Videos
British pop music icon Robbie Williams recently launched a beta version of a play-for-fun online poker room bearing his name, giving fans an opportunity to test their skills and win “Robbie”-related prizes in the process. Despite the fact that no real money deposits are required to play, William [...]
Online Poker
-
UK Pop Star Robbie Williams Criticized for Play Money Poker Room
-
PokerStars Celebrates 75 Billionth Hand
The hands may have slowed down a bit on PokerStars since Black Friday, but that doesn’t mean the action isn’t still fast and furious at the world’s largest online poker room. And just as the beat goes on, so does the march towards 100 billion hands. In the meantime, there are some other milest [...]
-
PartyPoker Launching Card Rush Promotion
Starting February 1st and running through the rest of the month, PartyPoker will be holding its Card Rush promotion, giving real money players a chance to win cash and freeroll entries just for playing poker like they normally would. Card Rush is a very simple promotion. For every 15 Party Points a [...]
-
Eight Poker Players Sue Former UB
Eight professional poker players filed a lawsuit against Excapsa Software, Inc., the former controlling company of online poker room UltimateBet, seeking damages for Excapsa’s role in the cheating scandal that was uncovered in 2008. The plaintiffs in the case are, in alphabetical order, Daniel “ [...]
-
Melanie Weisner Joins Lock Poker
Lock Poker announced this weekend that it has signed Melanie Weisner to its stable of pros, team LockPRO ELITE. She joins a young team which includes Eric “Rizen” Lynch, Chris Moorman, Leo Margets, Bryan “PrimordialAA” Pellegrino, Brett Jungblut. Formerly a pro at Full Tilt Poker, Weisner [...]
-
Gabi Campos to Step Down as PokerStars CEO
According several reports, the first of which was published Monday by Poker Player Newspaper, Gabriel “Gabi” Campos Woslovsky is leaving his post as Chief Executive Officer of PokerStars. No replacement has been named. Wendeen Eolis first wrote in Poker Player Newspaper that the initial word [...]
-
PokerStars Cash Game Traffic Hurt by Player Protests
Kids, never think you can’t make a difference. There were those who scoffed at the idea of poker players rebelling against PokerStars because of the site’s changes to its VIP program and rake structure. After all, Stars is the largest online poker room in the world; it won’t miss a handful [...]
-
Belgium Names Approved Online Poker Rooms
Regulated internet gambling is now in full force in Belgium and with the turning of the calendar, the Belgium Gaming Commission has released its list of approved sites on which its citizens can place a wager. Included on the list are three online poker rooms, highlighted by PokerStars, as well as [...]
-
John Duthie, PokerStars Part Ways
After half a day of humorous internet rumors and misunderstanding, European Poker Tour (EPT) founder John Duthie confirmed Monday morning that his time as a PokerStars pro has come to an end. Word of the Duthie/Stars split came out on the Two Plus Two poker forums Sunday afternoon, but people wanted [...]
-
PokerStars Changes Create Uproar, Protest in Poker Community
When PokerStars announced changes to its rake structure and VIP program last week, it knew there would be some push back from customers, but it never expected the volcano of emotion that erupted from high volume players. Immediately after the announcement was made, players on the Two Plus Two foru [...]
-
PokerStars Announces VIP Program and Rake Changes
PokerStars announced changes to its VIP program and ring game rake structure Wednesday, planning to implement the new policies on New Year’s Day. The description of the changes, as posted on the Two Plus Two poker forum by “PokerStars Steve,” is lengthy, but we’ll do our best to summarize [...]
-
PartyPoker to Make Multi-Table Tournaments Rake Free in January
PartyPoker is going to come out of the gates swinging in the year 2012. Starting at the stroke of midnight (ET) on New Year’s Day and running through the month of January, the top-three online poker room will make all of its multi-table tournaments rake free. We would say that this is unprec [...]
-
Absolute Poker Co-Founder Brent Beckley Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy Charges
According to a report by the Associated Press, Brent Beckley, co-founder of the online poker room Absolute Poker, pleaded guilty Tuesday to the criminal charge of Conspiracy to Commit Bank and Wire Fraud. The charge was one of nine listed in the indictment of a total of eleven principals and finan [...]
