hotel Princesa and started shutting down the conference, where former World Series of Poker champ Jamie Gold was scheduled to hold a poker clinic. The reason for the raid is not clear, but all the gambling equipment was confiscated and the organizers of the CAP program were detained...

Full Tilt Online Poker Series Has Begun

Once again online poker room Full Tilt Poker has launched their impressive FTOPS tournaments, the Full Tilt Online Poker Series with huge prize guarantees. Last year the FTOPS VIII exceeded just about every one of their events when it came to the guarantees, and players are looking for a repeat with FTOPS IX. The first event kicked off on Wednesday with a $1 million tourney with Allen Cunningham as the host...

Poker Popularity Dropping

Over the last two years the popularity of poker has dropped among the young, according to the research of a social trends organization. With its origins in the UIGEA in the United States, online poker has taken a number of hits in recent years, including a drop in TV ratings, tournament sponsorship and fewer overall online poker rooms to play at. While none think online poker is going away in a permanent fashion, it is apparent that the heyday of online poker from 2005 has come and gone...

Poker Popularity Dropping

Over the last two years the popularity of poker has dropped among the young, according to the research of a social trends organization. With its origins in the UIGEA in the United States, online poker has taken a number of hits in recent years, including a drop in TV ratings, tournament sponsorship and fewer overall online poker rooms to play at. While none think online poker is going away in a permanent fashion, it is apparent that the heyday of online poker from 2005 has come and gone...

Pros Rise and Fall at WSOPE

The second annual World Series of Poker Europe is running its main event now in London, and many pros from around the world are competing for the cash and glory won last year by young pro Annette Obrestad. With big guns like Phil Hellmuth, Joe Hachem, Howard Lederer, David Benyamine and Mike Matusow in the filed, it was inevitable that some would fall and some would make their way to the end of the day. By the end of the day the chip leaders included some of those names, like Matusow, and a few more like Andy Bloch and Scott Fischman. Related Articles: WSOPE PLO victor Jorgensen Brunson and Obrestad face off at WSOPE...

Pros Rise and Fall at WSOPE

The second annual World Series of Poker Europe is running its main event now in London, and many pros from around the world are competing for the cash and glory won last year by young pro Annette Obrestad. With big guns like Phil Hellmuth, Joe Hachem, Howard Lederer, David Benyamine and Mike Matusow in the filed, it was inevitable that some would fall and some would make their way to the end of the day. By the end of the day the chip leaders included some of those names, like Matusow, and a few more like Andy Bloch and Scott Fischman. Related Articles: WSOPE PLO victor Jorgensen Brunson and Obrestad face off at WSOPE...

Soldiers Supporting Sunday Poker Tourneys

An online poker apparel store continues to show their support for US soldiers by donating goods to the free poker tournaments held every Sunday for soldiers, Marines, airmen and civilians. The idea was to have a poker tourney for the soldiers to have a little fun and take their mind of the stress of service, and has grown to incorporate other poker lovers along the way. The store, DonkeyGear, supports the tourney by donating prizes that the players can win, since there is no prize pool generated by entry fees...

Soldiers Supporting Sunday Poker Tourneys

An online poker apparel store continues to show their support for US soldiers by donating goods to the free poker tournaments held every Sunday for soldiers, Marines, airmen and civilians. The idea was to have a poker tourney for the soldiers to have a little fun and take their mind of the stress of service, and has grown to incorporate other poker lovers along the way. The store, DonkeyGear, supports the tourney by donating prizes that the players can win, since there is no prize pool generated by entry fees...

Two New for Sky Poker

The poker TV channel known as Sky Poker is living up to its name with two more poker shows on the horizon. "Stacked Up" is the name of one, while the other is called "Sky Poker Unlimited". The first will focus on cash poker games, played with teams of three players and aired on Sky Poker Channel 846, and will be hosted by Norman Pace along with Tony "Tikay" Kendall...

Soldiers Supporting Sunday Poker Tourneys

An online poker apparel store continues to show their support for US soldiers by donating goods to the free poker tournaments held every Sunday for soldiers, Marines, airmen and civilians. The idea was to have a poker tourney for the soldiers to have a little fun and take their mind of the stress of service, and has grown to incorporate other poker lovers along the way. The store, DonkeyGear, supports the tourney by donating prizes that the players can win, since there is no prize pool generated by entry fees...

Two New Shows for Sky Poker

The poker TV channel known as Sky Poker is living up to its name with two more poker shows on the horizon. "Stacked Up" is the name of one, while the other is called "Sky Poker Unlimited". The first will focus on cash poker games, played with teams of three players and aired on Sky Poker Channel 846, and will be hosted by Norman Pace along with Tony "Tikay" Kendall...

Two New Shows for Sky Poker

The poker TV channel known as Sky Poker is living up to its name with two more poker shows on the horizon. "Stacked Up" is the name of one, while the other is called "Sky Poker Unlimited". The first will focus on cash poker games, played with teams of three players and aired on Sky Poker Channel 846, and will be hosted by Norman Pace along with Tony "Tikay" Kendall...

New Poker Engine Debuts in Barcelona

While the online poker industry was on hand for the latest i-Gaming Congress and Expo in Barcelona the Ongame Network Ltd showed off what is being touted as the first game engine "designed specifically for online poker", the P5 Poker Engine. The P5 Poker Engine will be put to the test with the AG poker platform, according to a press release from the site owner, bwin Interactive Entertainment. Ongame Network is a subsidiary of bwin...

New Poker Engine Debuts in Barcelona

While the online poker industry was on hand for the latest i-Gaming Congress and Expo in Barcelona the Ongame Network Ltd showed off what is being touted as the first game engine "designed specifically for online poker", the P5 Poker Engine. The P5 Poker Engine will be put to the test with the AG poker platform, according to a press release from the site owner, bwin Interactive Entertainment. Ongame Network is a subsidiary of bwin...

WSOPE HORSE Over

The World Series of Poker Europe is running strong in its second year, once more playing in London, and the £2,500 H.O.R.S.E event has wrapped up with a winner. The field started with 110 players all gunning for the £76,999 top prize and wound down to one survivor on the third day. The winner was Sherkhan Farnood, closing the door on some tough competition, including Yuval Bronshtein, Erik Albinsson, Jeff Lisandro and US pro player Howard Lederer, known as "The Professor of Poker", who took third...

WSOPE HORSE Over

The World Series of Poker Europe is running strong in its second year, once more playing in London, and the £2,500 H.O.R.S.E event has wrapped up with a winner. The field started with 110 players all gunning for the £76,999 top prize and wound down to one survivor on the third day. The winner was Sherkhan Farnood, closing the door on some tough competition, including Yuval Bronshtein, Erik Albinsson, Jeff Lisandro and US pro player Howard Lederer, known as "The Professor of Poker", who took third...

