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  • European Poker Awards Names 2012 Winners

    • No small number of fierce competitors were up for the 2012 Player of the Year title at the European Poker Awards-- in fact, the competition has been deadly all around, with names of major players appearing in every category. Even though very few of... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Monday January 30th 2012, 08:09

  • Poker Pros to Ultimate Bet: "Sorry Isn't Good Enough"

    • Eight professional poker players have filed a lawsuit against Ultimate Bet for a scam that the company ran three years ago, which allowed the Cereus Network (which owns Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker) to embezzle 20 million dollars from UB players.... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Saturday January 21st 2012, 15:21

  • Gabi Campos Steps Down as PokerStars CEO

    • The last year has been a rough one for PokerStars. First, they were hit with Black Friday, causing them to pull out of the American online poker market and wrestle through negotiations with the United States Department of Justice. In May, Thomas Kr... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Wednesday January 18th 2012, 15:28

  • Melanie Weisner Is Lock Poker's Newest Rising Star

    • Lock Poker has added a new star to their LockPro Elite lineup: Melanie Weisner has become the latest name to join the poker site's team of pros, adding to an already impressive lineup that includes Chris Moorman and Matt Stout, along with many others... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Tuesday January 17th 2012, 08:07

  • WPT Ireland Title Goes to David Shallow

    • The first ever World Poker Tour event in Dublin, Ireland, has gone to Brit David “Dubai” Shallow, who fought his way past the 337 other entrants to nab the title and $289,031 first place prize. In addition to the cash and recognition, Shallow al... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Thursday January 12th 2012, 12:25

  • Viktor Isildur1 Blom Takes PCA High Stakes Game

    • Viktor “Isildur1” Blom, known around the poker world for his love of high stakes poker games, has made poker history by beating out the rest of the competition in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller event. This is his first win... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Tuesday January 10th 2012, 09:28

  • AGCC Washes Hands of Full Tilt, Recommends Police Action

    • The Alderney Gaming Control Commission (AGCC), from whom we've heard a great deal during the course of the Full Tilt scandal, has issued a new statement to British citizens, urging them to take action. While the AGCC doesn't come out and say that Br... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Sunday January 8th 2012, 10:22

  • Dusty Schmidt Returns to Golf

    • American poker player Dusty Schmidt has decided to pursue one of his greatest passions and has planned to return to golf, a sport to which he dedicated himself years ago. Schmidt is the most recent in a slew of American players who have taken a step... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Thursday January 5th 2012, 10:53

  • EPT San Remo Win Goes to New Kid on Poker Scene

    • Russian Andrey Pateychuk dominated the final table at the San Remo Main Event of the European Poker Tour, beating out several far more experienced contenders in order to become only the second Russian ever to win an EPT event. The San Remo event has... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Thursday November 3rd 2011, 08:11

  • Absolute and Ultimate Bet Poker Players May See Funds Released

    • As thought Full Tilt officials haven't had enough to worry about, it now seems that Absolute Poker/ Ultimate Bet is gearing to put the final nail in the former poker giant's coffin. According to a statement from the Kahnawake Gaming Commission, Abso... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Tuesday November 1st 2011, 08:17

  • Meet the 2011 November Nine: Pius Heinz

    • The 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event final table has no shortage of firsts, and Pius Heinz is no exception-- he is the first Main Event final table player to hail from Germany, and, as such, has already achieved a poker first. Should he win the... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Saturday October 29th 2011, 13:52

  • Meet the 2011 November Nine: Anton Makiievskyi

    • Anton Makiievskyi is in a precarious position. With the second-lowest stack against some very fierce players going into the World Series of Poker Main Event final table, he has his work cut out for him. If he can manage to pull it off, however, he'll... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Friday October 28th 2011, 08:27

  • Another Class Action Lawsuit Barrels Towards Full Tilt

    • Once again, Full Tilt Poker is facing some legal trouble-- this time at the hands of a team of lawyers who are leveling yet another class action lawsuit against the company. Unlike previous lawsuits, however, this one is aimed not just at owners and... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Wednesday October 26th 2011, 09:20

