The second annual World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event will not have a repeat winner.

Annette Obrestad, the Norwegian poker prodigy who stunned the poker world last year when she won the Main Event at the inaugural WSOPE at age 18, will not repeat that achievement this year. (more…)

The 2008 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event is no more popular than the 2007 WSOPE Main Event was.

But it’s no less popular, either. (more…)

Top poker names from all over the poker world have descended upon London, England, for the Main Event of the second annual World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE).

There’s ancient Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson, with his signature white cowboy hat, leather cowboy boots and–like Michael Jackson and his one glove–one crutch. (more…)

Lobby group the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) spent more than a quarter of a million dollars in the second quarter of 2008 to lobby on behalf of online poker, according to a disclosure report the PPA filed.

Specifically, the PPA spent $283,000 from April 1-June 30, 2008, to lobby the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives in favor of licensed and regulated Internet poker in the USA, the report stated. (more…)

Something may be rotten in Denmark, but it’s definitely not at the poker tables.

Danes have now won two of the first three events at the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE). (more…)

A court hearing scheduled for this week in Kentucky to determine whether the state can confiscate more than 100 Internet domain names being used for illegal online gambling has been continued until next month.

The date for the continuance was set for October 6, 2008. (more…)

World-famous poker legend Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson has dodged another bullet in a storied career that has no bounds.

He beat a girl at poker! (more…)

A man whose countrymen ride horses instead of cars has won a H.O.R.S.E. tournament at the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE).

The second annual WSOPE is taking place at the Empire Casino in London, England (more…)

Message to online poker room Duplicate Poker:

Look out! (more…)

Jesper Hougaard has become the first person in history to win an event at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas and an event at the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) in London.

Hougaard, from Copenhagen, Denmark, in June won Event #36 at the 2008 WSOP, a $1,500 buy-in, no-limit Texas hold ‘em tournament that earned him $610,304. (more…)

The State of Kentucky is trying to stop online poker and other forms of online gambling by seizing the domain names of Internet gambling sites that operate in the state.

According to media reports, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has asked a Franklin County Circuit Court judge to give the state control of 141 domain names for gambling websites that operate in Kentucky. (more…)

Jason Kellerman, chief executive officer of Pure Play (www.pureplay.com), a so-called “legal” online poker room based in the USA, will be a featured speaker at the upcoming seventh annual European i-Gaming Congress and Expo in Barcelona, Spain, event organizers announced.

Kellerman is to discuss the legislative landscape for online gaming in the United States, they said. (more…)

The 2008 Borgata Open Main Event, a massive poker tournament held last week at the Borgata casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, was won by Vivek Rajkumar.

For the big victory, Rajkumar, 22, from Seattle, Washington, USA, earned a whopping $1,424,500. (more…)

The second annual World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE), currently underway in London, England, is expected to be the most widely-viewed poker tournament in television history, according to WSOPE officials.

American cable sports network ESPN, which did not televise the initial WSOPE last year, is planning to televise this year’s WSOPE. (more…)

Irish online betting site Paddy Power (www.paddypower.com) is offering odds on who will win the Main Event of the 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOPE) in London, England.

The Main Event gets underway on September 27, 2008, and is to last five days. (more…)

The second annual World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) got underway at the Empire Casino in London, England,=A0 Friday with the start of the first of four tournaments.

Event #1, a no-limit Texas hold ‘em tourney with a buy-in of 1,500 British pounds (about 3,000 U.S. dollars), began and opened the WSOPE action. (more…)

An accused poker bandit, who was facing 52 criminal charges for a poker game robbery earlier this year, has now been hit with 30 more criminal charges, bringing the total number of criminal charges against him to 82.

According to media reports, Michael Joseph Campher, 22, of Hagerstown, Maryland, USA, was arrested on 52 criminal counts shortly after the May 30 armed robbery. (more…)

Poker legend Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson, who earlier this year hinted he’d likely be voting for Barack Obama for President, appears to be backing off that vow and reversing himself.

In his latest blog post, Brunson now says: “It’s hard not to be in McCain’s camp.” (more…)

The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas officially opened its new poker room on Saturday.

The poker room is the first for the casino whose brand name “Hard Rock” is best known for its American cuisine restaurants around the world that feature displays of rock ‘n roll memorabilia. (more…)

A new live show at the Venetian casino in Las Vegas that will feature pros playing poker with audience members will be hosted by comedian Paul Rodriguez, the casino announced.

The show, called “The Real Deal,” is to open at the Venetian on October 22, 2008. (more…)

A state police officer in Delaware pleaded guilty this week on charges he was involved in the armed robbery of a country club poker game last February.

He faces up to 50 years in prison for the heist. (more…)

A man who stole $2,000 from a video poker machine in Saipan was sentenced this week to 10 years in prison.

According to media reports out of Saipan, the capital city of the Northern Mariana Islands, an island chain nation in the South Pacific, Jesse Saralu staged the daring daylight robbery at a poker arcade in Saipan on March 21, 2008. (more…)

Say what you want about its ethics, new online poker room Million Dollar Poker Club (www.milliondollarpokerclub.com) has hired an impressive list of flacks.

The room announced that it has hired more than a dozen poker pros to shill for the room, and also give poker instruction. (more…)

Another new online poker room has just opened but players should beware.

That’s because the room claims to be regulated by do-nothing regulatory agency the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC). (more…)

A woman accused of stealing $27,000 from a West Virginia poker game last year pleaded guilty this week to armed robbery.

According to media reports, Jacqueline Dennis, 28, and another woman, Kimberly Steinbrecher, 45, were each carrying pistols when they robbed a group of men playing poker in a storage building in Hurricane, West Virginia, USA, in November of 2007. (more…)

An Idaho college will be offering two classes this fall about poker.

According to officials at the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls, Idaho, USA, the poker classes will be offered as part of the college’s Community Education program, which is open to the general public. (more…)

A charity poker tournament held in the midst of the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, last week raised almost twice as much money as a similar event held a week earlier in the midst of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, USA.

The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), a lobby group for legislation favoring online poker, held charity poker tournaments at both conventions to raise money for the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA), a military aid group. (more…)

The European Poker Tour (EPT) has announced that Luca Pagano has been chosen the EPT Player of the Year.

The EPT also announced other awards: (more…)

The Asian Poker Tour (APT) has announced that it has signed three Asian poker pros to serve as poker ambassadors for the tour.

Poker pros J.C. Tran, Nam Le and Quinn Do are the new flacks, the APT said in a news release. (more…)

Online poker room PKR Poker (www.pkr.com) has announced that is has signed up its two millionth member.

Launched in 2006, it signed up its one millionth member in 2007 and now, less than a year later, has reached the two million member mark, the room announced. (more…)