The sixth annual Bayou Poker Classic is a stop on the World Series of Poker Tour circuit that takes place at Harrah’s New Orleans casino. The casino recently announced the information about the tournament so players can get ready to compete.

The tournament will begin on...

We all know a good trailer can make or break a television show or movie. The visual image on the screen can make a person really want to watch the program or forget about it. The Game Show Network has been promotion the upcoming High Stakes Poker show episodes by showing two t...

Scott Ian is an online poker player and member of the Ultimate Bet poker team. Though, Scott is best known as the guitar player for Anthrax. Scott will be hosting a special online poker tournament on the Ultimate Bet website called Scott Ian’s Home Game.

Several poker p...

The World Series of Poker Circuit recently stopped in Council Bluffs, Iowa and Jesse Hale won the $5,000 no limit hold’em main event. Sixty seven players participated in the tournament and final table play ended on Wednesday. Hale won $113,020 for his first place...

This past Sunday’s PokerStars Million had a very large turnout, 8,799 players competed for the first place prize and created a prize pool of $1.7 million. Cmyworth was able to outlast the large field of competitors and take home the $213,136 first place prize. W...

The first part of the European Masters of Poker Series has finished and Johanna Pyysing has won first place. The event took place in Tallinn, Estonia and Pyysing outlasted the other two hundred and forty seven players to take home the just over 61,000 Euro first place prize.

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Poker Royalty is a poker management team and marketing company. They represent many poker pros in the industry including Jean-Robert Bellande. Poker Royalty recently announced that Bellande has renewed his sponsorship agreement with Bodog Poker and will be sponsored exclusivel...

The fifth annual NBC National Heads Up Championship is set to take place on March 5th through the 8th and NBC has just announced the players that will be competing in the tournament. Caesars Palace Poker Tournament Room will play host to the event as players use their skills t...

PokerStars has announced details to their new online poker series that will begin this spring. The new series is called the Spring Championship of Online Poker and will begin on April 2nd and continue until the 12th.

The Spring Championship of Online Poker will have a total o...

Poker fans have been anticipating the Tom “Durr” Dwan challenge for some months now and it has finally begun. Three players accepted the challenge by Dwan and over the past few days one player has competed against Dwan.

Patrik Antoinus and Dwan have played three s...

Casino Bellini just launched less than a year ago and has shown they are determined to get new players to their web site. the online casino recently launched a new contest where new players or those who have not deposited yet can earn a piece of a $2000 monthly cash prize.

The first ever LA Poker Classic $10K Horse Championship has finished up after three days of intense game play. Only ninety six players entered the event and Scotty Nguyen was the last man standing and claimed the first ever title. Other famous poker pros entered the tourn...

The High Heels Poker Tour held their second event of this year on February 13th at the Mardi Gras Gaming Center in Florida. The ladies only event was sponsored by the High Heels Poker Tour and had a $150 buy-in. The tournament was a No Limit Hold’em event and many ta...

Two new poker players have been signed to the RedKings Poker Team: Christian Heich and Ivo “The Chessmaster” Donev. Heich has seen success at the Aussie Millions and Donev is a WSOP bracelet winner.

Heich recently won a side event at the Aussie Millions and finish...

One of the most sought after poker players has announced where he will be devoting his time. Peter “Zupp” Jepsen has signed to the Betfair Poker Team and will join the ranks of some of the hottest poker talent in the industry.

Just a few months ago Ladbrokes Poker...

2008 World Series of Poker Champion Peter Eastgate and his brother Casper have started a charitable organization to help children all over the world who are in need of assistance. The WSOP main event winner will use his new found fame to generate funds for his charity.

Eastga...

Roberto Romanello won the PartyPoker European Open V this past weekend and it was a long time coming. Romanello is a poker pro who has yet to take a large tournament victory win until now. Romanello won $200,000 for his first place finish. Romanello was up against Marc Go...

Online poker room Ultimate Bet recently announced they will be sponsoring the upcoming WWE WrestleMania. This may seem like an unlikely match up but the pair has a lot in common. Both have a large fan base and promote their product well.

Ultimate Bet will be offering wrestlin...

The Carbon Poker Bad Beat Jackpot has continued to grow for some time and was sitting as the largest online poker bad beat jackpot ever. Players were hoping that they would be the lucky one to hit the jackpot and on Friday the 13th one player did hit the massive jackpot.

RUGG...

PokerStars recently announced they were approaching their 25th Billionth Hand dealt on their online poker website and to celebrate they held special tournaments this past weekend. Players were online in droves and PokerStars dealt their 25th Billionth Hand.