  • Hellmuth Hunts for 12th Bracelet, First Day of Second Event

    • At the end of the first day of WSOPE play, Phil Hellmuth was just another name mentioned in passing among the list of players who were still in the running after the day closed with only 80 players left. He wasn't a chip leader and wasn't starting t... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Tuesday October 11th 2011, 18:53

  • French Investment Group Plans to Take Over Full Tilt

    • French investment company Groupe Bernard Tapie has been busy this autumn, making plans to take over Full Tilt Poker and engaging in all the business that entails while also planning a poker tournament and trying to ease the minds of legislators and p... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Monday October 10th 2011, 08:32

  • 2011 WSOP Europe Kicks Off with Flavian Guenan in Lead

    • Day 1 of the €2,500 Six-Handed No Limit Hold'em tournament kicked off the 2011 season of the World Series of Poker Europe, where 360 players arrived in Cannes, France to try to get a slice of the action. This event is the first of seven this year,... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Sunday October 9th 2011, 09:35

  • Meet the 2011 November Nine: Eoghan O'Dea

    • Eoghan O'Dea (pronounced like “Owen”) has one of the more famous fathers in poker-- he's the son of Donnacha O'Dea, a former Olympic swimmer-turned-poker-pro who not only holds a World Series of Poker bracelet and two other final table appearance... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Wednesday September 14th 2011, 08:19

  • Matt Waxman Becomes First American to Win WPT Paris

    • Since the World Poker Tour first went to Paris during its inaugural year, an American has never won the title there-- until this year, when US-born Matt Waxman made WPT history by snagging the title and the €518,750 prize for first place. Waxman m... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Tuesday September 13th 2011, 20:10

  • Annie Duke Talks on Craig Ferguson, Calls Online Poker Illegal

    • Annie Duke has been getting a lot of attention over a comment that she made during her appearance on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” where she went to promote her new book and the Epic Poker League. Critics have nothing negative to say... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Tuesday September 13th 2011, 08:48

  • US DOJ Releases First PokerStars Account

    • At long last, there's a little bit of good news for PokerStars, which has seen the vast majority of its assets frozen since Black Friday last April. The United States Department of Justice, which was responsible for freezing the assets of not only P... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Monday September 12th 2011, 09:46

  • Full Tilt Poker Makes More Vague Statements

    • Players who have money tied up in Full Tilt Poker will be interested to know that the site released an “exclusive news update” to pokernews.com today, regarding their status with the undisclosed investors. Full Tilt, in the past, has been less t... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Wednesday August 24th 2011, 16:28

  • Chino Rheem is First EPL Winner... and Probation

    • Chino Rheem, who recently made headlines when he won the inaugural Main Event of the newly-formed Epic Poker League, taking home a $1,000,000 prize, has been suspended by the EPL due to a massive amount of outstanding debts. The EPL states that Rhee... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Tuesday August 23rd 2011, 10:43

  • PocketFives Lends Helping Hand to Lost Poker Players

    • When everything looks darkest for American poker players, who have suffered disaster after disaster since Black Friday four months ago, one website is going above and beyond to come to the rescue-- PocketFives. The website, which offers an assortmen... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Monday August 22nd 2011, 09:23

  • Latest American Poker Player Emigration

    • When Canada won't have you, pick another country. That's what we're learning from Daniel “jungleman12” Cates and his posse as they plan to relocate-- this time to Portugal, after Cates found out the hard way that telling immigration officers tha... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Monday August 8th 2011, 14:35

  • French Court Rules that Poker is a Game of Skill

    • France may be looking at some serious changes when it comes to poker legislation, all because of a case against the manager of St. Tropez and Les Coulisses, Jean-Pierre Gleizes, who was charged with organizing unlicensed poker games among a private g... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Sunday August 7th 2011, 14:23

  • Americans Fleeing to Canada... and Coming Back Again

    • America and Canada have always had an amicable relationship based on Canada's perception that Americans are too intense and America's firm belief that Canada's chief function is as America's hat. Travel between the two has always been easy, and citi... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Tuesday August 2nd 2011, 08:21

  • Full Tilt Records Show Ivey and Benyamine Received Substantial Loans

    • According to sources at Subjectpoker.com, both Phil Ivey and David Benyamine have, over the course of the past two to three years, borrowed large amounts of money from Full Tilt Poker.

