Last night the pairing party was held at Pure, in Caesars Palace.  The results of the pairing is going to make things interesting as play begins this morning.  Some of the first round match ups are World Series of Poker bracelet winner Erik Seidel against online pl...

Full Tilt Poker has given yet another seat to the World Series of Poker, JudasBlue will be happily taking that seat later on this year.  In order to win this seat players had to earn 300 points during the qualification period and then show up at the freeroll.  This...

Some players have been left out in the cold as online poker sites have abandoned them but LuckHog has recently relaunched on a new online poker network provider and they are now going to reach out to all online poler players that were affected by online poker networks cold s...

Doyle Brunson has been named Most Influential Player in Poker by Bluff Magazine, who has just released their 2008 Poker Power 20.  The list is compiled by Buff staff along with online poker community experts.

On the list this year there are of course some of the be...

The World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic is still playing on and is about 20 players short of the payouts.  Right now Phil Ivey and Andrew Robl are battling it out for the chip leader position.

Robl has been in the top spot for the last few hours, he has been domina...

Titan Poker is going to help make the Irish Open internationally known by sending some of their best online players to play in the tournament. 

Titan Poker has hand picked players from; Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Serbia, Slovak Repub...

The new owners of the well known poker club, Powerhouse Sporting Club is going to have to set a £250 gambling limit on their tables after losing their bit to win a gaming license.  The club has played heads up with the Gaming Commission at a licensing meeting that...

Lee Rousso will finally get his day in court, he has filed a lawsuit against the State of Washington in the US in regards to their online gambling ban. In a statement that was recently released on the Poker Players Alliance Web site, Russo said that his hearing is scheduled ...

There are going to be two new online poker sites coming soon for players. Recently listed on the London AIM Exchange and Playtech associate Asian Logic Limited is continuing to expand their interests in the East this week announcing a deal with Fortune Bid Holdings BVI ...

There has been a recent wave of DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks that were targeted at major online poker and gambling sites that have impaired the functionality of several of those major sites in recent days.

According to a report made by the Shadowserver F...

DuplicatePoker.com has announced the launch of their first ever Duplicate Poker World Championship.  This inaugural completion is going to try to find out who is the best poker player in the world by using their Duplicate Poker format. 

DupicatePoker.com has ...

Earlier in the week I reported on a man who had killed three people who he believed were cheating him at a private poker match in Palatka. 

Since then he has made his first court appearance in a Palatka Courtroom and now has his arraignment scheduled for March 19t...

Back in 2006 Congress tried to stop the booming online poker industry and since then people everywhere have been finding ways around it.  Some found other payment processors, casinos, poker rooms and other gambling sites that would still accept US Players.

And now ...

The World Poker Tour Enterprises {WPTE) has reales ed their event and tournament schedule for their seventh season today and this schedule has approximately one third less tournaments then the season before.  In season six WPTE broadcasted twenty tournaments that includ...

Titan Poker has just added three new variations of online poker to their side games.  These games are Pai Gow Poker, Tequila Poker and Jacks Or Better and this will bring the grand total of casino styled games at Titan Poker up to 12.

Titan Poker is known for ...

The man that was charged with shooting and killing and three met at a private poker game in Palatka over the weekend believed that he had been cheated during the contest, deputies reported.

Officers arrested Duane Demarus Crittenden II (28), of Palatka, in Marion County...

This week we got a "teaser" from Betfair Poker.  They released that they are going to be announcing their newest signing to their roster of sponsored pros and also promised that it "will be a headline grabber"

So we know little at this point ex...

It may have been a long time in the making but Andy Black has won his first major poker tournament.  This poker playing Irishman who has spent over 20 years trying to capture his first major title has finally done it.  He beat final table players; Annie Duke, Rolan...

Five million dollars worth of grants are soon to be distributed to local jurisdictions in order to help eliminate illegal gambling in statewide private clubs.  These clubs serve as an integral part of the community and fund various activities and charitable causes, espe...

