A new movie that premiered in the USA this month features online poker.

The film, “From Paris With Love,” opened in American movie theaters on February 5 and has a scene where an Internet poker player is playing at online poker room Titan Poker (www.titanpoker.com). (more…)

Online poker room Poker Stars announced this week that it has signed an exclusive agreement with American cable television network ESPN to televise the new North American Poker Tour (NAPT).

The NAPT, which was created by and is sponsored by Poker Stars, will appear on ESPN sister channel ESPN2, beginning in April of 2010. (more…)

British poker pro Julian “Yo-yo” Thew has been hired as an a official representative of online poker room Poker Stars (www.pokerstars.com), the room announced.

He had previously served as a paid flack for Internet poker site William Hill Poker (www.williamhill.com) since 2004. (more…)

A contrite Phil Hellmuth Jr.?

That’s sort of like imagining an angry Mr. Rogers or a soft-spoken Donald Trump–in an oxymoronic kind of way–but it has happened. (more…)

Professional poker player Bernard Lee has been hired by the Foxwoods Resort and Casino to flack its poker room.

The Pequot Indian tribe-run casino-hotel is located in Mashantucket, Connecticut, USA. (more…)

Phil “Poison” Ivey is one of the world’s greatest poker players.

When it comes to another type of gambling, however, he’s not so great. (more…)

A song about poker won two Grammy Awards Sunday night.

The hit song–titled “Poker Face”–by American pop singer Lady Gaga, was nominated for five Grammies, the music industry’s top award. (more…)

The 2010 Borgata Winter Open is underway and one of the participants is Olympic swimmer and wannabe poker pro Michael Phelps.

The Open is a massive annual poker tournament at the Borgata casino in Atlantic City, N.J., USA. (more…)

Has MasterCard finally mastered the system?

Apparently so, at least when it comes to Internet poker. (more…)

Piece of cake!

Cake Poker, which operates 55 online poker rooms, has purchased a World Series of Poker (WSOP) championship bracelet that was once owned by T.J. Cloutier and which was put up for sale last month on the online auction site eBay (www.ebay.com). (more…)