      Benyamine's accounts are the seemingly less harmful of the t... More >      Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Monday August 1st 2011, 00:19

  • Televised Poker Faces Uncertain Future

    • For the last three months, poker fans have expressed concern about the future of Poker TV, given the events that transpired on Black Friday. With a full season of poker playing between that time and now, we have a clearer picture of what will become... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Sunday July 31st 2011, 10:08

  • PokerStars Promises a $30 Million Prize Pool at 2011 WCOOP

    • The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) returns for a tenth year to PokerStars this September. This year's championship will certainly live up to its excellent reputation as one of the biggest annual poker events and the highlight of many onl... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Friday July 29th 2011, 11:06

  • Bet24 Waits 19 Months to Inform Customers of Security Breach

    • Bet24, the online sportsbooking and poker site, has announced Monday that they were the target of a security breach. The company sent out an email to its current and past customers letting them know that some of their personal information may have b... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Wednesday July 27th 2011, 22:45

  • Full Tilt Not Willing to Stop Tomfoolery for the Sake of Players

    • In a move that seems to have removed all doubt that Full Tilt has no interest in their players, the company filed to adjourn their hearing with the Alderney Gaming Control Commission until September. What's more is that they made this official reque... More >Comments: 0Elizaberth, United Kingdom
      Wednesday July 27th 2011, 09:50

  • Lock Poker Recruits Chris Moorman and Nicky Evans

    • Lock Poker has managed to further solidify their status since the Full Tilt meltdown last month by recruiting two new professional poker players: Chris Moorman and Nicky Evans. Jennifer Larson, the chief executive officer for Lock Poker, states that... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Monday July 25th 2011, 23:36

  • RICO Class Action Suit Drops Gordon, Still Targets the Rest

    • Professional poker player Phil Gordon was one of many defendants named in the class action lawsuit against Full Tilt Poker, and for him, at least, there's some good news. Gordon has been voluntarily dismissed from the charges that were filed against... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Saturday July 23rd 2011, 00:46

  • Poker in the Park Returns to London

    • If you're looking for a way to pass the time in Europe before the World Series of Poker Europe events begin, look no further. Poker in the Park, Europe's largest poker festival, will be held September 2nd and 3rd at Hanover Square in London. This n... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Friday July 22nd 2011, 08:23

  • The WSOP 2011 November 9 are Determined, Martin Staszko on a Solid Lead

    • We're now down to the November Nine here at the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event. This is the moment that everyone has been waiting for-- the final table is set, and there will be, in four long months, a new WSOP champion. Because the action o... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Wednesday July 20th 2011, 12:17

  • Day 7 WSOP Main Event - How the Tables Turned (Again)

    • Many of the professional players left in this year's WSOP were eliminated on Day 7, but the remaining competitors are not short on talent. Hitting the felt on Day 7 were Sebastian Ruthenberg, JP Kelly, Erick Lindgren, Andrew Brokos, Tony Hachem, las... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Tuesday July 19th 2011, 14:23

  • Day 6 of 2011 WSOP Main Event Takes No Prisoners

    • Day 6 of the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event has been a nail-biter, offering up more excitement than any of the previous days during this event. We went from 142 players to 57 on this most recent day of action, and with these eliminations came... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Monday July 18th 2011, 12:23

  • 2011 WSOP Main Event Moving Right Along

    • Day 5 of the 2011 World Series of Poker was the first day that all of the players are guaranteed a cash finish, and the action on Day 46 of the WSOP was vicious, with only 142 players still standing at the end of the day. 378 players had started out... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Sunday July 17th 2011, 20:02