2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Boasts $25k Event

The schedule for the 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has been announced, and as part of the information the buy in amounts were released, with some interesting numbers. There will be buy ins including the following amounts: $1k, $2k, $5k, and a whopping $25k. Considering the main event of the World Series of Poker is only $10k, this figure is sure to excite more of the high stakes NLHE players, as well as any lucky poker player that wins a seat for a much reduced cost in an online poker qualifier. Related Articles: Wife joins husband in win at poker event Pacific Poker Open V...

2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Boasts $25k Event

The schedule for the 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has been announced, and as part of the information the buy in amounts were released, with some interesting numbers. There will be buy ins including the following amounts: $1k, $2k, $5k, and a whopping $25k. Considering the main event of the World Series of Poker is only $10k, this figure is sure to excite more of the high stakes NLHE players, as well as any lucky poker player that wins a seat for a much reduced cost in an online poker qualifier. Related Articles: Wife joins husband in win at poker event Pacific Poker Open V...

2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Boasts $25k Event

The schedule for the 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has been announced, and as part of the information the buy in amounts were released, with some interesting numbers. There will be buy ins including the following amounts: $1k, $2k, $5k, and a whopping $25k. Considering the main event of the World Series of Poker is only $10k, this figure is sure to excite more of the high stakes NLHE players, as well as any lucky poker player that wins a seat for a much reduced cost in an online poker qualifier. Related Articles: Wife joins husband in win at poker event Pacific Poker Open V...

2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Boasts $25k Event

The schedule for the 2009 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has been announced, and as part of the information the buy in amounts were released, with some interesting numbers. There will be buy ins including the following amounts: $1k, $2k, $5k, and a whopping $25k. Considering the main event of the World Series of Poker is only $10k, this figure is sure to excite more of the high stakes NLHE players, as well as any lucky poker player that wins a seat for a much reduced cost in an online poker qualifier. Related Articles: Wife joins husband in win at poker event Pacific Poker Open V...

Brunson and Obrestad Face Off at WSOPE

In what could be the smartest publicity stunt the World Series of Poker has come up with former two time WSOP Main Event winner Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson faced off against last year’s World Series of Poker Europe winner Annette “Annette_15” Obrestad in a heads up confrontation. The heads up No Limit Texas Hold’em event - which some say is “poker in its purest form”, was held at the Casino at the Empire in Leicester Square in London, the same location the four WSOPE events are being held. Both players are expected to play in the main event. Related Articles: WSOPE HORSE over WSOPE rocky for pros...

Lawson Wins WSOP Circuit and Tops Two Million

The World Series of Poker is not long off, and players are getting warmed up playing in the many WSOP Circuit events around the country. The latest, which took place recently at Caesars Palace, was the longest running single tourney at a circuit event at eight hours of play. The final victor was pro Ted Lawson, who with this victory made his tournament career cashes top two million dollars...

Lawson Wins WSOP Circuit and Tops Two Million

The World Series of Poker is not long off, and players are getting warmed up playing in the many WSOP Circuit events around the country. The latest, which took place recently at Caesars Palace, was the longest running single tourney at a circuit event at eight hours of play. The final victor was pro Ted Lawson, who with this victory made his tournament career cashes top two million dollars...

Liv Boeree Holds Court at a Wembley Event

What does Absolute Poker's Liv Boeree have to do with the communications industry? The answer to this question is that she has absolutely nothing to do with that particular segment of the business world. Despite that, Ms. Broeree will be appearing at Comm Solutions 2008. Liv will be there to offer a number of fifteen minute lessons to the convention attendees, and give the people the benefit of her knowledge.

Liv Boeree Holds Court at a Wembley Event

What does Absolute Poker's Liv Boeree have to do with the communications industry? The answer to this question is that she has absolutely nothing to do with that particular segment of the business world. Despite that, Ms. Broeree will be appearing at Comm Solutions 2008. Liv will be there to offer a number of fifteen minute lessons to the convention attendees, and give the people the benefit of her knowledge.

Poker Players Get Choice of Tables

While online poker continues to grow and thrive, live poker is not far behind. People are picking up the game and setting up their own tournaments at home, and as such have a need for poker tables: enter Buy Poker Tables Online. This online poker table store has recently announced a new line up of poker tables for summer, giving consumers more choice in setting up their home games...

Poker Players Get Choice of Tables

While online poker continues to grow and thrive, live poker is not far behind. People are picking up the game and setting up their own tournaments at home, and as such have a need for poker tables: enter Buy Poker Tables Online. This online poker table store has recently announced a new line up of poker tables for summer, giving consumers more choice in setting up their home games...

Poker Staking Site Snatched Up by Part Time Poker

Online poker website Part Time Poker announced recently the acquisition of a poker staking site called NeverBeg. The acquisition was staged in order to provide an additional service to the users of the Part Time Poker site. The additional traffic boost from Never Beg's regular customers was also a factor: those users will now find the same services under a new name, Part Time Poker Staking, which boasts 15,000 members...

Poker Staking Site Snatched Up by Part Time Poker

Online poker website Part Time Poker announced recently the acquisition of a poker staking site called NeverBeg. The acquisition was staged in order to provide an additional service to the users of the Part Time Poker site. The additional traffic boost from Never Beg's regular customers was also a factor: those users will now find the same services under a new name, Part Time Poker Staking, which boasts 15,000 members...

Poker Room Gets the Jeff Madsen Touch

Poker pro Jeff Madsen recently wrote in his blog that he will be involved in a redesign of the look and feel of the Bellagio poker room. He and an artist friend have put the word out that they will be forming committee comprised of people who wish to donate to this project. The committee will then select poker players who will have their portraits done by the artist...

Poker Room Gets the Jeff Madsen Touch

Poker pro Jeff Madsen recently wrote in his blog that he will be involved in a redesign of the look and feel of the Bellagio poker room. He and an artist friend have put the word out that they will be forming committee comprised of people who wish to donate to this project. The committee will then select poker players who will have their portraits done by the artist...

APAT Goes to Vienna

The Amateur Professional Association & Tour will be holding their European Championship in Vienna this weekend. Locals and those who showed up in town for the event will get seats at Poker Royale Casino to compete in the No Limit Holdem freezeout tournament event, which last year had 300 players. One of the biggest draws of APAT events are the slow clock format as well as the relatively cheap buy ins...

Upcoming Online Poker Features Real Cards

Playing online poker requires skill, discipline, luck, a decent bankroll - but also faith in the company and their algorithms. Computers decide what cards are dealt and when, and many players worry that there is no way for them to confirm everything is legit. One man has banked on that fear by developing a company that will run an online poker site, but will use real poker cards for the dealing...

