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Amateur Online Poker Player Makes The Leap To Live Tables

Oct 22, 2007
Rita Riddle has been playing online poker for about for months now but decided to jump into live games for only the third ...

Absolute Poker's Statement Concerning Cheating Allegations

Oct 22, 2007
Finally, this past Sunday, Absolute Poker made a statement in regards to the poker tournament gone bad. Any statement at this point is a good sign as Absolute was r...

PPA in Washington This Week to Fight UIGEA

Oct 22, 2007
This is the week that many online operators, players and software companies have been waiting for, the Poker Players Alliance is going to Washington this week to me...

16th Annual Master Classics Of Poker

Oct 21, 2007
The 16th Annual Master Classics of Poker begins Friday, November 2nd, 2007 through Saturday, November 10th, 2007 and will b...

22 Year Old Wins 2nd WSOP Circuit Event

Oct 21, 2007
In the second stop of the 2007/2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) circuit tour had 22 year old Jason Potter winning a prize package worth $52,987, a gold and...

You Can Still Qualify For the Great British Poker Tour (GBPT)

Oct 21, 2007
The Great British Poker Tour (GBPT) will have world class Poker Professionals, Phil Laak, Antonio Esfandiari, Jennifer Tilly, Robert Williamson III and Jamie Gold pla...

Titan Poker Sends 15 Players To the Australian Open

Oct 20, 2007
Several different countries will be represented at the 2007 Australian Open in Melbourne. The well talked about event will be running from October 24th - O...

Danish Poker Pro Signs with Full Tilt Poker

Oct 20, 2007
There is another sponsorship deal that has made within the poker world. And that deal has been made be...

Masters Classics of Poker

Oct 20, 2007

The 16th Masters Classics of Poker will be held at an Amsterdam casino, this is one of the best-known European poker tournaments and attracts player...

Arabian Nights Winner At Everest Casino

Oct 19, 2007

Online Everest Casino has announced a winner for their Arabian Nights promotion, which went on during the month of September; this promotion offered the winne...

Everest Poker Looking for Pros

Oct 19, 2007

There is a new game that is going to be held, Everest Poker Room is looking for online poker pros; they are looking for ten online poker pros to represent them...

Crime Commission to Fight Legislation Over Casinos

Oct 19, 2007

One of the United States oldest citizen crime fighting groups, The Chicago Crime Commission are going to join forces with anti-gambling activists and the governm...

Absolute Poker Facing Audit Concerning Former CEO

Oct 19, 2007
A statement has been released by Absolute Poker stating that an independent third party is auditing them, which is Gaming Associates. Absolute has stated that Gamin...

Absolute Poker Headed For An Audit

Oct 18, 2007

Absolute Poker who has had recent problems is now being looked into be the Kahnawake Gaming Commission in the report of cheating. This probe into the Absolute ...

Stan James Poker Offer Freeroll Promotion

Oct 18, 2007
"Let's hear it for the girls!" Women are finally getting credit in being formidable opponents in the world of poker. Some popular ladies of poker you ma...

UltimateBet’s Bad Beat Jackpot Keeps Rising

Oct 18, 2007
Even though it's been less then 48hours since $330,000 Bad Beat Jackpot was spread out between 19 players of the Texas Hold'em, UltimateBet is reporting...

Svenska Spel May be Sued by Swedish Poker Association

Oct 17, 2007
Who owns the right to the 'Swedish Poker Championships' brand has been up for debate lately. The Swedish Poker Association hosted a championship in Eston...

Harvard Poker and the Law

Oct 16, 2007
October 1st of this year an organization was formed officially at Harvard Law School, this group that formed is the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Socie...

Lee Takes Plea Deal and Loses Millions

Oct 16, 2007

Richard Henry Lee decided on Tuesday to take a plea deal to lower his charges from a felony to a lesser charge. Lee was facing a felony bookmaking charge along w...

2007 WCOOP Cheating Scandal Is Complete

Oct 15, 2007
The investigation into the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) scandal is finally over and the findings were that there was overwhelming evidence that TheV0id ...

U.S. Ban on Online Gambling Not Stopping Many

Oct 15, 2007

While some see the ban to gambling online for real money as a law that must be obeyed, others see it more as a suggestion. It was just a year ago that Presiden...

First Annual Women in Poker Hall of Fame

Oct 14, 2007
The Women in Poker Hall of Fame was created by The Ladies International Poker Series. The Women in Poker Hall of Fame will have its first induction ceremony and lunch...

WSOP Academy Adds Two New Instructors

Oct 14, 2007
The World Series of Poker Academy recently added two new names to their list of instructors. Paul Wasicka and Brad Booth are the newest additions ...

CrazyPoker.com Sends Players to Bahamas

Oct 14, 2007
The World Poker Tour Boot Camp Battle for the Season Pass II will take place on December 3rd through the 8th in the Bahamas. The event will take place at the Nassau&#...

Bonus For New Players at Mansion

Oct 14, 2007
Mansion has been in the news recently for their partnership with Ongame and are here again making news. This time they are offering new players to their site Mansion ...

