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In a study released on Friday, it was revealed that Texas Hold'em, statistically at least, is a game of skill. The research in question investigated 103 million hands and found that three-quarters of them did not go to showdown. In essence, they were won due to betting by players. Read more »
Last March, the Remote Gambling Association (RGA) learned that its complaint filed with the European Commission would be acted on. The complaint stems from the passage of the UIGEA) in 2006. Read more »
After seeing the network's Bad Beat Jackpot hit in January for over $500,000, the CEREUS Network once again paid out a staggering amount of money when the Bad Beat Jackpot was hit on Absolute Poker Wednesday evening. Read more »
The UFC may be ousting Full Tilt Poker as a sponsor, according to multiple sources. In its place, according to MMAFix.com, could be Absolute Poker, which is owned by Tokwiro, also the parent company of Ultimate Bet. Full Tilt continues to have affiliate banners in place on the UFC's website. Read more »
The fifth season of GSN's High Stakes Poker aired its fourth episode over the weekend. The one hour-long extravaganza featured a $548,700 pot between Barry Greenstein and Tom "durrrr" Dwan. In it, Greenstein sucked out on the young poker prodigy, prompting the new catch phrase, "Math is idiotic." Read more »
On August 12th, the Asian Poker Tour's (APT) Macau event will kick off from the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino, tournament officials announced on Monday. Last year, the event ran for just five days. This year, the APT has been granted permission to hold it for more than twice that length of time. Read more »
On March 27th, Caesars Palace in Las Vegas will come alive with poker players battling it out as part of Dream Team Poker's second tournament. The $550 buy-in tournament is nearly sold out and will be headlined by "Team Favorites," consisting of Phil Hellmuth, Mike Matusow, and L.A. Lakers owner Jerry Buss. Read more »
By all measures, the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament was a rousing success. Attendance ballooned to 391 players in 2009, up 25 from 2008. Heads-up play came down to a recognizable WPT veteran, Steve Brecher, against one of the world's top female pros, Kathy Liebert. Read more »
After a hard-fought week, the final table of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star event is set. The group is led by Steve Brecher, who holds 2.06 million chips, barely edging out Tony Behari, who comes armed to the six-handed final table with a stack of 2.05 million. Read more »
After Day 2 of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament in San Jose, California, a total of 36 players and four bounties remain. The tournament saw a total of 391 entrants, including 50 Shooting Stars, take to the field in total. Read more »
Attendance was up at the 2009 Bay 101 Shooting Star event, a stop on the seventh season of the World Poker Tour (WPT). This time around, a total of 391 players turned out (up from 376 last year), helped in part by a 256 player showing on Day 1B. Read more »
A total of 135 players entered the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament on Day 1A. After 10 levels of play in the Matt Savage-run tournament, just 50 remain. Now, all eyes on Tuesday will be focused on Day 1B, which kicks off at 10:45am local time. Read more »
One of the toughest final tables in the history of the European Poker Tour (EPT) produced the tournament series' second female winner. PokerStars.de ShootingStar member Sandra Naujoks took home €917,000 for taking down EPT Dortmund. Read more »
The final table of the $5,000 buy-in World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Event Championship at Caesars Atlantic City played out on Saturday. A total of 208 entrants participated and, when the smoke cleared, 23 year-old professional poker player Samuel Chartier emerged victorious. Read more »
The WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star event kicks off on Monday from sunny San Jose, California. The unique high-stakes bounty tournament awards $5,000 for knocking a "shooting star" out of the event. The $10,000 buy-in contest's winner will likely receive a seven-figure payday and $25,000 buy-in to the WPT Championship. Read more »
The finale of the second season of Ultimate Bet's Best Damn Poker Show wrapped up this week. The series, which airs on Fox Sports Net, was won by Patrick Karst, a 51 year-old married father of three from Markle, Indiana. Read more »
Many online poker players remember the "superuser" scandals that have erupted over the past couple of years. Millions of dollars were lost in the commission of these scams and only through the diligence of the online poker world did they ever come to light. Read more »
This week, the New Jersey Casino Control Commission (CCC) released its "win," or revenue totals for February. In the shortest month of the year, gambling revenues in Atlantic City dove 19.2% in comparison to February of 2008 to $310.3 million. A total of 11 casinos make up the Atlantic City market. Read more »
Most serious poker players hope to capture a tournament championship on one of the tours that exist today, but many of them cannot travel or afford to buy into the World Poker Tour or World Series of Poker events. These players seem to have found a home in the Heartland Poker Tour. Read more »
Last week, the WPT partnered with Chili Poker to introduce a land-based tournament in Marrakech, Morocco. Now, the action moves north. In a press release distributed on Monday by the roving poker tour, it was revealed that the WPT has teamed up with bwin to launch WPT Venice. Read more »
The finale of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship took place on Sunday night at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. When the smoke cleared, Huck Seed defeated new Go Daddy Girl Vanessa Rousso to take home $500,000. Read more »
The semi-finals of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship are set from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Two members of Team PokerStars Pro will battle it out, as Vanessa Rousso will take on Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier. Also, Huck Seed will face off against Sam Farha. Read more »
Bigger is better at PokerStars. Recently, the world's largest online poker site registered its 20 millionth user. The milestone designation went to a brand new PokerStars member from Slovakia, piposko. Read more »
The 2009 National Heads-Up Poker Championship kicks off on Friday from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Last night, a drawing party at PURE Nightclub at the casino determined the initial pairings for the group of 64 players. Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is coming to the African continent. On Wednesday, the tournament series announced that it has inked a sponsorship arrangement with Chili Poker to bring the game to Marrakech, Morocco. Read more »