Wife Joins Husband in Win at Poker Event

The Heartland Poker Tour plays in various venues across the United States, and at the latest such event at the Grand Casino Mille Lacs in Minnesota a husband and wife team can now both say they have won HPT events. Dan Zogman won a HPT event in Gary Indiana last year, and this year his wife Mary Jo Belcore-Zogman joined him as an HPT champion. Belcore-Zogman won the Minnesota event by outlasting 200 players and taking home more than $85k as the first place finisher...

Wife Joins Husband in Win at Poker Event

The Heartland Poker Tour plays in various venues across the United States, and at the latest such event at the Grand Casino Mille Lacs in Minnesota a husband and wife team can now both say they have won HPT events. Dan Zogman won a HPT event in Gary Indiana last year, and this year his wife Mary Jo Belcore-Zogman joined him as an HPT champion. Belcore-Zogman won the Minnesota event by outlasting 200 players and taking home more than $85k as the first place finisher...

Wife Joins Husband in Win at Poker Event

The Heartland Poker Tour plays in various venues across the United States, and at the latest such event at the Grand Casino Mille Lacs in Minnesota a husband and wife team can now both say they have won HPT events. Dan Zogman won a HPT event in Gary Indiana last year, and this year his wife Mary Jo Belcore-Zogman joined him as an HPT champion. Belcore-Zogman won the Minnesota event by outlasting 200 players and taking home more than $85k as the first place finisher...

Wife Joins Husband in Win at Poker Event

The Heartland Poker Tour plays in various venues across the United States, and at the latest such event at the Grand Casino Mille Lacs in Minnesota a husband and wife team can now both say they have won HPT events. Dan Zogman won a HPT event in Gary Indiana last year, and this year his wife Mary Jo Belcore-Zogman joined him as an HPT champion. Belcore-Zogman won the Minnesota event by outlasting 200 players and taking home more than $85k as the first place finisher...

Las Vegas Looking to Auto Dealer Poker Tables

The infamous dealer-less poker tables that come from PokerTek have made their way into casinos in Atlantic City, and now are working their way towards Las Vegas. Recently the Nevada Gaming Control Board approved the tables, called Poker Pro, to be tested in Sin City. These computer controlled tables are outfitted with touch screens, and all card shuffling, chip wrangling and cash transactions are handled by the table's computer programming...

Ladbrokes Freerolls Have Players Chase the Chair

The latest freeroll opportunities at online poker room Ladbrokes Poker offer 60 seats in an upcoming preliminary event leading to one of the biggest online poker events of the year: the Ladbrokes Poker Million VII. Daily freerolls are running from now to November 28th, with each freeroll winner taking part in a 120 seat Win the Chair tourney on the 29th. The winner of that event will get a prize package worth $130,000, with most of that going to the $120,000 buy in and the rest covering expenses. Related Articles: New poker team doing well Online poker poom having trouble...

Ladbrokes Freerolls Have Players Chase the Chair

The latest freeroll opportunities at online poker room Ladbrokes Poker offer 60 seats in an upcoming preliminary event leading to one of the biggest online poker events of the year: the Ladbrokes Poker Million VII. Daily freerolls are running from now to November 28th, with each freeroll winner taking part in a 120 seat Win the Chair tourney on the 29th. The winner of that event will get a prize package worth $130,000, with most of that going to the $120,000 buy in and the rest covering expenses. Related Articles: New poker team doing well Online poker poom having trouble...

Monster Energy Poker Tournament

In the past pro poker players have come up with energy drinks to help them in their game, but this time an energy drink is inviting poker players to help others. It isn't the first time, as this is the Fourth Annual Monster Energy Holdem or Foldem Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament, soon to be held in Las Vegas. Presented by Toyota Trucks, hosted by Jimmy Button and run by famous tournament director Matt Savage, the event will run October 9th at the MGM Grand Poker room, with first place finisher getting a 2009 $10,000 World Series of Poker main event seat. Related Articles: Online poker series worth €150,000 Relaunch of Canadian Poker Tour brand...

Monster Energy Poker Tournament

In the past pro poker players have come up with energy drinks to help them in their game, but this time an energy drink is inviting poker players to help others. It isn't the first time, as this is the Fourth Annual Monster Energy Holdem or Foldem Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament, soon to be held in Las Vegas. Presented by Toyota Trucks, hosted by Jimmy Button and run by famous tournament director Matt Savage, the event will run October 9th at the MGM Grand Poker room, with first place finisher getting a 2009 $10,000 World Series of Poker main event seat. Related Articles: Online poker series worth €150,000 Relaunch of Canadian Poker Tour brand...

US State Seeks Control over Poker Domains

The governor of US State Kentucky Steve Beshear is actively seeking to gain control over the domain names of some of the largest online poker rooms in the world, namely Bodog, Full Tilt Poker, DoylesRoom and PokerStars. The governor filed suit to this effect, claiming that by allowing Kentucky residents to play on these sites these online poker rooms are stealing money away from the State's gambling infrastructure, which allows Kentuckians to gamble online at horseracing and lottery sites. Naturally the Poker Players Alliance quickly posted a response to this action, stating that they are "outraged." Related Articles: Interesting problem for online poker players in Germany Online poker room sued for $75 million...

US State Seeks Control over Poker Domains

The governor of US State Kentucky Steve Beshear is actively seeking to gain control over the domain names of some of the largest online poker rooms in the world, namely Bodog, Full Tilt Poker, DoylesRoom and PokerStars. The governor filed suit to this effect, claiming that by allowing Kentucky residents to play on these sites these online poker rooms are stealing money away from the State's gambling infrastructure, which allows Kentuckians to gamble online at horseracing and lottery sites. Naturally the Poker Players Alliance quickly posted a response to this action, stating that they are "outraged." Related Articles: Interesting problem for online poker players in Germany Online poker room sued for $75 million...

Full Tilt Online Poker Series Has Begun

Once again online poker room Full Tilt Poker has launched their impressive FTOPS tournaments, the Full Tilt Online Poker Series with huge prize guarantees. Last year the FTOPS VIII exceeded just about every one of their events when it came to the guarantees, and players are looking for a repeat with FTOPS IX. The first event kicked off on Wednesday with a $1 million tourney with Allen Cunningham as the host...

Rules, Rules, Rules

Depending upon where you are standing in the world, a game with the same name can have very different rules. Poker pros Marcel Luske and Michelle Lau established the Federation Internationale de Poker Association (FIDPA) and the International Poker Rules (IP Rules) so that somebody who is used to playing poker in Las Vegas will be playing with the exact same rules if he travels to London, Moscow, or Prague.

Poker Companies Strike Agreement

Sisap Spa and Playtech Ltd have struck hands on a poker agreement to bolster the former's suite of online poker offerings. Sisal Spa is an Italian company with both land and online based gaming operations, and Playtech is a famous softare provider for online poker rooms. The agreement has Playtech providing a play for fun money mode currently, with a play for real money mode coming up before the year is out...