  • WSOP Day 45 Breaks the Bubble

    • Finally, the point that everyone has been waiting for in the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event is here-- the bubble has burst, and all of the remaining players have now entered the realm of the money finish. Since game play started on Friday, no... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Saturday July 16th 2011, 23:35

  • WSOP 2011 Day 44 - Stacks Rearrange, Old Friends Leave

    • As predicted, the rail was humming today with all the eliminations as the starting field of 1,864 players was cut down to 852. 693 of the players remaining will make the money as the action picks up again on Friday, but the money bubble comes at a h... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Friday July 15th 2011, 23:57

  • Former Full Tilt Poker Players Jump Ship

    • If the world of online poker were an ocean, Full Tilt Poker would be comparable to the Titanic, and no matter how many mysterious European investors come along, tossing out life preservers, the former Full Tilt customers seem to see only two options:... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Friday July 15th 2011, 16:21

  • WSOP 2011 Main Event Sixth Day Over

    • Poker players and fans around the world have been waiting to see what would come of the Main Event of the 2011 World Series of Poker, and so far, the action hasn't been disappointing. With about 1,875 players set to return on Thursday after a one-da... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Thursday July 14th 2011, 08:19

  • Next Few Months of 2011 Promise Plenty More Tournaments

    • Even though the 2011 World Series of Poker is quickly drawing to a close, the large live tournaments of the season are far from over. Some of the best events of the year are yet to come, and we can expect to see a lot of different players shine thro... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Tuesday July 12th 2011, 14:41

  • WSOP 2011 Day 2a - A Tense Day for All

    • During Day 2a of the 2011 World Series of Poker, we all learned an important lesson about friendship, perseverance, and making sure you double-check your schedule.

      The Poker Brat finished Day 1C with a small stack, but a stack of almost 12k none... More >      Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Tuesday July 12th 2011, 13:42

  • New Developments in Full Tilt Woes Point to New Management, Legal Reform

    • For the last two weeks, the poker world has been on edge, especially the American players, who have suffered greatly from the complete shutdown of Full Tilt Poker due to the legal proceedings by the United States government against the site. Since t... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Tuesday July 12th 2011, 08:59

  • Last Day 1 of WSOP 2011 Main Event Closes Large

    • The 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event has drawn 6,865 entrants, far more than estimates were at the start of the event. The top 693 players will have a money finish, but the real question on everyone's mind doesn't seem to be the almost nine mil... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Monday July 11th 2011, 16:43

  • Someone Else Thinks the Barton Bill is Inherently Flawed

    • The American Gaming Association has said, “Thanks, but no thanks” to the Barton bill, a piece of legislature currently striving to be passed into law sometime before the end of the year, saying that instead, they're working on their own bill. Th... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Monday July 11th 2011, 12:30

  • WSOP Day 40 - Hellmuth Still in Running for PoY

    • Now that the hum of the rest of the 2011 World Series of Poker has come to a halt, as all but the Main Event are completed, we can focus on what's going on in the No-Limit Hold'em Championship on this, Day 1C of the action.

      The third of the four s... More >      Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Sunday July 10th 2011, 23:11

  • Day 39 of the 2011 WSOP Ends in Two Bracelets, Strong Lead for Lamb

    • Day 39 saw the close of the two last preliminary events of the 2011 World Series of Poker, after both events were carried over for an extra day after interruption from the hard stop rule the night before. This day also saw the second Day 1 of the ma... More >Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Saturday July 9th 2011, 21:16

  • WSOP 2011 Day 38 - The Main Event Begins

    • Event 56: $1.5K No-Limit Hold'em

      Try as they might, the 42 players remaining in the $1.5K No-Limit Hold'em just couldn't play down to winners, and the hard stop rule once more interrupted final table play at the 2011 World Series of Poker. The r... More >      Comments: 0Elizabeth, United Kingdom
      Friday July 8th 2011, 14:19
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