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NBC Has Changed Their Selection Process

May 3, 2008

NBC has changed the Heads Up selection process after four years.  The NBC selection committee has decided to implement a list of automatic invitations to be i...

Full Tilt Sponsors World Series of Golf

May 2, 2008

Full Tilt Poker has signed on as one of the sponsors for the World Series of Golf.   This may sound a little different since they are a poker site b...

Florida & Colorado Look to Expand Poker

Apr 22, 2008

The Florida Senate has approved allowing around the clock poker play on weekends and 18 hour days during the week in the state, according to the Palm Beach Post.&n...

UltimateBet and Absolute Poker Welcoming ePassporte Customers

Apr 18, 2008
Two major poker rooms, Absolute Poker and UltimateBet have issued a statement to let all online poker players that were affected by ePassporte's decision to st...

Former Cop on the Run After Stealing Poker Money

Apr 17, 2008

Federal Marshals in Sweetwater Tennessee are on the hunt for a former Sweetwater cop that was charged in connection with money that came up missing from the police...

PokerTek Announces New Agreement with Cosmic Video

Apr 16, 2008

PokerTek is the leading producer of automated poker tables and related software.  They have now announced that they have expanded their distribution agreement...

Some Unhappy About WTA Ladies Champ. Donation

Apr 15, 2008

Last week a number oh high profile female poker players that included two time World Series of Poker Ladies Champion Susie Isaacs canceled their plans of competing...

Brothers That Stole £150,000 Got 18 Month Sentence

Apr 15, 2008

The two professional poker players that stole over £150,000 from cash machines to fund a trip to Las Vegas have been imprisoned for 18 months. 

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Poker Echecks the New Way to Deposit

Apr 14, 2008

In the last few days US poker players have found out that they can no longer use Epassporte to deposit or withdraw funds from their account.  So Poker Echecks...

Poker Trillion Leaves Boss Media & Files Lawsuit

Apr 14, 2008

There is news that the online poker room, Poker Trillion are now leaving the Boss Media Network.  They have issued a garnishee order and have filed a €45...

APAT Academy Launches

Apr 14, 2008
Since online poker exploded and more and more people want to learn how to play and don't necessarily want to lose their shirt in the process.  You can fin...

Epassporte Officailly Done With Poker

Apr 13, 2008

Last week US players that were using Epassporte to make deposits were told there were technical difficulties but Epassporte has now officially stopped servicing po...

Purple Lounge Signs Michelle Orpe

Apr 13, 2008

Purple Lounge, operators of online poker rooms and casinos have announced that they have signed Michelle Orpe.  Purple Lounge has entered into an agreement wi...

Sweden Considers Combining Online Poker Operations

Apr 12, 2008

Sweden is very eager to get players away from private online sites in offer to prevent undesirable economic and social effects.  A Swedish study has resulted ...

Epassporte No Longer Accepting US Players?

Apr 11, 2008
There is recent news that Epassporte may no longer be accepting US poker player deposits.  At this time they haven't issued a statement saying that they w...

Oklahoma Focusing On Poker

Apr 11, 2008

Poker is coming to Oklahoma thanks to the commitment from several casinos to put the focus on poker and locals and people that live in bordering states are cheerin...

One Year Investigation in Sweden Report

Apr 10, 2008

The results of a one year investigation into online poker play in Sweden alleges that players are more then twice as likely to develop gambling problems when playi...

World Poker Tour Giving 96 Winners Bracelets

Apr 9, 2008
The World Poker Tour has announced this week that they have partnered up with one of the world's most famous jewelers to create championship bracelets for all ...

North Florida Gets Another Poker Room

Apr 9, 2008

North Florida opened their doors to their second poker room today and hundreds of people turned out for the grand opening which exceeded the expectations of the po...

Online Poker Players Want to be Heard

Apr 9, 2008
Local poker players recently gathered at a Texas Hold'em poker club meeting that was held in Scottsdale, Arizona.  The players were asked to discuss ...

Online Poker in Germany

Apr 8, 2008
Online gambling is on the rise in Germany, even though it's not exactly legal.  One person, Boris Becker a retired tennis star and millionaire is now beco...

First Ever WSOP Advanced Academy

Apr 7, 2008
The WSOP Academy is headed back to Las Vegas for another round of their popular poker training course.  But this time around the training isn't for everyo...

PokerStars is Still Number One

Apr 5, 2008

PokerStars is currently still number 1 according to the latest stats at Pokerscout.  Pokerscout analyses 20 million online poker hands each month to be able...

Middletown Poker Raid Two Plead Guilty

Apr 4, 2008

Two of three people that were charged in a Middletown gambling raid in February have plead guilty to a misdemeanor offense earlier in the week.  Laurie Ande...

LAPT Expands to North America

Apr 4, 2008

Vega Promotional Systems has announced that they are going to expand their Latin America Poker Tour (LAPT) to now include stops in North American venues.  ...