New Poker Team Doing Well

Online poker room Everest Poker has recently put out a press release heralding the success of their newly minted pro poker team. The 13 member Everest Poker Team is made up of two pros and eleven players who earned their spot as part of a world wide competition on the poker site. With high finishes - and a victory or two - in both the World Series of Poker this summer and the European Poker Tour in Barcelona, they are now fairing well at the WSOP Europe in London. Related Articles: Betfair Poker struggles despite WSOPE Online poker room breaks own record...

Cash Games Available for Duplicate Poker

One online poker site's solution to trouble with poker law was to create a new game that had less to do with chance, duplicate poker. These games deal the same hole cards and board cards to each table, so that the only variance is the skill of the person playing them. The online site that hosts the games, Duplicate Poker.com, has announced that they will now offer ring games...

WSOPE Rocky for Pros

The 2008 World Series of Poker Europe is currently going on in London and many poker pros have already hit the rail; the term for when a poker player is busted out of a tournament. This is one of the preliminary events, before the big £10,000 event - the £1,500 No Limit Texas Holdem event. More than 150 of the 219 players who started the game where knocked out including Jeff Madsen, Scott Montgomery, Jean-Robert Bellande and John Phan...

Online Poker Room Having Trouble

Online poker room Bodog Poker has been in the poker news lately, and not for giving away lots of prizes or unique promos, but rather for a string of hits that leave the future of Calvin Ayre's poker room in doubt. This summer the US Government seized millions of dollars during an investigation, and rumors of recent layoffs have not gone a long way towards bolstering confidence in the poker room. In this week's anyalsis of poker rooms by Poker Site Scout, Bodog dropped down to position 14 from position 10. Related Articles: Betfair Poker struggles despite WSOPE Online poker room breaks own record...

Interesting Problem for Online Poker Players in Germany

In the country of Germany, there are plenty of people who love to play poker, and play it online - unfortunately for them online poker play is recently illegal there. Taking part in an illegal activity always carries with it the threat of jail time and fines, but there is another problem that may not have occurred to those players - getting their money. If they run into a problem with an online poker room paying them, they won't have a legal recourse to pursue, thanks to the legal status of the game in Germany. Related Articles: Online poker room sued for $75 million Poker tax from Holland...

Vivek Rajkumar Takes $1.4 million in 2008 Borgata Poker Open

When the 2008 Borgata Poker Open wound up it was young Vivek Rajkumar who walked away as the new champ and the newest poker millionaire. Vivek made short work of his heads up opponent, Sang Kim, overcoming his defenses and plowing through to the win in only six hands. Vivek made a $1.4 million payday, and the players in his way were not pushovers, with WSOP bracelet winner Dan Heimiller finishing in third and poker pro Mark Seif finishing in fifth...

Florida Key Poker Run

Poker runs are a great way to raise money for almost anything, and to give motorcyclists the excuse to get out and ride with a bunch of like-minded enthusiasts. Such is the case with the 36th annual Key West Poker Run, taking place this weekend. There may be as many as 10k bikers coming to participate in this event, starting in Miami (where the registration takes place) and then moving down to Key West, where they will make regular stops to draw poker cards...

Poker Pro Wins World Series of Poker Bracelet

A poker professional from Stone Mountain, GA made a sizeable profit this week by taking down the field in Event 39, the $1,500 No Limit Holdem tournament at the 39th annual World Series of Poker. His victory is another notch in the belt of the pro players, who are dominating the fields versus the amateurs this year. David Woo beat out 2,720 players and won a WSOP Bracelet and $631,550 from the $3,712,800 prize pool...

WSOP Not the Only Game in Town

If you find the ticket prices too high at the World Series of Poker, the former home of the WSOP has good news for you. The second annual Classic Poker Tournament at Binion's is underway, and they have a special plan in their tourney layout. Each day's events are the same tournaments that were played the day before at the WSOP, with buy ins that are a tenth of them...

Online Poker Player Can't See

When poker player Hal Lubarsky sat down to play in the World Series of Poker he had an unusual challenge - he could not see the cards. Hal is blind, and through special consideration was allowed to have a caller, an assistant who would tell him the cards he held, what the board cards showed, and the actions of his opponents. Recently the rumor was floated, and then substantiated, that Hal was signed on as a pro with online poker room Full Tilt Poker...

High Flying Poker

Magician David Blaine once hung suspended from a crane in a see-through box as a stunt, and recently a handful of fellows decided to follow his example, but with a twist. These players sat down to a game of poker, dangling 45 meters above the hard pavement below. Players were strapped in their chairs and hoisted up near Tower Bridge and London's City Hall, all part of a promo for Betfair Poker, the sponsor of the World Series of Poker Europe event that kicked off the very next day in London. Related Articles: Upcoming online poker features real cards Charity poker event at Fort Myers...

Online Poker Room China Relief Charity

Poker players and poker rooms are known for their charity, and online poker rooms are no exception. With the recent earthquake tragedy that struck China one online poker room took action to help bring some small relief to that nation and its people. Online poker room Poker Stars has set up a donation system to collect money for the Red Cross and their efforts to provide relief to the victims...

Online Poker Site Cleared of Charges

Last year Swedish authorities shut down a live poker tournament, claiming it was illegal. The 2007 European Poker Challenge (EPC) was raided on the first day of play and six organizers were charged with running and advertising an illegal poker tournament. Just recently the District Court in Uddevalla cleared two of the charged, while two others got fines and the last two will get jail time of six and eight months...

Player on a Tear at Titan Poker

Online poker room Titan Poker is the place where 33 year old Thierry Barou, from France, is showing the rest of the players how it is done. Barou, who took 3rd place in the famous Tournament Titan, a one million dollar freeroll open to just 20 players, has also had a few other victories at the room. He won the $500 referral freeroll and won a seat to the EPT Prague last year...

Charity Poker Event at Fort Myers

Charity poker has found its way yet again to the city of Fort Myers as they prepare to hold the fourth annual "Chips for Charity" event. This will be a No Limit freezeout Texas Holdem poker tournament, raising money for the United Way of Lee County. Starting on October 24th at 6 pm, players will fork over $50 to participate - those who want to watch will have to pay $20, a great value considering that dinner will be provided by Outback Steakhouse...

WSOP Europe Kicks Off Today

The much anticipated second annual World Series of Poker Euorpe will begin today, leading off with preliminary events before holding the big show. Last year the first ever WSOP event held outside the United States took place in London, the same spot it will happen again this year. Annette Obrestad was the first winner when she took down the main event last year, also becoming the first woman and the youngest to ever win a main event at the WSOP...

