Poker wunderkind Annette Obrestad is now legal.

In the USA, that is. (more…)

The first-ever Caesars Cup, a poker competition between teams from Europe and the Americas, has been won by Team Europe.

The competition was an unofficial part of the third annual World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE), which is underway in London, England. (more…)

Ice is hot.

Jeffrey “The Iceman” Lisandro, who won three championship gold bracelets earlier this year at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, has been named the 2009 WSOP Player of the Year. (more…)

The 2009 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event is underway.

The Main Event, which began Sunday, is the fourth and final event at the third annual WSOPE in London, England. (more…)

It was close but no cigar–or gold bracelet–for American poker pro Howard “The Professor” Lederer at the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) in London, England, Friday, as he came in second in Event #3 to Finnish pro Jani Vilmunen.

Lederer, who despite being a top pro is best known for being the brother of top female pro Annie Duke, was attempting to win his first-ever WSOPE bracelet (he’s won two World Series of Poker or WSOP bracelets). (more…)

A Las Vegas jack-of-all-trades who won a championship gold bracelet at the 1989 World Series of Poker (WSOP) has died.

According to media reports, Bob Stupak, 67, who was involved in everything from poker to politics, died Friday in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, of leukemia. (more…)

You may have heard of the “Pennsylvania Polka.”

Now there’s Pennsylvania poker! (more…)

One of the nine final table members for the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in Las Vegas has hired a coach.

And the coach is a brat. (more…)

The latest edition of the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) has concluded, with Yevgeniy “Jovial Gent” Timoshenko winning the WCOOP Main Event.

The WCOOP is a two-week, 45-tournament poker competition held online multiple times a year by Internet poker room Poker Stars (www.pokerstars.com), with the 45th and final tourney being the Main Event and the most lucrative. (more…)

Sacre bleu!

A French-Canadian has won Event #2 at the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) in London, England. (more…)

It’s been a good year for John-Paul “JP” Kelly.

Kelly, 23, a professional poker player from Aylesbury, England, last spring won a championship gold bracelet at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. (more…)

What’s new in poker?

How about a new form of poker? (more…)

Is the public’s interest in poker on the wane?

Folks in Southern California don’t think so. (more…)

The third annual World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) officially got underway Friday in London, England, with the start of the first of four official WSOPE tournaments.

Event #1 kicked off the action and is a no-limit Texas hold ‘em tournament with a buy-in of 1,000 British pounds, or about 1,655 U.S. dollars. (more…)

Just days after announcing she was leaving her position as a paid flack for online poker room Poker Stars (www.pokerstars.com), poker pro Isabelle “No Mercy” Mercier announced she has been hired as a paid flack for Poker Stars competitor Bet Click Poker (www.betclickpoker.com).

The Bet Click brand up until now has been known primarily for online sports wagering–the sports betting site is at www.betclick.com–but now is expanding into online poker. (more…)

Professional poker player Tiffany “Hot Chips” Michelle has signed on for another year as a paid flack for online poker room Ultimate Bet (www.ultimatebet.com).

The room announced the news in a press release. (more…)

A man has won a women’s poker tournament!

According to media reports, the gender-bending tournament was held Saturday at the Borgata hotel and casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, and was a no-limit Texas hold ‘em tourney with a buy-in of $300. (more…)

Professional poker player Isabelle “No Mercy” Mercier and online poker room Poker Stars (www.pokerstars.com), whom Mercier flacked for five years, have parted ways.

In a press release she issued, Mercier claims it was her decision to leave the room’s employ. (more…)

Although voting for the Poker Hall of Fame won’t be concluded until next month, one voter has already made his vote public.

Earlier this month, the Poker Hall of Fame, which is located inside the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, announced nine finalists for 2009 induction: Barry Greenstein, Dan Harrington, Phil “Poison”? Ivey, Tom McEvoy, Men “The Master”? Nguyen, Scotty Nguyen, Daniel “Kid Poker”? Negreanu, Erik Seidel and Mike Sexton. (more…)

A celebrity poker tournament to benefit traumatized children is to be held in Southern California next month.

According to event organizers, the tourney is to raise funds for the Children’s Institute, Inc. of Los Angeles, California, USA. (more…)

An American TV show about poker is the subject of an $85 million lawsuit.

According to media reports, the producers of the NBC television program “Face the Ace” are being sued by a man who claims the producers stole his idea for the show. (more…)

Poker pro Tom McEvoy, who won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event 26 years ago, will be the special guest celebrity at a charity poker tournament later this week in Pahrump, Nevada, USA, the town formerly known as Stateline, Nevada, USA.

The charity tourney is to benefit the Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. (more…)

Feeding off the publicity the American reality TV show “Celebrity Apprentice” garnered last spring by featuring a professional poker player as a contestant, another American reality TV show has announced it is going to feature two poker pros.

Poker pro Annie Duke appeared on NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice” earlier this year and now two more female poker pros, Tiffany Michelle and Maria Ho, are to appear on the CBS reality show “The Amazing Race,” CBS announced this week. (more…)

Not all charity poker tournaments are offline.

Online poker room Poker Stars (www.pokerstars.com) announced it will hold an online charity poker tournament on the evening of Saturday, September 12, 2009, for cancer-stricken poker player Kent Senter. (more…)

The $40,000 buy-in, no-limit Texas hold ‘em tournament that was held at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) and was the most expensive WSOP tourney ever will not be repeated at the 2010 WSOP, the WSOP announced.

The $40K buy-in tourney was originally announced as a special, one-time event to commemorate the ‘09 WSOP, which was the 40th annual WSOP. (more…)

Hold on to your hats, poker fans, the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) begins next week!

The 2009 WSOPE will be the third annual WSOPE and it is to be held in London, England, from September 18 through October 1, 2009. (more…)

The Poker Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, announced Tuesday the names of nine top poker pros who are eligible for induction this year.

A panel of 15 current Poker Hall of Fame members and 15 media members are to cast votes to determine which two finalists out of the nine candidates will be inducted this year. (more…)

Tired of waiting for the Federal government of the United States to legalize online poker nationwide, some poker afficianados in the State of Massachusetts have been attempting to at least get it legalized in that state.

One problem: state legislators in Massachusetts appear no more eager to legitimize and regulate online poker than their counterparts at the national level do. (more…)

Bodog, the Internet gambling company that was located in Canada for many years but didn’t allow Canadians to use its services, has finally reversed course.

And it only took 15 years. (more…)

A number of top poker professionals are now using the social networking website Twitter (www.twitter.com) to send out messages about their activities to their followers.

Among the pros involved: Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson, Annie Duke and Daniel “Kid Poker” Negreanu (more…)