Bet365 has announced that they are going to be holding qualifier tournaments for the UK National Poker Championships.  These online poker tournaments are going to qualify online poker players for a chance to sit at the UK National Poker Championships, ran by Genting Sta...

This Sunday is going to be one of the busiest days in the history of online tournament poker.  There are quite a few big events that are all taking place on Sunday that players might not know where to start.  There are going to be the normal weekly evens on sites l...

Speculation that deeply troubled online poker network and software provider Digital Gaming Systems was taken over by the little known Cintaly Holdings Corporations have surfaced again this week with unpaid player reports that there is little evidence of any substance to the ...

While February maybe the shortest month out of the year but DoylesRoom.com is making the most of this month by filling it with some of the hottest online poker action and adding some Hollywood stars to make sure that players notice.

DoylesRoom.com announced today that N...

British players that want to hone their poker skills are being offered the chance to attend the first ever Sky Poker Bootcamp.  The Sky Poker Bootcamp is scheduled to run in Bristol, England on March 8th and 9th.

The Boot Camp will be limited to only 60 student to ...

On Thursday March 13, The Montel Willams MS Foundation Gala and Pro Celebrity Poker Challenge presented by Continental Airlines will take place at Cipriani, in New York City. 

This grand event will kick off at 5:30pm with a cocktail reception followed by a buffet d...

The Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS) has announced several poker events that will feature a trio of speakers at campuses with GPSTS charters. 

On Wednesday February 20th, Harvard Law School will be hosting journalist Vin Narayanan will be discussing...

There is now a MySpace that was exclusively made for online poker player to get together, chat, discuss strategies, brag and tell tall tales at.  This new site was launched with the idea that poker players needed a "MySpace" all their own and is called the Pok...

Online Poker Insider has announced the best and the worst in Internet poker for 2007, Online Poker Insider is one of the leading in dependant online poker portals on the internet. 

There were winners and losers with an award for the Best Online Poker Room of the y...

The World Poker Association (WPA) has announced today that they have added antitrust lawyer and poker player Ken Adams to their Board of Directors. 

Adams will also serve as a member of the World Poker Association Executive Committee, in addition to chairing the E...

Officials in Manchester have announced that they are going to legally challenge the governments decision to scrap the previously planned supercasino if and when the decision becomes final. 

The supercasino project was originally awarded to Manchester by Prime Mini...

Men "the Master" Nguyen, four time Card Player of the Year (POY) is again making his way to the top by breezing through smaller buy in events at the L.A. Poker Classic. 

Playing in these tournaments has moved Nguyen into second place with 2,432 POY point...

If you love Chinese Poker then give Pai Gow online poker on Bodog a try.  Similar to Chinese Poker, Pai Gow Poker places a premium on the ability to arrange hands.  Keeping track of bets and who is losing and winning is much easier in Pai Gow Poker.  With Pai ...

Popular online poker room UltimateBet.net is teaming up with the WWE for the ultimate Wrestlemania experience.  A pair of thicket to Wrestlemania XXIV (24) could be just a great hand away for a lucky Canadian poker player. 

UltimateBet.net accounted today tha...

Royal Flush Club, online poker club and poker school has launched their new online poker membership community.  Royal Flush Club is going to join up with world class professional poker player Brett "Gank" Jungblut to create a unique online poker collective, th...

Poker players will be excited to know that a new online tournament will soon begin at the PokerStars website that will have large payouts and see many players finishing in the money. For PokerStars members the new tournament will pretty much be a freeroll as the buy-in for t...

The World Poker Tour has found a new home on television and a new hostess, Layla Kayleigh.  WPT Enterprises, INC and their new network partner GSN made an announcement today that their sixth season schedule will feature 23 two hour WPT episodes.

The season premier ...