Online Poker Room Sued for $75 Million

Millions of dollars are made at online poker rooms all year round, but this might be the first time a poker room will have to pay out so much that wasn't part of a poker tournament. The poker room in question is UltimateBet, the online home of WSOP legend Phil Hellmuth, which has been targeted for a $75 million lawsuit. The lawsuit cites claims that a long term cheating scandal - one in which UltimateBet employees could read other players' hole cards, enabling them to beat them routinely - has resulted in damages worth the high figure. Related Articles: Betfair Poker struggles despite WSOPE Online poker room breaks own record...

Irish Poker Classic to Take Place This Summer

The sixth annual Irish Poker Classic is going to be held this summer at the Macau Sporting Club in Cork, according to recent reports. The main event, sporting a €150,000 guarantee, will be at the tail end of the series of events, which will run between August 11 and August 17. With 75 minute blind levels and 15,000 in starting chips this is a true "deep stack" poker event, which is very popular in Ireland...

Poker Exec Resigns

Mitch Garber is not long for PartyGaming. The Chief Executive Officer has announced that he will be taking off just as soon as they can find a replacement, after which he will return to North America and his family. During his reign as CEO the company has suffered massive losses to the bottom line, losing a great deal of market share to competitors such as the OnGame and iPoker networks...

Smart Poker Software Tracks Behavior

When poker players sign up for a poker account they choose a username. Players can easily create new accounts with different names, which can make it hard to stop cheaters who simply activate new accounts after they are caught the first time. A new poker software will read players' behaviors to give them a virtual "fingerprint" of sorts, helping the poker rooms keep track of poker fraud and fake accounts...

Olympic Gold Medalist to Play Poker

The internet has been abuzz with the rumor of an Olympic Gold Medalist itching to play poker, but this time it isn't Michael Phelps. The announcement came from the Joyner-Walker Foundation that Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer Ed Moses will be playing some poker as part of a charity event. The Par and Poker Celebrity Challenge for Charity, which will take place during Super Bowl week on Thursday, January 29, 2009, is a combo golf and poker tourney...

PokerStars Signs Celebrity

Online poker room Poker Stars has brought on board a former pro hockey team captain to gain some clout with Canadian poker players. Joining the international gang of celebrity ambassadors will be former Toronto Maple Leafs' captain Mats Sundin. This former National Hockey League legend will be playing on the live and online poker circuit to represent the poker room, starting in the series the room started, the European Poker Tour...

Good Guessing Won Player a WSOPE Seat

The World Series of Poker Europe is set to begin this September, and poker player are scrambling to find qualifiers and super satellites to get in. One player found a unique contest, where Betfair Poker players were asked to guess how many poker chips filled up a Mini Cooper. When the Swedish poker pro, Marcus Gustafson, sent in his guess, he was only three chips off of the accurate count: 127,644 chips...

The Last Event of the 2008 WSOP

While technically the 39th annual World Series of Poker won't end until November, when the final table of the main event is held, the last event on the roster was completed Tuesday when 930 players came together to play the Casino Employees No Limit Holdem tournament. The $500 buy in event was open only to casino employees, such as dealers and poker room managers. The event was won by Jonathan Kotula, who won $87,929...

WSOP's Largest International Attendance Year

The 39th annual World Series of Poker is being paused till November now, the records are all being tallied, and one record is the number of countries that attended the play in Las Vegas this summer. Last year some 87 countries were represented at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino, where the games are held. This year that number jumped to 118, and included players from every one of the 50 US states...

Poker Legend Bonetti Loses Fight with Cancer

One of the "old school" poker players recently lost his fight with cancer and passed away on June 28th. A personal friend of poker pro and world champion Phil Hellmuth, John Bonetti was remembered recently in Hellmuth's blog. Bonetti started playing poker at the age of 55 and came on strong in the event, winning many top honors and giving many poker pros, such as TJ Cloutier, a run for their money...

2008 WSOP Diary, June 17: Phil Hellmuth Breaks New Record, Rob Hollink Wins Event #30

Even when Phil Hellmuth is not winning bracelets he is still breaking records. Even though he has not scored his 12th bracelet in the 2008 World Series of Poker yet, another milestone has fallen for the Poker Brat. During Event #32 yesterday, Mr. Hellmuth successfully made it to the money portion of a tournament for the 65th time. Cashing in a WSOP event that often is a new World Series of Poker record.

Hockey Star Plays Poker Instead

Much has been made about the decision of hockey star Mats Sundin to play poker as an official celebrity member of online poker room PokerStars, where he was spotted in a six and a half hour session recently. Hockey fans, waiting to hear where Sundin will be playing hockey in the next season, may or may not be happy to hear that a PokerStars spokes person said they were impressed with the way that Mats plays poker. Mats has represented PokerStars already in a live tournament, the European Poker Tour in Barcelona. Related Articles: Betfair poker struggles despite WSOPE Online poker room breaks own record...

Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham Friendly

The poker club Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham, England, has gotten a positive review as a very friendly place to play poker, and it is the place where the Sky Poker UK Poker Tour was held recently. Plenty of new players were on hand for their first live poker event, and many of them benefited from the free lectures giving pointers on the game du jour, Texas Holdem Poker. Also of note was the high amount of female attendance, with an average of two women poker players per table - not a common sight in most live poker tournaments. Related Articles: Yet another ECOOP Online championship series features $3 million...

Virgin Poker Festival

Nottingham is the latest spot for the Virgin Poker Festival, following the success of other Virgin Poker Festivals in Newcastle and Birmingham. The event will play at the end of this month in the Dusk Till Dawn Poker Room in Nottingham. The largest poker room in Europe seems like the appropriate place to hold a poker event sponsored by Virgin, and the main event will have £5,000 added to the prize pool...

New Poker Room with an Island View

The Island View Casino has a new poker room, and the big turnout at the opening of the room was a happy and expected event. The casino, which before offered other games, now has nine poker tables to cater to the popular card game market. The tables are in a smoke free environment, which is sure to bring in new players who might be off put by a smoky back room...

Betfair Poker Struggles Despite WSOPE

Online poker room Betfair Poker is the host of the upcoming second run of the World Series of Poker Europe, but the room still lags behind 16 other poker rooms in terms of number of players. Betfair Poker ranks in 17th place, according to a review from another online poker room, just ahead of Ladbrokes and just behind PKR. As time draws closer to WSOPE kick off next week, however, the numbers may change...

WSOP Champ at the WCOOP

For the second time in as many weeks 2003 World Series of Poker champion Chris Moneymaker showed he still had the right stuff to make it in poker with a final table finish at the World Championship of Online Poker. Playing under his online moniker of "Money800" the former WSOP champ managed a fifth place finish in a $200 Omaha game, Event 16. This follows his sixth place finish in Event 5, a big No Limit Texas Holdem game...

