May 2nd, 2011
One of the USA’s most prestigious poker tournaments leading up to the World Series of Poker–the Borgata Spring Open Championship–has been won in Atlantic City by a New Jersey resident.
Poker pro Russell Crane of Howell, N.J., USA earned $276,949 for the big win. Read the rest of this entry »
April 24th, 2011
Online poker players whose wagering accounts were frozen when the U.S. Justice Department busted three online poker rooms earlier this month will get their monies.
The Feds on April 15 busted and closed down to U.S. customers the websites of three online poker rooms–Poker Stars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker. Read the rest of this entry »
April 24th, 2011
The three online poker rooms that were busted by American authorities earlier this month have pulled out of the U.S. market and no longer accept paying customers in the U.S.
The rooms–Poker Stars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker–were busted on April 15 by the U.S. Justice Department via the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Read the rest of this entry »
April 18th, 2011
The owners and operators of three of the world’s largest online poker rooms were indicted by U.S. authorities Friday and charged with fraud, money laundering and a variety of gambling offenses.
Arrest warrants were issued by the U.S. Justice Department for executives with Internet poker rooms Poker Stars (www.pokerstars.com), Full Tilt Poker (www.fulltiltpoker.com) and Absolute Poker (www.absolutepoker.com). Read the rest of this entry »
April 18th, 2011
A legal online poker room operated from the USA and owned by pornographer Larry Flynt has gone online.
Flynt, the publisher of porn mag “Hustler” and the owner of Hustler Casino, a Los Angeles-area poker room, has gone online with a free Internet poker room that is legal under U.S. law because no monies are risked. Read the rest of this entry »
April 11th, 2011
A major poker tournament is letting players have a “second life.”
The annual Borgata Spring Poker Open, which got underway at the Borgata casino in Atlantic City on Wednesday, April 13, 2011, and is to run through Friday, April 29, 2011, has a new twist this year. Read the rest of this entry »
April 11th, 2011
Washington, D.C. has become the first jurisdiction in the USA to legalize online poker.
According to media reports, the Washington, D.C. City Council last year approved a budget that allows the city’s lottery commission to operate an online poker room that is accessible only inside city limits. Read the rest of this entry »
April 2nd, 2011
The Main Event of the first official poker tournament ever held in Greece has been won by–a Greek!
The inaugural Greek Poker Cup was a series of poker tournaments culminating with the Greek Poker Cup Main Event, a no-limit Texas hold ‘em tourney that had a buy-in of 1,000 euros, or about 1,357 U.S. dollars. Read the rest of this entry »
March 23rd, 2011
Lawmakers in the State of Iowa are considering a bill that would legalize Internet poker within the state’s borders.
According to Iowa media reports, the legislation would permit online poker players to put monies into gambling accounts held by actual casinos in Iowa, then log on to password-protected websites from their computers to play online poker for real money. Read the rest of this entry »
March 23rd, 2011
Online poker room Poker Stars (www.pokerstars.com) announced that it expects to deal its 60 billionth hand of poker some time in the next week or so.
To celebrate the occasion, the room also announced that the player who wins the 60 billionth hand will earn a $60,000 bonus, in addition to the pot won in the hand. Read the rest of this entry »
March 14th, 2011
Erik Seidel has won the 2011 National Heads-Up Poker Championship.
The victory earned him $750,000, making him the highest-earning poker pro in the history of live tournament poker. Read the rest of this entry »
March 14th, 2011
A new professional poker league that was announced in January and that will have Annie Duke as its commissioner moved one step closer to fruition with the announcement that some of the league’s matches will be televised by CBS.
The new league, which will officially be known as Federated Sports and Gaming or FS&G, receives instant credibility by appearing on American TV network CBS. Read the rest of this entry »
March 5th, 2011
Gregory Brooks has won the Main Event at the 2011 Los Angeles Poker Classic.
