The 2009 installment of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Festa al Lago began on Wednesday and ultimately sported a field of 275 runners after an extended registration period. Now, just 11 remain, led by Jason "StatusUp" Lavallee, who boasts a stack of nearly 4.1 million. Read more »
In a statement released in recent days by the Merge Gaming Network, the family of online poker sites fired back at Players Investment Company, or PIC Club, a major online poker payment processor that uses its status as a trading organization to operate legally in the United States. Read more »
The Twitterverse is a vast and sometimes scary place. With so many people microblogging the minutiae of their everyday lives, it is often difficult to find Twitter accounts that are genuinely worth reading. For every active celebrity, there are a half-dozen who only Tweet about what they had for dinner. We're here to help. Read more »
Day 4 of the 2009 World Poker Tour (WPT) Festa al Lago will play out on Saturday. Heading into play today, Corwin Cole leads the pack with 996,000 chips, one of two players to own more than 900,000. Read more »
A major affiliate who goes by the moniker "JC Hawk" has led the charge in seeking justice and not just accepting his losses as a bad beat. He was an affiliate with Pitbull Poker and the Flash Poker Network and was also in contact with Network Manager Dave Brenes and Pitbull Poker owner Kevin Baronowski. Read more »
Day three has come to an end at the EPT Warsaw event and only 24 players remain. Many players saw their hopes of winning a big live event crushed while others had the luck of surviving another tough day on the felts. American Carter Phillips got off to a strong start, but busted near the… Read more »
Cake Poker will be hosting their monthly $250K guaranteed this upcoming weekend. There are multiple ways of qualifying as satellites are running around the clock for as little as $3. Players also have the option to redeem eleven hundred gold chips for a seat to the prestigious online tournament. The Gold Card Lottery will award… Read more »
Another week has ended and Absolute Poker has once again put thousands of dollars on the line in their guaranteed tournaments. The virtual felts will start to warm-up at Absolute Poker today with a $15K guaranteed with re-buys at 7 pm. Two hours later a $25K prize pool will be up for grabs in a… Read more »
EPT Warsaw started with two hundred and three players and there’s only fifty five remaining. Today will be a tough day since they will play down to only twenty four players. The top prize will exceed half a million dollars and it has been a fierce battle thus far. PokerStars pro Peter Eastgate failed to… Read more »
Full Tilt Poker pro Phil Ivey will be on the cover of the ESPN magazine that will be hitting news stands on November 2nd. We are currently only two weeks away from final table of the ’09 WSOP and the crowning a new world champion. The magazine article will spotlight a side of Ivey that… Read more »
The phrases "Full Tilt Poker" and "lawsuit" seem to go hand in hand these days, but the online poker room's latest legal news is wholly positive for the site. Two recent court decisions, one out of England and the other out of Nevada, both ruled in Full Tilt's favor. Read more »
Ultimate Bet's Annie Duke, fresh off her trip to the annual Aruba Poker Classic, comments on the tournament, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table, and the latest cast list for "Celebrity Apprentice." Read more »
On Thursday, attorneys representing the owners of 141 internet gambling domain names took to the floor of the Kentucky Supreme Court. Their goal: prevent the forfeiture of URLs belonging to industry giants like PokerStars, Ultimate Bet, and Full Tilt Poker. Read more »
Two days are in the books at the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Festa al Lago event. A total of 275 players registered, a drop of 25% compared to 2008, and entering Day 3 on Friday, Jason "JCarver" Somerville leads the way with a stack of 557,000. Read more »
Despite players having an unprecedented eight levels to register for the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Festa al Lago, attendance dropped 25% year over year. In 2008, 368 players took to the felt, while this time around, the field numbered 275. Read more »
Bodog Poker will be running two series of tournaments that will award thousands of dollars. All Bodog players will be able to participate in the different tournaments, which will be held during the same week, starting November 1st and ending on November 8th. To give players an idea the Bodog Poker IV Championship will have… Read more »
The Warsaw event has turned out to be a very interesting tournaments with some extremely tough table draws. One tough battle is taking place at the table where Carter Phillips is demonstrating his aggressive style. He currently holds the chip lead and is bullying his fellow poker players at the table, and the best part… Read more »
Party Poker is offering a great promotion that will have players turning $3 into $2k and all they have to do is play poker. The idea behind the promotion is simple, there are six levels of ten seat sit & go’s. Players will be able to buy into any of the levels and if they… Read more »
I know you 20-somethings might not believe this, but even though Texas Hold'em has been around for a long time, it has only recently become the insanely popular poker game that it is today. For ages, Seven Card Stud was the game of choice. Read more »
The last 24 to 36 hours have been really slow at the Full Tilt high stakes tables where not much has gone on. The red pros and the high stakes regulars seemed to be busy with live tournaments, or they are just playing at another poker room. Patrik Antonius played a tiny session yesterday against… Read more »
The World Poker Tour (WPT) kicked into action once again on Wednesday with the first five rounds of play in the 2009 Festa al Lago Championship Event, a $15,000 buy-in tournament at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Read more »
Playing out on the floor of the Kentucky Supreme Court this morning were oral arguments in a case pitting the state's Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, headed by J. Michael Brown, against iMEGA, among other parties. Read more »
The cast of the G4 online poker reality series "2 Months, $2 Million" officially pulled in $676,700 for the 10-week premiere season, over $1.3 million short of its stated goal. No word has come down from G4 as to whether the crew will be back for Season 2. Read more »
The USA-friendly online poker site DoylesRoom, fronted by 10-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Doyle Brunson, is expanding its stable of pros. The so-called "Brunson 10" currently consists of only four members. Read more »
This past weekend was quite busy for the 5th largest online poker network. The Ongame network hosted the final of the Grand Series of Poker III which had a guaranteed prize pool of $300K. Four weeks prior to the tournament, RedKings and all its sister sites hosted a large number of satellites and qualifiers that… Read more »