Germany Leads in Barcelona Poker Open Event

The Barcelona Open, part of the much heralded European Poker Tour, is on its Day 2 and the leaders are players from Germany. The top leaders at the end of the day included three Germans, which was the largest group from a single country in the ten players that remained. In addition there are players from the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Holland and Italy, a truly European representation of this EPT event...

Season Two of Best Damn Poker Show

If there is one thing this poker show does not suffer from it is shyness; with a name like The Best Damn Poker Show, it is no wonder. The second season of this show will begin on FSN October 27, with filming currently taking place in California at the San Manuel Resort and Casino. The show represents a challenge between Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke to see who can train online poker players into champions...

New Face for Online Poker Room

Online poker room Purple Lounge Poker has hired on a new face to be their spokesperson. They are keeping with the habit of appointing a beautiful woman to the post, but this time they picked one who knows how to play poker. Model and pro poker player Michelle Orpe is the new face of Purple Poker, and has proven her skills at the table while playing in the European Poker Tour...

Florida Poker Tournament Raises Money

Tampa, Florida will be the spot where poker players will come to play in the third annual Vincent Lecavalier Texas Holdem Celebrity Poker Tournament. The event will be held in the popular Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, with a $10,000 top prize for the ultimate winner of the event. Celebrities such as Stacey Gardener and Michael Ian Black will be on hand, and the money raised from the charity event will go towards the All Children's Hospital in St...

Poker Class in Session

Candida Mumford will be instructing two upcoming classes at the College of Southern Idaho's Community Education program on poker. The 36 year old coordinator of student disability services at the school has played in two World Series of Poker seasons in Las Vegas and knows a thing or two about Texas Holdem, which she has played for four years. Calling it her second job and her passion, Mumford will teach "Beginning Poker - Texas Holdem" and "Intermediate Poker Strategy", classes starting at the end of September and mid October, and running for $85 each. Related Articles: Poker run cruise in Women's poker school to open...

Poker Tax from Holland

The land of wooden shoes wants to kick up some tax revenue from online poker and other online gambling sites, and has levied a tax to that effect starting September 9. In addition to Dutch players paying a 40.85% tax on online winnings (which is the same if they won in a casino in Holland) if they win on a foreign poker site, they are still subject to the tax. An interesting debate came out of the tax decision: whether or not illegal poker games should be subject to the tax; the answer came back yes. Related Articles: Pueblo poker room raided Poker ad causes uproar...

Alex Kahaner: A Risk Taker

Alex Kahaner is a business owner from Van Nuys, California. Any business owner has to be a risk taker, to one degree or another, and Alex decided to take that risk taking element of his personality to the extreme to compete in the WPT. Alex had never played in a major poker tournament before, but then before he started his construction company, he had never started a construction company before, either.

Everybody Loves Poker Charity

Brad Garrett, the Hollywood actor known for his size, his voice, his love of poker and his stint on the popular sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, will be hosting a charity poker event to benefit a family crisis center. The event, which will take place on April 20, will be to raise money for the 1736 Family Crisis Center. The buy in is $350, and if players bust out they can buy back in for $100...

Poker Changes Not Seen As a Threat

There has been talk recently that the Canadian Government is going to level some UIGEA style legislation that could stop online poker play in the country, but some poker outfits are saying they are not concerned. The Asian based gambling outfit GigaMedia Limited, for example, issued a statement in late March saying they were not concerned. GigaMedia develops software for the poker industry and licenses it to third party poker rooms...

College Officials Cancel Poker Tournament

The charity poker tournament slated to be played on site at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was canceled recently by university officials. The stated reason for shutting down the event, which was expected to bring in more than $25k for charity, was its questionable legality. Holdem for Hunger 2008 (HEFH) was going to kick off on April 20th and raise money for the local college chapter of Nourish International...

Aaron Kanter Seconds in Online Poker Event

The World Championship of Online poker is going strong and the number 12 event nearly had a big name winner when Aaron Kanter - a final table finisher in the 2005 World Series of Poker - came in second. His opponent, Randy Haddox, made a deal with Kanter that guaranteed each of them about $60k and left $6k for the eventual winner - which was Haddox. This prize pales in comparison to Kanter's WSOP finish, but it shows he is still mixing it in online poker and playing well. Related Articles: $1 million purse for poker Asian Poker Tour signs pros...

Playboy Poker Celebrity Event Coming

The Playboy Mansion is once again playing host to a poker tournament where plenty of celebrities are expected to attend. The event, which takes place on May 17, is called the Celebrity Poker Tournament and Casino Night, and this will be the third time the event will be held. Doyle Brunson and his son Todd, along with Roy Winston, are all confirmed as attending, and the event is open to the public...

WSOP Circuit Leader Disqualified

A Richmond, VA poker player was ejected from the final table of the World Series of Poker circuit event at Caesars Atlantic City for unsportsmanlike conduct. Lesley Thornburg was the chip leader and apparently wanted the rest of the table to feel the power of his position. After several warnings for baiting tactics and loud comments to other players on the two previous days, a final warning was given to Thornburg...

Poker Run Cruise In

Poker runs have become popular ways to raise money, and the Elkton Emergency Squad (EES) is going to that well to raise the money for a new ambulance, but they have added a twist - the cruise in. A poker run has participants on motorcycles run a predetermined course, but it isn't a race. The cyclists pick up playing cards and in the end the best hand wins prizes; the cruise in element is more like a car and truck show, with the top cars and trucks winning prizes...

The Borgata Poker Open Opens Sunday

The first event of the Borgata Poker Open will commence this Sunday, September 14th, at the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The players will all be vying for a big payout as well as a seat in the World Poker Tour final season event, a traditional prize to the winner of all preliminary WPT events, of which the Borgata Poker Open is one. This $10k event was won last year by Roy Winston who took home over one and a half million dollars US. Related Articles: 2008 Borgata Poker Open breaks records World Poker Tour to air Canadian events...

House of Cards Poker TV

A rumor has surfaced of yet another attempt at a poker reality TV show, this one called "House of Cards". This is a half-hour special following the actions of a group of online poker players who are considered among the best in the world, and who are all friends that met playing online poker. The rumor comes from the blog of Jay Krantz, who mentioned he would be involved in the project...

PartyPoker Company Looking at Layoffs

When the online poker boom hit, PartyGaming was the biggest company running a poker room online, and now they are looking at layoffs for their Gibraltar employees. Based out of Gibraltar, PartyGaming runs a number of online gambling sites, including PartyBingo, PartyGammon and PartyCasino, in addition to their most well known brand, PartyPoker. According to reports, they will be laying off a third of their employees, a counterpoint to the days that PartyGaming boasted the largest Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange. Related Articles: PokerStars signs celebrity Paddy Power Poker redesigns poker promo...