Card Player Media has launched SpadeClub.com, this new poker community will be great for all poker players, no matter what skill level.  SpadeClub.com plans on leading the way in enhancing online poker by adding new features, such as; player profiles, exclusive tools an...

The Purple Lounge is known as being a luxurious online poker room offering many market leading VIP deals and personalized customer service for their players.  The Purple Lounge has won yet another gaming award, this time for the exceptional Poker customer service that t...

Poker is growing all over the world people want to play and they want the chance to play at some of the larger, more professional tournaments.  It was just announced in London that their is now India Poker Tour {IPT).  This is to be a major event that will take pla...

The creator of the Electric Game Card has confirmed that Poker Winning Seats has taken delivery of the initial order of the Poker Winning Seat Electronic GameCard, that will be marketed as their "Poker Winning Seat GameCard".  The Poker Winning Seat GameCard i...

Most poker players have experienced a few bad beats but what about a deadbeat. An arrest warrant was issued for professional poker player Scott Obst, who authorities say owes more then 100,000 in past child support payments.

WTMJ, a local television station in Milwaukee...

Good news for fans of UltimateBet.net, their new reality poker series, Best Damn Poker Show will begin airing on Monday February 11th at 9pm, 11pm and 12:30pm local time on Fox Sports Net. 

The Best Damn Poker Show will follow 18 poker players that are divided int...

Back in October of 2006 Senator Bill First made millions of poker playing enemies when he passes the law that would ban online poker for millions of Americans.  However since that day sites have sprang up online to offer help for US based players.

One site in part...

One time part owner of Superior Poker is now facing more than 165 years in prison for the online gambling offenses that accrued according to sources. 

Action Poker which had previously licensed Superior Poker severed all ties in what was a messy "divorce"...

Titan Poker is the largest poker room on the iPoker network and this month they are rewarding their VIP players with great rewards in addition to other promotions that are bring held.  There is going to be an exclusive VIP satellite tournament on February 29th and all o...

Titan Poker has their player for the World Poker Showdown Ocean World in the Dominican Republic in May.  Cory Tymich, a 34 year old poker player from Surrey British Columbia in Canada is their man.  Corey has represented Titan Poker before in Las Vegas at the 2007 ...

PokerStars.com released their marketing code and it is one among many new incentives the company is providing to their players.  Once a player has downloaded the Poker Stars software and have registered their account they will then need to provide the current marketing ...

News came from Australia that a new plan could rid Clubs of Pokies in about five to ten years.  Tens of thousands of pokies are going to have to find a new home after a new federal new tax plan. 

This plan will see pokies only in casinos and race tracks, fami...

Bodog Poker has announced the commencement of satellite poker tournaments for the 2008 World Series of Poker. The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is set for the 3rd through the 15th of July and will be held at the Rio all Suite Hotel and Casino located in Las Vegas Nevada.

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Titan Poker winner Yann Lelievre won the exclusive World Challenge Promotion getting himself 100,000 in cash.  He won the title after he defeated some of the best online players in the world.  For three months Titan Poker players competed for the chance to play in ...

Carnival Cruise Lines offers customers more then the sea and fresh air.  Right now passengers are playing to win cash prizes and one lucky player will get a seat in the World Series of Poker in their Wild Winners tournament.   Slots, blackjack and poker tourna...

Beginning near the end of February, Paradise Poker will be giving away Las Vegas prize packages to the World Series of Poker. €500 satellites will take place on February 24th, March 23rd and April 20th. These dates are for the final. Players can play in Las Vegas daily ...

The online poker room, Doyles Room, has taken the WSOP prize package to another level. Most poker sites are giving away some type of World Series of Poker package. Doyles Room has taken the WSOP package to another level. The site has created the Vegas Legends Grand Prize Pac...

The 6th Annual World Poker Tour Invitational is almost here and the excitement is mounting. The event will being on March 1st at the Commerce Casino where the tournament takes place every year. The event will raise money for charity and also crown a World Poker Tour champion...

