The was no Christmas spirit in Arizona recently, as the City of Tucson's Police Department, assisted by agents from the Arizona Department of Gaming, raided and closed a local private poker club. According to an article in the Arizona Daily Star, police served search warrants on December 23rd on Club Royale, Read more »
The PartyPoker Irish Poker Championship (IPC) will kick off on January 2nd from the Radisson SAS Hotel in Galway, Ireland. On top of the intense play at the tables, event organizers have also added a "Main Event" of different sorts this time around in the form of a singing contest. Read more »
On Rounders Radio this week, Ultimate Bet pro Phil Hellmuth joined the Ultimate Poker Show to discuss the incorrect awarding of a pot in a hand on his home site. The UB-sponsored show is hosted by Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon and Annie Duke. Read more »
Recently, World Record Week was held on PokerStars. Already the Web's largest poker site, PokerStars sought to expand its player base and notoriety by attempting to shatter two key industry records: The Largest Online Poker Tournament and the Most Players to Simultaneously Play Poker Online. Read more »
The end of each calendar year offers the chance for accolades to be dished out identifying the best of the best during the previous 365 days. Industry site Online Gambling Insider recently handed out a dozen awards for 2008, including the granddaddy of designations, the Online Casino of 2008, which went to VIP Slots Casino. Read more »
The record for the world's largest online poker tournament was broken over the weekend, as 35,000 players turned out for the $11 buy-in $500,000 Guaranteed event on PokerStars. The tournament was specifically designed to attract the largest field ever. In the end, stan34powa parlayed his $11 into a $30,000 first place payday. Read more »
In his latest blog posted on DoylesRoom.com, the online poker room's namesake lashed out at Party Gaming Co-Founder Anurag Dikshit, who recently struck a $300 million agreement with the United States Federal Government, admitting breaking the law in the process. Read more »
I've been playing poker for more than 30 years in legal card rooms and have seen many actions that annoy me at the poker table. Here's a partial list of them. First, I detest "over-celebration" at the table and think there is no place for it in poker. Read more »
During the recent filming of the fifth season of GSN cash game show "High Stakes Poker," several so-called recreational players were invited to attend. One of the most high-profile part-time players to take to the felts of the Golden Nugget in Downtown Las Vegas was actor and director Nick Cassavetes. Read more »
On Sunday, PokerStars will be dishing out 30 seats to its annual Caribbean Adventure (PCA), which takes place next month from the Atlantis Hotel and Casino on Paradise Island in The Bahamas. The luxurious hotel and its world-famous bridge suite set the stage for the $10,000 buy-in Main Event of the PCA, which begins on Monday, January 5th. Read more »
On Monday, December 29th, the fifth season of NBC's "Poker After Dark" will kick off. The very first episode is called "Close But No Cigar" and will play host to those who have reached past World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final tables, but have yet to take down a title. Read more »
In a press statement issued on December 26th, the iPoker Network, one of the largest collections of online poker rooms in the world, announced that it will shed itself of NoIQ Poker and Carlos Poker effective in January of 2009. It's one of the first shakeups to be prescribed for the New Year in the poker industry. Read more »
On December 23rd, the leading online marketing resource and community website for internet casino affiliates, CasinoAffiliatePrograms, announced the site for its CAP Spring Break 2009, which will take place in sunny Cancun, Mexico from March 21st through March 28th. Read more »
As is pretty much the case every week, I had trouble thinking of a topic for this column. Nowadays, my brain pretty much revolves around poopy diapers, the new addition to my house, and the timing of my next nap. But, now that we're at the turn of the New Year, I got to thinking about New Year's resolutions. Read more »
This week, owners of up and coming poker staking site Pro Poker Exchange made the decision to cease operations, citing a potential violation of the Securities Act of 1933. Just a few days removed from signing World Poker Tour (WPT) Host Mike Sexton and NeverWinPoker.com owner Bryan Micon, Pro Poker Exchange made the call. Read more »
The theme of the holiday season has been giving in the online poker world. PokerStars is offering its members a chance to become a part of the largest poker tournament ever held. Full Tilt Poker has recently stepped up to the plate and offered a pair of Holiday $100K tournaments, which will run on Saturday, December 27th and Sunday, December 28th. Read more »
On Sunday, December 28th at 4:30pm Eastern Time (16:30 ET), PokerStars, the world's largest online poker room, will bump up the prize pool of its weekly Sunday Million to $2.5 million. The marquee tournament regularly boasts a $1.5 million guarantee, making it the largest weekly event held. Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) will break in the New Year with the Southern Poker Championship at Beau Rivage Resort and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. The largest poker event of the Mississippi Gulf Coast begins on January 2nd and concludes with the WPT Main Event on January 14th to 17th. Read more »
In the age of social networking and blogging, one company has taken the lead in the industry: Twitter. Looking to capitalize on the trend is the Twitter Poker Tour, which hosts micro buy-in tournaments on both PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. Read more »
Early Saturday morning, DOUBLEBALLER and Ultimate Bet front man Phil Hellmuth were battling against each other. When the smoke cleared in the hand, Hellmuth scooped the pot with a pair of deuces, despite DOUBLEBALLER holding three kings. Ultimate Bet issued a press release explaining the fluke late Tuesday afternoon. Read more »
Last week saw Party Gaming Co-Founder Anurag Dikshit admit wrongdoing under the Wire Act of 1961. He agreed to pay $300 million to United States Federal authorities in the process, $100 million of which has already been turned over. A review of the filing against Dikshit reveals that online poker was specifically named in the case. Read more »
The fifth season of popular cash game show High Stakes Poker just wrapped up filming from the Golden Nugget casino in Downtown Las Vegas. A total of three days of tape was collected and the show will air on cable station GSN beginning on Sunday, March 4th, anchoring Poker Night. Read more »
Bodog Poker kicked off its first ever "12 Days of Poker" promotion Sunday afternoon with its first four events. The 45 tournament series runs through January 1st and will see Bodog add over $100,000 to the prize pools of the scheduled tournaments. Read more »
Ireland's Marty Smyth has arguably had one of the best years of poker of any player on the European continent. On the heels of his double nominations for the 2008 European Poker Awards, Smyth took down the championship in the SkySports Poker Million on December 13th. BoylePoker will hold a Victory Tournament for him tonight. Read more »
Poker fans around the world won't have to wait long to see the action from the seventh season of the World Poker Tour (WPT) unfold. On Sunday, January 4th, 2009, the first of 26 episodes of the WPT will air on Fox Sports Net. The show will occur during the network's national time slot on Sunday nights. Read more »