Women's Poker School to Open

Poker is no longer just a man's game, as anyone who peeks into a poker room or turns on some poker TV can plainly see, but the game still offers unique challenges to women players when it comes to dealing with the guys. To that end a poker school for women will be opening up, starting with a free seminar at Harrah's New Orleans in December. The name of the school will be the Women's Ultimate Poker Academy, created by Lauren Failla, also the creator of the High Heels Poker Tour. Related Articles: House of Cards poker TV New number one spot for European poker...

Titan Player Wins APT Prize Package

Online poker room Titan Poker has just awarded a $9,000 Asian Poker Tour - Macau package to one of their top players, 22 year old Artem Khudaverdiev, from Nuernberg, Germany. The event was the $20,000 VIP Race, four days of poker with 39 places that paid out cash. Artem won a prize package that will cover his $5,300 buy-in to the Main Event, a berth at the StarWorld Hotel for the duration of the event, and travel expenses...

Chris Moneymaker Makes Final Table

In 2003, the biggest name in poker was Chris Moneymaker, a new online poker pro who managed to win a seat into that year's World Series of Poker and win it. His success rate has been on again, off again, but recently he final tabled in the World Championship of Online Poker. Playing under his famous PokerStars screen name of Money800, Moneymaker landed at the final table of Event #5, finishing in 6th place for $179k...

Online Poker Rooms Expect Storm to Boost Numbers

When big storms threaten online poker rooms look for a boost in their attendance numbers, and the Hurricane named Ike may serve this purpose this week as it leaves Cuba and heads for the Untied States. Southern Florida will be buffeted by windy and stormy conditions for a few days, and the online poker rooms will be paying attention to traffic at the same time as poker players are driven indoors. As long as the power holds on, the traffic is likely to go up; a severe power outage will have the opposite effect. Related Articles: Paddy Power Poker redesigns poker promo Poker room signs Mattsson...

2008 WSOP Diary, July 2: Another Final Table for Phil Hellmuth

When Phil Hellmuth is hanging around near the top of the chip count, any player with a healthy sense of self preservation should probably start thinking of the best way to sneaking a large dose of NyQuil into Phil's water bottle. This is of course a joke, but as it turned out some backhanded chemical warfare was not necessary to take the 11 time World Series of Poker bracelet winner out of Event #51.

Online Poker Room Targets Michael Phelps

While some online poker rooms have offered to pay the way of 2008 Olympian Gold Medalist Michael Phelps into the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe, one poker room went so far as to send their founder to meet the young swimming superstar. Doyle Brunson, along with his son Todd Brunson, was seen schmoozing Phelps in Las Vegas recently before the World's Greatest Olympian hit the clubs on the strip. Phelps has 16 career medals, 14 of them Gold, and holds the record of 8 gold medals won in a single Olympics. Related Articles: WSOP champ speaks at event Affleck proves poker prowess...

WSOP Champ Speaks at Event

The fourth annual Casino Affiliate Programs European conference will feature a big name in the poker world as a speaker, the 2006 World Series of Poker champion Jamie Gold. Gold's appearance will be during the September 25-28 time period in Barcelona, where the CAP Euro event will take place. While there, Gold will be speaking and running a poker coaching session, where he may teach attendees some of the tricks on how to bluff opponents, something at which Gold excels, as any who watched his $12 Million victory at the 2006 WSOP can attest to. Related Artilces: Poker pro show Affleck proves poker prowess...

Online Poker Room Offers Satellites to Grosvenor Poker Tour

European friendly online poker room Titan Poker has announced that they will be offering satellites to the Grosvenor Poker Tour, a popular tour destination for poker players in the United Kingdom and all across Europe. Super satellites will be held every Tuesday, running now through the end of October. Players can win prize packages worth $4000 in order to buy in to four of the Grosvenor Poker Tour events on this year's calendar...

New Poker Upgrades at Online Poker Room

Pacific Poker has been around since the begining of the online poker industry, but they don't rest on their laurels when it comes to providing a good service to their players. A recent upgrade at the room, owned by 888.com, has been completed, offering new tools to players. One of the most interesting features is the ability to hide the all in button, thus eliminating the chance of hitting it by mistake...

The Tyranny of ESPN

Does ESPN have too much power? Well on the plus side they don't have the ability to influence world financial markets, execute a major ground campaign against any nation that calls soccer "football", or behead infidels who don't bow down and worship the Stanley Cup. With that said, they do have the power to affect major sporting events like the World Series of Poker, and decide when and where the championships happen.

Washington State Online Poker Still Illegal

Hopeful poker players had their hopes dashed on Thursday when a King County Superior Court judge ruled on a situation near and dear to their hearts: the legal status of playing poker online. The current law states that playing online poker is a Class C Felony, putting the lawbreaking poker players on par with sexual predators. Local attorney Lee Rousso tried to get the law overturned, but it was not to be...

Online Poker Room Hits Two Million Users

Online poker room PKR has recently signed up their two millionth user, a hallmark not easily hit and not made by many other poker rooms. PKR is well known in the online poker community thanks to their amazing 3D graphics and video game style interface, one of the big draws that likely contributed to the two million user milestone. PKR is also to be commended for reaching this milestone without the help of players from the United States. Related Articles: Mac version of online poker room Pacific Poker adds money to challenge...

Mac Version of Online Poker Room

Online poker room PokerStars has recently announced a new version of their poker client for the Apple Macintosh crowd. Other poker rooms that have advertised software for the Mac in reality are offering a browser based version of their poker room, but PokerStars has come out with a software specifically designed for the Macintosh operating system, Mac OS X. World Series of Poker champion Joe Hachem is quoted in the PokerStars press release as saying the creative community will be happy with this announcement as they gravitate towards Macs. Related Articles: Pacific Poker adds money to challenge Online poker room gives players choice...

Poker Player Alliance Hits One Million Membership

If there was any question before of whether or not the grassroots organization called the Poker Players Alliance was catching on, the recent milestone of hitting one million members seems to answer it neatly. The recent press relase from the PPA announced that they passed that milestone just recently, and also called for a voter registration program and announced a political action committee. Their slogan is, "If you Play, Have a Say"...

Glen Chorny Wins 2008 EPT

The European Poker Tour for 2008 has come to a close, and the winner of the EPT Grand Final is Glen Chorny, the chip leader on the last day of the event. The 22 year old Canadian poker player picked up this European title, the third player from North America in a row to do so. In fact, the only European to win the event was Rob Hollink, from the Netherlands, who won in 2005...

Heads-Up Poker a Big Draw

NBC seems to know what it is doing when it comes to poker and TV, as shown with their ongoing Poker After Dark show and the draw the first week of their National Heads-Up Poker Championship generated. Sunday, April 13th was the first show, which drew a 1.5 rating, up from a 1.4 rating from one year ago. This is the fourth season of the show, which will air on consecutive Sundays through May...