-
PokerStars Introduces Turbo Championship of Online Poker
Leave it to PokerStars to come up with another “COOP” tournament. The world’s largest online poker room and king of the online poker tournament series has announced its newest offering, the Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP). Filled exclusively with turbo and hyper turb [...]
-
Software Company Allegedly Cracks Bodog’s Anonymous Tables
A reputable poker software news site is reporting that a software company has allegedly been able to decipher the latest innovation by the online poker site Bodog – their “anonymous” table option – and is offering this information to the public. Earlier this month, Bodog became the latest co [...]
-
Joe Hachem, PokerStars Part Ways
In a press release that was released Friday afternoon, the number one online poker site in the industry, PokerStars, and one of its most recognizable faces have decided to part ways. In that press release from the London offices of PokerStars, 2005 World Series of Poker Championship Event winner Joe [...]
-
Bodog Shifts American Action To New Outlet, Bovada.lv
After originally announcing that they would depart the American market earlier this year, the online gaming outlet Bodog has instead opened up a new operation that exclusively services their customers in the United States. American players who now log into the Bodog.com or Bodog.eu URLs are being tr [...]
-
MGM Resorts Domain Name Lawsuit Battle Heats Up
Earlier this month, MGM Resorts International filed a lawsuit against several entrepreneurs who have purchased domain names that pertain to different MGM properties, with attorneys for MGM stating that they were “cyber squatters.” This legal battle is beginning to heat up, as a Texas man has fil [...]
-
Private Customer Data Leaked from UB.com
We bet some of you out there have been jonesing for some scandalous UB news. After all, since the vilified online poker room died in the fallout from Black Friday, the vast majority of the poker community’s hate has been focused on Full Tilt Poker, and rightfully so. People likely already acce [...]
-
Betfair Challenges Proposed Guidelines For German Online Poker, Gaming Operations
According to a highly respected financial magazine, there is a battle brewing in Europe between one of the member European Union countries and a top player in the online gaming and poker industries regarding proposed regulations for the nation. In an article on the Financial Times website written by [...]
-
Bodog Announces New Tournaments, Ring Game Features
With Christmas just around the corner, the online poker site Bodog has given some presents to their customers in the form of new tournament variations and ring game features that many players have been requesting for some time. As a part of their tournament offerings, Bodog is now going above and be [...]
-
Martin Staszko Joins Team PokerStars
The rumors had been swirling for a few days and today they have finally been confirmed: Martin Staszko is the newest member of Team Pokerstars Pro. The 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up will begin playing as a PokerStars sponsored player at Monday’s European Poker Tour (EPT) stop, [...]
-
Bubble Protection Now Available For Online Tournaments – Is It Worth It?
One of the most difficult things about poker – whether it is online or in the live arena – is battling through hours of play to come up just short of making the money, or finishing on “the bubble.” Every player has his or her own horror story to tell about those times they “just [...] [...]
-
SwitchPoker Becomes First Online Poker Room to Accept Bitcoin
SwitchPoker.com, a small independent online poker room, became a trailblazer this week, becoming the first internet poker room to accept Bitcoin as a valid currency for both deposits and withdrawals. Bitcoin is a unique currency, as it is purely virtual and does not require financial institutions [...]
-
Agreement In Place For Sale Of Full Tilt Poker To Groupe Bernard Tapie Pending U. S. Department of Justice Agreement
The long and winding road that has been the discussion of the sale of the embattled online poker site Full Tilt Poker to the French investment firm Groupe Bernard Tapie has apparently reached its endgame, pending agreement by U. S. authorities. Yesterday afternoon, CNN Money quickly reported that th [...]
Older Entries »
Top Online Poker Rooms
| Poker Room | Bonus | Visit | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
BetOnline
|
$900 |
|
|
| 2 |
Bovada Poker
|
$1000 |
|
|
| 3 |
888 Poker
|
$600 | ||
| 4 |
Bet365 Poker
|
$1000 | ||
| 5 |
Carbon Poker
|
$600 |
|
|
| 6 |
Titan Poker
|
$2000 | ||
| 7 |
Party Poker
|
$500 | ||
| 8 |
bwin
|
$500 | ||
| 9 |
Bodog Poker
|
$1100 | ||
| 10 |
Cake Poker
|
$600 |
|
|