Casino Affiliate Convention in Amsterdam

Apr 3, 2008

Amsterdam is getting excited as the Casino Affiliate Convention in NH Grand Krasnapolsky Hotel is about to take place. 

There are going to be o...

Wicked Poker Chops Poker Awards

Apr 3, 2008

There are the usual awards for poker and then there are the Wicked Chops Poker Awards, these awards are quite unique and only a few have been handed out so far.&...

Asain Poker Tour Back For 2008

Apr 2, 2008

The Asian Poker Tour has announced that they will be returning for yet another year.  The schedule that was released for 2008 has four events, the events wi...

Wendeem Eolis Elected As WPA'S New Chairman

Apr 2, 2008
Wendeem Eolis served as the World Poker Association's Vice Chair in 2007 and chair of their Executive Committee since December of last year and has now been ...

Nautica Charity Poker Moving Inside

Mar 25, 2008

Weekend poker festivals will no longer have to be held just in the Spring and Summer.  They are going to be moving in doors so that poker can be dealt ...

Ponker Donkey... Good or Bad

Mar 18, 2008
Do you play online poker?  Have you ever been called a Donkey and wasn't sure why or what it was supposed to mean, well a Donkey in poker is known for p...

WPT New Season Kick Off On March 24th

Mar 17, 2008

The Grand Sierra Resort Hotels are going to host the VIP World Poker Tour Watch Party on March 24th.  This party is to celebrate the premiere of the World P...

CryptoLogic With World Poker Tour

Mar 16, 2008

CryptoLogic Limited has announced that today they have extended and expanded their relationship with World Poker Tour.  Under the new arrangement WPT Enterp...

Bill Edler Signs With Poker Royalty

Mar 15, 2008

Bill Edler has recently signed with Poker Royalty, they are going to be handling his worldwide management and marketing representation, this will also include sp...

Africa Poker Champs New Champion

Mar 14, 2008
United Kingdom's "craziest player" John Tabatabai, has just won the 12th All Africa Poker Champs.  The event was held in Piggs Peak, Swaziland...

New Mexico Election Decided By Hand of Poker

Mar 12, 2008
What do you do when you tally up all the votes and there's a tie, well in New Mexico you break out a deck of cards.  Josie Richards and Mic...

Yale University Playing Poker

Mar 11, 2008
Students around the campus of Yale University are still finding ways to enjoy a game of poker even if it's not exactly legal in the state of Connecticut.&nbs...

Poker Player Set to Win $10,000 YouTube contest

Mar 11, 2008
A FlopTurnRiver.com poker regular is trying to win the PlayersOnlyVIP $10,000 video contest on YouTube.  All contestants have to be submit their video c...

PokerStars Launches LAPT

Mar 10, 2008

PokerStars has announced the launch of their first major Latin American poker tour the LAPT. This tour is set to make stops in some of the most exotic stops in L...

Judge Everest Poker Live the Dream Competition

Mar 9, 2008

Everest Poker has announced the 200 finalists that have been selected for their one of a kind interactive poker competition, the Judge Everest Poker Live the Dre...

Poker Sites That Accept eChecks

Mar 9, 2008

Online poker eChecks are still fairly new to the players in the

Buff Magazine's Most Influential Poker Player

Feb 26, 2008

Doyle Brunson has been named Most Influential Player in Poker by Bluff Magazine, who has just released their 2008 Poker Power 20.  The list is compiled by B...

World Poker Tour Update on Events

Feb 26, 2008
Who's Your Daddy Inc. has announced that they are going to be the official energy drink sponsor of the World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational.  The eve...

Carnival Cruises No Limit Hold'em Poker

Feb 24, 2008
Carnival Cruise Lines is going to start hosting No Limit Hold'em poker satellite tournaments on do...

DDoS Attacks Target Online Poker & Gambling

Feb 21, 2008

There has been a recent wave of DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks that were targeted at major online poker and gambling sites that have impaired the f...

Duane Demaris Crittenden II First Court Appearance

Feb 21, 2008

Earlier in the week I reported on a man who had killed three people who he believed were cheating him at a private poker match in Palatka. 

Sin...

Absolute Poker's New Uk Ambassador Liv Boeree

Feb 20, 2008

Absolute Poker announced today that Liv Boeree who is a former astrophysics student, model ...

Fantasy Springs Installs Automated Poker Tables

Feb 19, 2008
The Fantasy Springs Resort Casino's poker room looked a little different to players that were there for an afternoon Texas Hold'em Tournament.  The ...

BodogLife.com Leader Board Competition

Feb 18, 2008
BodogLife.com has announced that the pot for this weeks Tournament leader Board competition is now at $2,000 following professional poker player Evelyn NG...

Man Kills 3 Over Poker Game

Feb 18, 2008

The man that was charged with shooting and killing and three met at a private poker game in Palatka over the weekend believed that he had been cheated during the...

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