One Billion Hands for Online Poker Room

The Irish powerhouse of an online poker room Paddy Power Poker is announcing that their one billionth hand is coming up soon, and they want to share the celebration with their players. Sometime in the coming months the online poker room will deal its one billionth hand, and starting now every 200,000 hands along the way will have a Countdown Hand. The players in these hands will win cash and prizes, up to $14,000...

Pacific Poker Adds Money to Challenge

Every Sunday online poker room Pacific Poker hosts something they call the "Deepstack Challenge", an $80k guaranteed tournament where players start off with more chips than normal - now there is more of something else, too. Pacific Poker has added a $20k booster to the event, which will now have a $100k prize pool with the direct buy in of $220. Players can also get a free seat in a $10k freeroll if they buy in directly for the following week...

Everest Poker Dream Team Complete

Online poker room Everest Poker has been putting together their Dream Team for some time, and now the list is complete. Two hundred online poker players qualified for a shot at ten seats on the team, and 20 players showed up for the final interviews. Half of those were chosen to not only play in various poker tournaments representing Everest Poker, but also to represent the qualities that the poker room stands for...

Poker Ad Causes Uproar

When the Dawson Student Union of Montreal's Dawson College hired an ad company to sell advertising space on a free day planner, they didn't think they would have to specify "no poker", but it looks like they should have. On the back of the planner, handed out to students where - according to the school's administration - more than 1,500 are underage, there is an ad for Plaza 138 Poker. This poker room is from the nearby Kahnawake Mohawk Territory and advertises free alcohol in addition to poker...

Video Poker Blast Settles, Locksmith Guilty

In a case of mob violence in Chicago in 2003 a coin operated business that sold video poker machines was bombed by an octogenarian, and the man who sold him the explosives to do the dirty deed has just pled guilty. Merrillville, Indiana resident Kyle Knight, 44, has pled guilty to selling explosives to Samuel Volpendesto, 84, one of two charged with blowing up C&S Coin Operated Amusements. Knight has signed plea agreement to serve as state witness in this and other mob related cases, presumably in exchange for a reduced sentence. Related Articles: Problem poker player released from prison Republican Party backs off online poker attacks...

New Poker Site Launched

A new website for poker has been launched, but you won't be going all in there, unless it's with your clothing budget. DonkeyGear.net is a poker apparel company, which sells clothing and poker accessories around what is called the "Donkey" poker lifestyle. A Donkey in poker is a player that acts aggressively and stubbornly but without skill, relying on luck instead to carry them into the winner circle in poker tournaments...

Philippine Poker Tour Raises P1 Million

The Red Cross was the real winner at a recent charity poker tournament held in the Philippines, the Filipino Poker Tour: All-In for the Red Cross Tournament. The Makati Chapter of the Philippine National Red Cross benefited from the event to the tune of P1 Million. Helping to bring attention and cash to the cause were celebrities such as Doug Kramer, Jinno Rufino, QT del Mar, Bobby Andrews, Paolo Paraiso, and Priscilla Meirelles...

ESPN WSOP Main Event Coverage Has Begun

Yesterday the first of many shows depicting the ESPN coverage of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event kicked off at 9pm Eastern Time in the United States. Fans are eager to see if any more surprises are forthcoming, such as the behavior of Scotty Nguyen during the $50k HORSE event. The poker pro, who won the event, displayed drunken and belligerent behavior that was mostly under wraps until the show aired on ESPN...

Poker Pro Show

UK legendary poker pro Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott will star in a new TV series where he takes losers at the game and trains them up to become poker pros like himself. Titled "How to Become a Poker Millionaire" the show will air in Wales for five segments of 30 minutes each. Ulliott, a poker pro who has been on the circuit for years and been a popular figure in other programs such as Late Night Poker, will star in the show premiering Thursday September 4 on ITV Wales...

Profits Up for PartyPoker Company

The company that owns the PartyPoker website, PartyGaming PLC, has put up a report showing that profits are up for the first half of the year, but growth is down. PartyGaming PLC owns more than poker sites, they also own bingo, sports betting and roulette sites, all of which contributed to the net profit of US$22.7 million. Revenue was also up, to US$254.8 million from US$217.4 million for the six months to June 30...

Batman Poker Set

With the premiere of Batman Dark Knight fresh in movie goers' minds, the timing is right for a Batman themed poker set, and one can be found at Big Bad Toy Store.com. Technically it is a Joker themed set, with 100 poker chips with various Joker faces, and a deck of cards marked up with Joker style markings. The whole set comes in an aluminum case and is available for pre-order for around $85...

Problem Poker Player Released from Prison

In December of 2005 a high school class president in Pennsylvania was arrested after robbing a bank to fuel a gambling binge and pay off online poker debts, and was sent to prison. Greg Hogan, Jr, has served 22 months of his sentence and was recently released from the Pennsylvania State Prison where he was serving his time. Hogan's father, a minister, used the occasion of his son's arrest and incarceration to promote an anti gambling campaign...

World Poker Tour to Air Canadian Events

The World Poker Tour has expanded into Canada, and on Friday they announced that they would air two of the events filmed for broadcast at the River Rock Casino in Vancouver. This is part of the very first WPT Canada series of tournaments, and the two together will result in four one-hour episodes. Instead of the duo of Mike Sexton and Vince van Patten as commentators, there will be poker pro Kenna James and Jim van Horne, a Canadian sports announcer...

Poker Tourney for Fighting Cancer in Kids

Early July was the time when more than fifty poker players gathered at the Gibraltar Gala Casino to push chips around for a good cause. The game was No Limit Texas Holdem poker, and the event was a tournament held to raise money for RICC (Research Into Childhood Cancer). First prize was a poker table plus four bottles of wine and £250, and second prize was a poker set, two bottles of wine and £50...

Pros Hang On at World Series of Poker

The pro players are feeling good about this year's World Series of Poker events, currently playing at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. For years amateur players have been giving the pros a run for their money, but this year's slower pace seems to have been just what the pros need. Slower events mean better players are rewarded, and so far the pros have won most of the bracelets...

WSOP Hard on Women Celebrities

The World Series of Poker has always been a draw for celebrities, especially now that poker has become such a fashionable game. This year quite a few celebrities turned out to play in the Ladies No Limit Texas Holdem event and quickly were shown the door. While considered as much a pro as a celebrity, Jennifer Tilly did not perform well, busting on the first day when her flush draw came up empty...

2008 WSOP Forecast, Day Twelve: Omaha or Bust

Today is Day 12 of the 2008 World Series of Poker, and an event is starting today that features a game that is steadily gaining ground in popularity, Pot Limit Omaha. Omaha in general is establishing a slowly growing player base that may put it in a position to one day challenge Texas Holdem for supremacy. It won't ever win, thanks to the fever that grips Holdem, but it might put up a good fight.