The Epic Poker League filled one of the competition’s biggest gaps Wednesday, as the league announced a television deal with CBS and a second network that will put the professional poker tour in television. A total of 20 hours of programming was included in the deal, whi...

For months, players and fans alike have been unsure of what to call the Federated Sports and Gaming professional poker league. They now have an answer – even if it’s one that isn’t incredibly popular.

FS+G announced Monday that their invitational league wi...

The professional poker league organized by Federated Sports and Gaming has announced the creation of an eight-member Standards and Conduct Committee, which will attempt to promote “fair play, good character and integrity in every aspect of the league’s operation.&r...

Scott Seiver took the chip lead with three players left to play and rode that advantage to first place at the 2011 World Poker Tour Championship. Seiver, 26, won $1,618,344 along with his first World Poker Tour title. Seiver faced a final table that may have had few hou...

While most of the action at the World Poker Tour Championship was on the felt, where players were competing for a $1.6 million first prize, there was a secondary story line occurring on the floor. Ali Tekintamgac – an accused cheater who was disqualified from a Parto...

Day Three of the 2011 WPT Championship saw the field – which started with 220 players – cut down to just 52 contestants still vying for the $1.6 million first place prize. The leader heading into the 4th day of play was Sam El Sayed, who won his seat in the ...

Jason Mercier rose above a stacked field to claim the first ever PokerStars Champion of Champions tournament title. The tournament featured every winner in the history of the European Poker Tour, and took place at the Gran Casino in Madrid.

In total, 50 EPT winners took par...

Federated Sports and Gaming announced more details about their professional poker league Tuesday, with the most significant announcement perhaps being the criteria that will be used to award tour cards.

Players who meet the criteria and will be given cards for the first sea...

The World Team Poker Championship has been postponed, in order to give time for the dust to settle from the recent online poker shutdown in the United States. The event was originally scheduled to take place between May 24 and 26 at the South Point Casino in Las Vegas, and is ...

Full Tilt Poker has put the brakes on its Onyx Cup Series, a tournament series that was scheduled to have buy-ins ranging from $100,000 to $300,000. While Full Tilt Poker did not immediately give a reason for the cancellation, it seems clear that this was a reaction to...