PokerHeaven Launches IQ Test For Poker Players

Oct 13, 2007
There is a new game on the market. It's an IQ test for poker players.  PokerHeaven, an online poker company, has launched the first worldwide competition i...

University at Buffalo Backs Will Not Offer Casino Classes

Oct 13, 2007

The University at Buffalo, New York, has backed out of its partnership with Gatlin Educational Services. The University was supposed to be offering online career...

Owner of the former Betcha.com Extradited

Oct 12, 2007
It is what Nick Jenkins has feared most would happen. This 38-year-old entrepreneur and previous owner of Betcha.com which, is now no longer in operation, is being ex...

Tax Increase on Poker Tournament Winnings Dropped

Oct 12, 2007
There was a panic for a short while. Professional poker players all across the U.S. were ...

Growth in Asia iGaming Results in New Business Pavilion

Oct 11, 2007

In June of 2008, G2E Asia 2008 will introduce a new iGaming pavilion in the Cotai Strip Convention and Exhibition Center of the Venetian Macao. It will allow peo...

Ultimatebets New Winner In Their Bad Beat Jackpot

Oct 11, 2007
Check this out - on October 9th, 2007 Ultimate Bet's Bad Beat Jackpot worth $234,812.04 was struck with the incredible amount of $234,812.04. DADDYHOUSE h...

American Online Poker Players Still Playing

Oct 11, 2007

Last year when the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was passed most of the us o...

UMASS School Demands Poker Site be Taken Down

Oct 10, 2007
School officials of the University of Massachusetts have found a website that is using the Universities logos and name to promote their site. The officials want the s...

National Collegiate Team Poker Tournament

Oct 10, 2007
Charles Nesson, a professor at Harvard University, and several students started the GPSTS-Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society. Nesson started the society to explo...

Titan Poker Winner Four Out Of Five Tournaments

Oct 10, 2007

Recently there has been one player that has been very lucky at Titan Poker Bonus ...

Online Problems With Poker Sites

Oct 10, 2007

In every type of gambling all through history some players have been accused of cheating and today that means at

The Poker Alliance Wants Obama

Oct 9, 2007
The Poker Players Alliance is preparing for their trip to Washington D.C. later this month and gathering their members other and recruiting representatives of onlin...

WCOOP Poker Player Makes Apology

Oct 8, 2007
One of the WCOOP players has made an apology to PokerStars, a French poker player who uses the online name Belragazo posted in the PokerStars forum about his action...

Richard Lee Formally Charged In Illegal Gambling

Oct 7, 2007
Richard Henry Lee placed 6th in the 2006 World Series of Poker. He was formally charged Thursday, October 4, 2007 along with four other men. This came after a fourtee...

Pamela Anderson Wed for the Third Time

Oct 7, 2007

Pamela Anderson has found her true love, again. She married Rick Saloman today at the Mirage Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Anderson has been performing as a m...

World Poker Association (WPA) Announces Tournament

Oct 7, 2007

"Creating tournaments that will showcase the highest level of professionalism in the organization and execution of the competitions," that is what th...

Fourth Annual Scotty Nguyen Poker Challange Is Set

Oct 6, 2007
Tulsa, Oklahoma's Cherokee Casino Resort will be the host of this year's Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge. The tournament will feature a series of thirty-one eve...

Betcha.com Still Awaiting Its Fate

Oct 5, 2007
It is still unclear right now if Nick Jenkins will be extradited to Louisiana from Washington State. But the 38-year-old owner of Betcha.com will only have to wait ...

Swedish Study on Online Poker Playing Releases Results

Oct 5, 2007
During the year of 2006, the Swedish National Institute of Public Health conducted a survey of 16,500 adults. The study was done with three objectives in mind. They f...

Talks At Barcelona To Support Washington D.C. Trip

Oct 5, 2007

One of the discussions at the iGaming Expo in Barcelona was about operators, developers and poker players among others supporting and attending the meeting that ...

Poker Player Alliance And D.C.

Oct 4, 2007
October is the month that the Poker Players Alliance plans to rally their troops in Washington D.C. from October twenty-second until the twenty-forth. The Poker Playe...

Womans WSOP Poker Camp

Oct 4, 2007

There is soon to be a poker camp held for women, it is WSOP camp and will be to aid women not only in their game but to feel more comfortable competing in poker ...

Taking Texas Holdem Poker to the Extreme

Oct 4, 2007
High stakes Texas Holdem has a whole new meaning in Australia. Sitting on a platform in high winds, 90m above Sydney Harbour's North Head, six poker players took ...

Mike Matusow & iAmplifyVegas Develop New Software

Oct 3, 2007
Mike Matusow is one of the better known names in professional poker. He has participated in many tournaments and has won over $5.6 million dollars in his car...

Absolute Poker's Contest For Avatars

Oct 3, 2007

The site Absolute Poker is running a contest of sorts for their players, giving them a chance to win big; they are running this contest to find new and creative ...

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