On Sunday PokerSta...

Dial A Dealer is a website that offers card dealers the opportunity to earn extra money by using their website. Dealers can access information on customers who want host a casino night or poker event and then be hired by those customers. Dial A Dealer recently announced the la...

Event #17 of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series XI has ended and several online poker pros showed up to compete. One online pro took the first place prize and that was UFman2. Just over one thousand players entered the six max rebuy tournament which created a larger prize pool ...

Plans were recently announced by poker pro Jennifer Harmon to host a charity poker tournament. The tournament will raise money for the National Kidney Foundation. Harmon does a lot of charity work and this is just another way she can use her fame in the poker world to raise mo...

Argentina will be the final stop on this season’s PokerStars Latin American Poker tour as PokerStars recently announced the addition of the stop on the tour. The Mar del Plata will host the event on April 16th through the 19th which will have a $5,200 buy-in. The LA...

PKR has just announced that PKR Live will be back for the second edition this April. The live poker festival took place for the first time last November and will take place again in London at the Loose Cannon Club.

Seats to PKR Live II are limited to those who are invited and...

The World Series of Poker Circuit will be making their next stop in Iowa tomorrow to begin the next round of tournaments. The Horseshoe Casino and Hotel in Council Bluffs, Iowa will host the series with a variety of games available.

The first event to take place during the se...

Online poker room CelebPoker recently announced they will be hosting a special tournament during the month of March that will offer at least E600, 000. The tournament is called the International Championship of Online Poker and it will begin on March 9th and run until March 15...

We are just two months into 2009 and already major poker tours are in full swing. The first Heartland Poker Tour main event took place on February eighth in Oklahoma at the Downstream Casino Resort. A field of four hundred and fifty seven players competed for the first place p...

The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) work hard to try and get the online poker industry regulated. The group has thousands of members who all believe that poker should be legalized to help boost the economy. Recently the Chairman of the PPA wrote an article for the Washington DC R...

Vegas Group AB is a Swedish poker agency and event organizer. Poker Icons is also a poker agency. Recently the two companies decided to join forces and create what they call a ‘super poker agency’. The new group will be called Poker Icons AB and they represent many...

Yesterday marked the kickoff of the Oklahoma State Championship of Poker. The tournament series will continue until the sixteenth and twenty two events will be held. The championship event will have a $3,000 buy-in and will take place on the fifteenth and end on the sixtee...

Several poker pros that are well known in the poker industry have joined forces to create a new charitable organization. The new non-profit is called PokerGives.org and was formed by Linda Johnson, Mike Sexton, Lisa Tenner and Jan Fisher.

Mike Sexton explained that PokerGives...

It’s that time of year again. The Full Tilt Online Poker Series XI has begun and fans and pros have been anxiously awaiting its return. The first event started last night at nine pm and lasted for thirteen hours as poker players tried to take the top finish.

Six thousan...

Gus Hansen has been training hard to get ready for his upcoming boxing match against fellow poker pro Theo Jorgensen. The match was set up to bring an end to settle an old feud. The winner will take home 200,000 DKK and viewers can tune in on February 21st on Gus TV.

The figh...

The first event to take place on PokerStars Russian Poker Tour was a $5,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament that saw two hundred and one players competing. The tournament took place in St. Petersburg, Russia with final table action beginning on February 1st. Seven Russi...

It was announced recently by Gala Casinos that they will not be holding the British Poker Tour this year and instead they will be focusing on the Casinos online tournaments. The Gala Casinos British Poker Tour was considered one of the finest poker tours in Britain and always ...

BLUFF Magazine has announced the details for their BLUFF Online Poker Challenge for 2009 and many poker pros have confirmed their participation. The Challenge will be sponsored by Lock Poker and players will be competing in sit n gos and multi table tournaments on the poker we...

It was recently announced that the Queens of Heart Poker team have joined ranks with the World Series of Poker. Queens of Heart play poker and donate a percentage of their winnings to charity. Members of the team include: Celebrities-Linda Johnson, Jennifer Tilly and Kristy Ga...

It was recently announced that Vectra Group a cable operator in Poland and the Poker Channel have teamed up. The new partnership will see Eastern Europe gain the Poker Channel as the game has become increasingly popular in the region.

Vectra subscribers can now view a promoti...

Dream Team Poker recently announced that they will be holding a second team poker event this year at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The Dream Team Poker event first took place last year and since it saw great success they have decided to bring the event back and open it to the p...