Online gambling sites have been steadily moving into foreign markets to take advantage of the rising interest in gambling and poker. Bodog Entertainment is one such Company making strides. The Company recently launched a new Chinese web site for their Chinese speaking custom...

The 2008 Carling Cup Final will take place on February 24th between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur in London. Mansion Casino is the shirt sponsor for Tottenham Hotspur and because of this football fans have something to cheer about. Mansion Casino has decided to give away tic...

While ChiliPoker.com was only launched in 2006 it is fastly becoming one of the most popular online poker rooms in Europe.  To continue their fast paced growth they are starting a new promotion called, Omaholics.  This promotion was launched on February 1st and wil...

Back in October of last year, Richard Lee was arrested after a fourteen month investigation by police for an alleged gambling operation. Lee had placed 6th in the 2006 WSOP and all of his accrued money from the event was taken from him by police. Several items were taken fro...

It was announced today that Casinos Poland Ltd will be hosting the Polish Open 2008 at the Hyatt Hotel in Warsaw. Casinos Poland Ltd is a holding of Century Casinos, Inc. This will be the first European Poker Tour to take place in Poland. The dates set for the event are Marc...

Everest Online Casino announced on February fourth that an Italian Video Poker player had received a 50,000 jackpot that was won on January 29th, a great way for that lucky player to start off the new year. 

This lucky player from Italy won the jackpot by getting ...

The online casino provider, Casino Tropez, recently won both Gold and Silver honors at the 2007 Gambling Online Magazine Awards. Thousands of website visitors and readers of Gambling Online Magazine voted for the awards that were given to various casinos and operators. The C...

It was announced today that HeadsUp Entertainment had confirmed many celebrities and poker pros would be in attendance this year at the 2008 Canadian Open Poker Championships. The event is scheduled to begin on March 5th and continue until the 9th in Calgary. The Deerfoot In...

Over the weekend the Sunday Mail reported that Kenneth Gibson, a Scottish politician, has stated he would like to see a mandatory tax brought on all gambling firms that operate in Scotland. The tax money would go toward treatment of gambling addiction as well as education on...

Ongame recently launched a new version of their poker software. The new version was created to give players a poker game on a one-on-one level while they are on the go. The new software has several features that give a player a more one-on-one experience. The software uses a...

It is not often that an Omaha player can find an online event with the offer of a large prize pool. The Titan Poker website has decided to do just that. The website will begin their Omaholics event that will take place in February and March. The competition will be in the fo...

Spin3 has recently appointed Mark Hirschfield as their first United Kingdom based executive. Hirschfield is a Betting and Gaming sector expert and formerly worked at the law firm Mishcon de Reya. Spin3 is a full service mobile gaming solutions provider and this move will hel...

This month the online poker site UltimateBet will be represented by two great names in poker at several live poker events. Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth will be participating in European poker tournaments representing UltimateBet the whole month of February.

The Party P...

The readers of Gambling Online Magazine, a popular European magazine devoted to the world of gambling, have voted and awarded the Best Poker Software of 2007 to CelebPoker.  This award is look to one by the online poker room at a great achievement and appreciates th...

Last year the Swedish government were investigating online poker players and gaming affiliates. The Swedish tax authorities have released some of their findings since the investigation began. The report shows that 230 investigations have taken place, ending on December 1st 2...

A few players enjoying a game of poker on the Betfair website recently got a surprise when they all received money they were not supposed to get. Six players were playing poker when during one hand, all the players went all in. when the hand was over the 1st place player got...

The CelebPoker League has started and the website claims it is the biggest poker league available online. A prize pool over €612,000 is now up for grabs through the Poker League. CelebPoker players can participate in the Poker League by earning points. The points system...

The recently launched Lucky Ace Casino, an 888.com white label online casino, is receiving a lot of negative attention of late, as unhappy customers who claim to have followed all terms and conditions are being accused of "bonus abuse", resulting in the loss of all...