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 »
In a trading update released to the London Stock Exchange on Friday, Party Gaming, the parent company of PartyPoker, announced that its revenue was in line with Board expectations, while Clean EBITDA would likely surpass estimates. Read more »
During the holiday season players tend to have a lot of time off from work to spend with their families and friends. But some players like to earn some extra bucks on the side while they celebrate their holidays and why blame them when there are so many tournaments with thousands of dollars at stake.… Read more »
Being the biggest online poker room in the world is not enough for PokerStars, they also want to have important world records under their belt, like most players at an internet poker room and largest online poker tournament. The fun part is that they already hold those world records but they enjoy breaking them. The… Read more »
Winning the WPT Five Diamond Classic earns a player respect, and because of that, some of the best players in the world take the time to enter the $15K buy-in tournament. But that’s not the only reason why players enter the tournament, they also want to take a shot at the top prizes. In ’08… Read more »
The final six players in the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic will be determined today from the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Leading the way with 16 to go are Curt Kohlberg and Faraz "The-Toilet" Jaka. 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 UB.net sponsored poker news program "Poker2Nite," which makes its home on Fox Sports Net, welcomed Mike Sexton this week. The World Poker Tour (WPT) host is also a member of the Poker Hall of Fame after being inducted one month ago. Read more »
We're in the midst of the fantasy football playoffs in many leagues and, with some managers not a part of the post-season, the popularity of one-week contests has ballooned. Online poker players, in particular, should be quite successful in these games. Read more »
Full Tilt Poker has been hosting a weekly satellite tournament since November 2nd and will continue to do so until January 10th, 2010. Each satellite event will award at least one package to the Aussie millions, which includes the buy-in to the main event, hotel accommodations, cash to help with the traveling expenses, and an… Read more »
When Isildur1 appeared on the high stakes scene, all the regular and Full Tilt Pros wanted to play against him but he proved to be one tough opponent. He showed a lot of skill and stamina at the tables as his sessions lasted for many hours and he was able to multi-table profitably against some… 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 »
The 2010 Irish Open will be held in Dublin from April 1st to the 5th, continuing its tradition as the oldest poker tournament in Europe. Contested every year since 1980 and created by the late poker legend Terry Rogers, the Irish Open has grown in importance over the years. Read more »
The first season of the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour was a complete success. A total of 1,309 players registered for the different events. Season One schedule had five stops and the final was held at the Gold Coast, the total prize pool was $950K. Season two was recently announced by PokerStars and one more… Read more »
All the FTOPS events have been a success and the tournament series that is currently running is no exception. Many Red Pros have entered the tournaments to take a shot at the top prizes and players have gotten the chance to test their skills against professional poker players. Since the events started on December 9th… Read more »
While several litigations against Full Tilt Poker appear to be resolved or dead in the water, the online poker room is still not in the clear when it comes to a lawsuit accusing the site of unfairly seizing player funds, using bots on the site, and racketeering. 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 »
One of the recently aired episodes of the popular poker show “Poker After Dark” featured an extremely competitive table. After all having Patrik Antonius, Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, Gus Hansen and Daniel Negreanu at the same table is not something that happens every day. But even though they tend to attract a lot of attention… Read more »
One of the biggest live tournaments in the world will take place in eighteen days from now and it will be held at the beautiful Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas. A total of fifty events are scheduled and millions of dollars will be at stake. Poker players from all parts of the world will be… Read more »
It has been a difficult year for many poker pros, with factors like the economy and downswings that have put their bankrolls in serious jeopardy. But what doesn’t kill them will only make them stronger and they will hopefully continue to play at the high stake levels. The latest addition to the Full Tilt Team,… Read more »
Bodog is in the Christmas Spirit and they have put some great prizes at stake for all their players. The promotion started today and it will extend until December 27th The way the promotion works is extremely simple, players will only have to play poker and earn Bodog Poker Points. Those points will be accumulated… Read more »
Two days of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic are in the books. As it stands entering Day 3 on Wednesday, Steve Landfish leads the way with a chip stack of 385,900, while tournament namesake Brunson is in 15th with 283,000. Read more »
On last weekend's episode of the "PokerStars.net Million Dollar Challenge," 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Champion Joe Cada appeared, but did not play. Instead, PokerStars sponsored celebrities trumped the challengers on the FOX poker franchise. Read more »
Isildur1 has returned to the Full Tilt Tables, but not to the limits most of the railbirds and fellow players want to see him at. He has made a wise decision after experiencing a terrible downswing. The incredible story of Isildur1 is that he managed to beat most of the Full Tilt Pros and high… Read more »
