The Poker Player Alliance (PPA) has reported that they have gone over the one million membership mark earlier this month.  At the time this was written they had 1,000,045 members but some could have joined up and raised up those numbers since then,

The PPA has also launc...

Hollywood Poker is always looking for new ways to make their rewards program better to make sure that all types of players feel welcome.  They currently offer a variety of new deposit bonuses that are tailored to suit players from every level and bankroll.  Hollywood...

Day 2 at the World Poker Tour World Championship saw a rise in action from day one,  Deep starting stacks limited the first day eliminations to just 121 players while day 2 saw 233 players eliminated.

This could possibly be one of the toughest no limit tournament fields ...

California is busy investigation whether they should legalize online gambling and if they do decide to legalize online gambling what should be permitted in the state.  Assemblyman Lloyd Levin has navigated his bill to study the legislation of online gambling past one comm...

Doyles Rooms is again bringing some of the biggest stars to compete in their celebrity poker action.  They have announced that A list celebrities Nicky Hilton and Jamie Lynn Sigler will be in their next Doyles Room Celebrity Bounty Poker Tournament. 

Nicky Hilton is...

The second annual Jennifer Harman Charity Poker Tournament will kick off tomorrow at 3pm at the Venetian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.  There are still seats left in the tournament if you want to play, the tournament is going to be helping the Nevada Society for the Prev...

Federal Marshals in Sweetwater Tennessee are on the hunt for a former Sweetwater cop that was charged in connection with money that came up missing from the police evidence locker.

According to the Monroe County Advocate and Democrat, Chris Greene, 44 was indicted on one coun...

PokerStars has launched a new video site that will be "offering live webcasts of major events and a unique collection of high quality poker footage."   The site is currently in the beta testing phase and is located at PokerStars.tv and the line up will include Stars ...

Titan Poker is currently staging online poker races for their players that are located in Canada, France, Germany, Italy and the UK. 

Players from each country are going to be racing for 5 days, from April 15th through the 19th.  They are attempting to accumulate en...

The first ever 2007 World Series of Poker Europe is being presented by Betfair Poker and will soon be broadcasted on Sky television and other channels across Europe.  The 2007 WSOPE Will begin airing on Monday, April 21st.

Each episode will last an hour and they are goin...

PokerTek is the leading producer of automated poker tables and related software.  They have now announced that they have expanded their distribution agreement for their Heads Up Challenge product with Cosmic Video Amusements. 

Before PokerTek had partnered with Cosm...

The two professional poker players that stole over £150,000 from cash machines to fund a trip to Las Vegas have been imprisoned for 18 months. 

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Brothers Mohammed Imran, 33, and Mohammed Irfan, 36,  both stole the money over a period of three days back in 2...

In the last few days US poker players have found out that they can no longer use Epassporte to deposit or withdraw funds from their account.  So Poker Echecks are stepping in to fill the gap. 

All you need is a checking account to be able to use Instant Poker Echeck...

The new court date for the Washington State Online Gamblin and Poker is now May 15th.  Lee Russo is the former gubernatorial candidate and Poker Players Alliance (PPA) regional director for the state of Washington. 

He has stated in his most recent update that ...

The two day 1 flights of the European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo are over and now the field has been combined for day 2 and still sitting with those players is Bodog Poker pro Josh Arieh.  The tournament drew in 842 players this is 136 more then last years event,

There is news that the online poker room, Poker Trillion are now leaving the Boss Media Network.  They have issued a garnishee order and have filed a €45 million law suit against them.  Poker Trillion customer were emailed on Friday to inform them of the "freezi...

Last week US players that were using Epassporte to make deposits were told there were technical difficulties but Epassporte has now officially stopped servicing poker transactions as of 1:00pm PDT on Friday.

At first there were just rumors and speculation that some hoped woul...

Sweden is very eager to get players away from private online sites in offer to prevent undesirable economic and social effects.  A Swedish study has resulted in proposals to combine state run poker sites into a governmentally operated online poker network. 

Sweden a...

PokerStars has announced that they have signed two new members to their team.  Gavin Griffin and Chad Brown are the two newest members of Team PokerStars Pro. 

 Gavin Griffin recently made history when he became the first person to get a triple crown.  He ...

PKR.com has partnered with top aerial company Helibanners Ltd. and their patented Helicopter Overcity Banner Systems.  PKR has commissioned a bespoke 25,000 square foot banner that is designed to fly over major events in London .  So far the banner has made three fli...

The first day at the European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo is over.  The players were greeted in the tournament room like they were rock stars with blaring rock music and lots of lights. 

There was also a short video of the action at previous European Poker...

Poker is coming to Oklahoma thanks to the commitment from several casinos to put the focus on poker and locals and people that live in bordering states are cheering.  Oklahoma has actually a lot of poker history and they are looking to make more.

Jimmie Sims, Poker Room ...

Starting this Sunday poker fans can start watching 12 hours of Head To Head poker.  NBC is presenting the National Heads UP Poker Championship that was held in Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.  The shows will start airing this Sunday at 12pm and then will run on every Su...

Titan Poker is going to be sending players from across all of Europe to compete in the first ever Eurocity Poker Tour Madrid Open.  Some of the players at Titan Poker will be coming from France, Denmark, Germany, Sweden and Italy to compete.

Sixteen players have already ...

Poker After Dark is starting out their newest season by filming right now in South Point Casino in Las Vegas and although the set will still be the same one from their previous episodes there will be a new member added to the cast.

The newest member is model and television pe...

Bet365 has announced more World Series of Poker qualifying tournaments that will get players into the best of tournament poker that will return this Summer. 

This year the WSOP in Las Vegas will be one of the largest poker events on the planet,  As usual will we wil...