The tournament, the Classic’s signature and final event, was a no-limit Texas hold ‘em competition that had a $10,000 buy-in, 681 entrants and a prize pool of almost $7 million. Read the rest of this entry »
March 2nd, 2011
Online poker room Full Tilt Poker has announced that it has hired NFL Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith as its newest paid flack.
In a news release announcing the hiring, the online room noted that Smith, the NFL’s all-time leading rusher, will represent the room’s play-money site, FullTiltPoker.net, and not its real-money site, FullTiltPoker.com. Read the rest of this entry »
March 2nd, 2011
“The Brat” won’t be foxtrotting.
Or waltzing. Or tangoing. Or anything else having to do with dancing. Read the rest of this entry »
February 25th, 2011
An old joke went, what’s a Grecian urn?
The answer was something like, about $50 a week. Read the rest of this entry »
February 25th, 2011
Dozens of National Football League players who were to play in a charity poker tournament in Las Vegas last weekend were banned at the last minute from participating by the NFL.
According to media reports, about 30 current NFL players were set to participate Saturday in a tourney at the Golden Nugget casino that was organized by poker pro Phil “Poker Brat” Hellmuth Jr. to benefit Pros for Africa, a charity that raises funds for disadvantaged African youth. Read the rest of this entry »
February 16th, 2011
The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) has announced dates for 2011.
The two-week, fifth annual WSOPE will commence on Friday, October 7, 2011, and run through Friday, October 21, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
February 11th, 2011
If at first you don’t succeed–try, try again.
That statement may be a cliche, but poker pro Octavian Voegele took it to heart and now he’s a champion. Read the rest of this entry »
February 11th, 2011
Vadim Shlez of New York City, New York, USA, has won the Borgata Winter Open championship, one of the East Coast’s richest poker tournaments.
Shlez, from the Borough of Brooklyn, earned a whopping $533,210 by capturing the title. Read the rest of this entry »
February 4th, 2011
Despite the majesty of winning poker’s top title–the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event–many a man who has won it has been a flash in the pan.
Chris Moneymaker. Jamie Gold. Jerry Yang. Joe Cada. Read the rest of this entry »
February 4th, 2011
2004 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion Greg “Fossilman” Raymer is out as a paid spokesman for online poker room Poker Stars (www.pokerstars.com).
The news was confirmed this week when Raymer himself, attempting to clarify widespread rumors throughout the poker world, posted a statement on a popular online posting forum. Read the rest of this entry »
January 31st, 2011
A new professional poker league has been announced and its commissioner will be top pro Annie Duke.
According to organizers of the new league, which is still unnamed, the top 200 poker professionals in the world will be invited to participate. Read the rest of this entry »
January 31st, 2011
The daily tournament schedule for the 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) has been announced and it reveals that the ’11 WSOP will be the largest WSOP ever.
The 2011 WSOP will consist of 58 separate tournaments in which a championship WSOP gold bracelet will be awarded, WSOP officials said. Read the rest of this entry »
January 26th, 2011
Poker legend and longtime Las Vegas resident Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson says he’s considering leaving Las Vegas and moving one state over, to California, because of poker.
Or, to be more precise, because of the lack of poker–the games expensive enough to make it worth his while. Read the rest of this entry »
January 21st, 2011
A Swedish online poker pro owes his government $150 million in taxes!
According to Swedish media reports, the ower of the enormous tax bill is Swedish online poker pro Viktor Blom. Read the rest of this entry »
January 17th, 2011
Galen Hall is $2.3 million richer after winning the Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure Main Event. Read the rest of this entry »
January 17th, 2011
Let’s boogie!
There’s a new Internet poker room and it’s being run by the folks at Boogie Bet. Read the rest of this entry »
January 4th, 2011
One was expected, one wasn’t.
With the New Year comes word that two top poker pros have left as spokespersons for online poker room Ultimate Bet (www.ub.com)–Phil “Poker Brat” Hellmuth Jr. and Annie Duke. Read the rest of this entry »
January 1st, 2011
The 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) just ended last month but already WSOP officials are promoting next year’s event. Read the rest of this entry »
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