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Sunday marked the season finale of the "PokerStars.net Million Dollar Challenge," which played out following NFL on FOX coverage. Mike Kosowski, a 9/11 first responder, banked $1 million after defeating show front man Daniel Negreanu heads-up. Read more »
Fresh off the announcement of its partial sale of Everest Poker earlier this month, GigaMedia announced its second and third quarter 2009 financial results. In addition, the company provided insight into the sale. Read more »
World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Russell "Dutch" Boyd may be best known for his career as a professional poker player, but he has also supplemented his income over the years by cyber-speculating, registering a number of poker-related domain names and making money off the traffic that goes to those sites. Read more »
From May 8th to 13th, the World Poker Tour (WPT) will return to the Aviation Club for the Grand Prix de Paris. The €10,000 buy-in tournament will be filmed for television and beamed around the world. Read more »
Now that the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic is over and the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is still a couple of weeks away, the poker community now has a little time to sit back, relax, and enjoy the holiday season. Read more »
After 2,000 online poker players sent in applications to become members of Team PokerStars Online, the group's 23 inaugural players were announced on Wednesday, just in time for the holidays. Read more »
UB.com pro Tiffany Michelle, who appeared on the 15th cycle of the CBS reality series "Amazing Race," partied with the cast of "Suvivor: Samoa" following the show's season finale over the weekend. Read more »
In the wake of the arrival of Swedish high-stakes online poker player Isildur1, Brian "sbrugby" Townsend, a CardRunners instructor, has had his Full Tilt Poker Red Pro status suspended for one month. Read more »
The much-anticipated City Center project is finally open in Las Vegas and the poker world has been turning out in droves to check out the 24-table poker room in the new Aria Casino. Read more »
We've reviewed half of the top ten poker events of the soon-to-be-completed decade. Now, let's take a look at the top five events that have shaped the game as we know it during the past ten years. Read more »
While rumors are flying left and right about potential buyouts and mergers in the European online gaming market, news broke that Everest Poker and Mangas Gaming will join forces. Mangas plans to buy out Everest in early 2010 as part of a deal worth in excess of $100 million. Read more »
The schedule for the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was officially announced on Thursday and features a brand new $50,000 buy-in Player's Championship that will play out in an Eight Game format. Fifty-seven bracelets will be on the line. Read more »
A one-hour CNBC program entitled "The Big Business of Illegal Gambling" aired on Wednesday night, featuring discussion of "illegal" land- and internet-based operations. "The Call" anchor Melissa Francis hosted. Read more »
In a rather bizarre twist in the Kentucky internet gambling case, Commonwealth attorneys filed a motion on Wednesday to add parties to its case and amend its original complaint. In late October, the Kentucky Supreme Court heard the case. Read more »
As 2009 comes to a close, the online poker tournament fields around the Web continue to become tougher with Truly Free Poker Training from CardRunners and StoxPoker. The program was launched earlier this year in conjunction with Full Tilt Poker. Read more »
As 2009 prepares to fade into the pages of history, it will also close the doors on a decade that has been like no other for the sport of poker. Read more »
A 44 year-old man linked to the Swedish version of the Hells Angels accused of "aggravated extortion" may be involved in the murder of PokerListings.com founder Andreas Oscarsson, according to several Swedish news outlets. Read more »
The 2009 installment of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic will kick off on Monday from the Bellagio in Las Vegas. The tournament's namesake told UB.com's "Poker2Nite" that a field of 400 players is expected. Read more »
When the late gaming legend Benny Binion brought the World Series of Poker (WSOP) on the world, little did he know what it would become. What began 40 years ago as a gathering of Texas road gamblers in a quaint Las Vegas hotel has grown to become a behemoth that now spans an entire calendar year. Read more »
Much like the rest of the world, the poker community can't help but comment on professional golfer Tiger Woods' recent personal problems. The world is buzzing about Woods' car accident and various personal problems, including allegations of infidelity with at least a dozen different women. Read more »
The CEREUS Network has taken another step towards regaining the trust of its customer base. The independent certification group eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance (eCOGRA) recently announced that CEREUS met all of the qualifications for the organization's seal of approval. Read more »
With the conclusion of the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) in Sydney, Australia last week, another successful season came to an end and one more Aussie champion was born. Online qualifier Aaron Benton won the AUD $6,300 Grand Final Main Event to become the third straight Australian-born player to capture the title. Read more »
Tuesday will mark a busy day in the life of 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Champion Joe Cada. The youngest winner of the $10,000 buy-in tournament ever, Cada will travel to Capitol Hill flanked by the Poker Players Alliance (PPA). Read more »
Online poker players tuned into last week's House Financial Services Committee on internet gambling can recall a letter cited by Congressman Spencer Bachus (R-AL) that claimed online poker games could be compromised. Read more »
Rack up another final table for Full Tilt Poker Red Pro James Akenhead. The British pro, who already final tabled both the WSOP and WSOP Europe Main Events earlier this year, not only made the crop of top six finishers in the Poker Million event, but won the whole thing. He netted $500,000 in the process. Read more »