The results of a one year investigation into online poker play in Sweden alleges that players are more then twice as likely to develop gambling problems when playing poker at sites that have foreign operators.  This is compared to those that play at the state owned online...

Poker players are competing for either cash or a seat at the WSOP at the Realities For Children Fort Collins Series of Poker Championship.  Ten lucky players advanced in the tournament on March 30th at the Fort Collins Hilton hotel.

These players are now qualified to com...

To find the largest poker room in Las Vegas you have to go to Caesars Palace and this summer they are giving poker players from around the world more reasons to come play some hot poker at their casino.

Starting June 1st and running until July 9th they are going to be offerin...

Only Six players got to return to play at the televised final table at the World Poker Tour Foxwoods Poker Classic.  At the start of the day  Erik Seidel was the chip leader and that is how he finished the tournament.

Erik Seidel has won eight World Series of Poker ...

The Coast to Coast Poker Championship in WPT Canada was recently announced and it is set to kick off in May.  This is going to the first ever tournament put on by the British Columbia Lottery Corporation which has been organizing bigger and better poker tournaments t...

Casino Barcelona is going to be hosting the World Poker Tour Main Event for the second time.  The reason they are the hosts yet again is because of the great success they had last year.

Steve Lipscomb, the World Poker Tour Founder, President and CEO said that the World P...

People in the US are trying to make poker an acceptable game and some people are trying to get legislature passed so that poker can be played in more states and eventually to make it legal to play poker online again.

There is a bill in Florida that would extend the hours of o...

Absolute Poker has announced today that they have completed the migration of player accounts from Vegas Poker 247.  Absolute Poker announced that they had acquired the poker site in February 2008.

As a result of the completed migration all the accounts that were with Veg...

Betfair poker issued a challenge to their players a while back, the challenge was to win three multi table tournaments in a week at the poker site.  The reward for the player or players that achieved this was a nice cash bonus.  Well, until the end of March no one ha...

As the World Series of Poker draws closer we hear more and more about online poker sites having satellites, freerolls, promotions and more ways for players to win their seat into the event.

But who wins them well Jeff Cuthbertson has won his seat by qualifying in a freeroll a...

Pharaohs Poker Palace is no more they have closed their doors and their website is no longer available. 

This comes after at least two months of the usual run up to a fall down that includes delayed payouts and bad communication with players.

The proprietary ...

PokerStars is currently still number 1 according to the latest stats at Pokerscout.  Pokerscout analyses 20 million online poker hands each month to be able to give a real time statistical snapshot of online poker.

PokerStars is still enjoying a commanding lead ove...

Sometime in next coming months PaddyPower Poke will deal their one billionth hand and they are going to be celebrating this monumental event by giving away cash and prizes.  The cash and prizes will be given away during their countdown all the way to the one billionth h...

Mike Sexton "the Ambassador of Poker" will be the official headliner for the Party Poker World Open IV that will start on April 25th and run til the 2nd of May.

Although Sexton is going to be the headliner, the PartyBets.com 16/1 favorite for the event is the ...

Pocket Fives has launched their new site that will have many upgrades for new and veteran readers alike.  Users will now be able create a personalized blog,create a photo gallery and enjoy more direct access to the stars of online poker. 

They were originally...

The World Poker Tour Foxwoods Poker Classic kicked off at noon and at the start of the day and the tournament there are 338 players registered.  But as it becomes time to play a lot of the seats were still empty, maybe they were all trying to be fashionably late? 

S...

Poker Royalty has gotten themselves another poker pro this week as they have signed Gavin Griffin on to use the agency for his management and marketing representation.  Griffin is 26 and he is a professional poker player that has been shooting up to the top of the poker...

Vega Promotional Systems has announced that they are going to expand their Latin America Poker Tour (LAPT) to now include stops in North American venues. 

With the expansion comes a new name the tour has been renamed the "Poker Tour of the Americas".&nbs...

Titan Poker is the largest poker room on the iPoker Network and they are currently getting ready to send a large delegation of players to the 2008 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas that will be happening this Summer.  The popular online poker room has launched a parall...

Amsterdam is getting excited as the Casino Affiliate Convention in NH Grand Krasnapolsky Hotel is about to take place. 

There are going to be over 1,000 people entering through their front doors and the maximum capacity limit just might be reached.  The 2008 ...

The online poker industry is nervous about a proposed 60 Minutes expose.  The CBS show 60 Minutes is going to air a show about the online poker industry and the notorious "insider poker cheat" and this has much of the sector wondering what type of damage may o...

DoylesRoom.com has made an announcement today about their release of their new groundbreaking new poker software. 

This is their first software update of 2008 and the updated version now has more features and previously unseen customizable options.  The lates...

There are the usual awards for poker and then there are the Wicked Chops Poker Awards, these awards are quite unique and only a few have been handed out so far.  Among the first of the awards to be handed out is Best Poker Player While Drinking Alcohol Award which went ...

Titan Poker is giving more free seats to more great tournaments, this time they are sending players to Salzburg to compete in the 2008 Salzburg Poker Cup. The Poker Cup will get started on April 23rd and run until April 27th at the newly renovated Concord Card Casino. 

The Asian Poker Tour has announced that they will be returning for yet another year.  The schedule that was released for 2008 has four events, the events will take place in the Philippines, Macau, South Korea and Singapore.  The dates and venues for three of the ev...

The Seminole Casino expansion and recent bills that have expanded their poker and greyhound racetracks that won approval from the Florida Senate Committee on Tuesday have now caused their Gulf Coast neighbor, Mississippi to consider competitive measures and tax breaks for th...

BetClick Poker has recently announced that their daily tournaments are now bigger and better then before. 

Players can expect to see some great changes with 4 cash prize freerolls played every day and The top ten finishers in each of the freerolls will get to comp...