Who would have ever thought that the game of poker would be stealing away world headlines? The onslaught of the poker world to Capitol Hill has had quite an affect and it actually seems like it may have made a difference. A large amount of the State Directors of the PPA [...]

This past weekend featured some of the best action for online poker players in quite some time.  While internet tournaments are known to have fields that live rooms would take days to get through, this weekend was something else entirely.  Both Poker Stars and Full Tilt were trying to set a [...]

$2,000 to be won by STT players over 2 week period
paddypowerpoker.com today announces the S’n’G Soda promotion, in which prizes will be awarded to Single Table Tournament (STT) players. $2,000 in cash and tournament tokens will be won over a 2 week period, running from 00.00 on July [...]

In addition to the televising of the World Series of poker, the movie Rounder’s brought this once taboo game of poker out into the limelight. There is rarely a poker game that goes by where someone does not quote Teddy KGB by saying “I stick it in you.” Good news all you poker [...]

The online poker world is alight with the start of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series. The Series is one of the largest annual events within all of the online poker world. With Millions of prize money at stake, this years Series promises to be one of the most exciting events in online history.
The start [...]

Over $4.5 million in guaranteed tournament prizepools
Paddy Power Poker today announces the European Championship of Online Poker IV (ECOOP IV), scheduled from May 25th to June 7th 2009. ECOOP IV features fourteen tournaments and a guaranteed prizepool of $4.55 million.
The tournaments include Texas Hold’em , Omaha and 7 Card Stud events with buy-ins ranging [...]

Action at the Commerce Casino got off to a quick start during the L.A. Poker Classic. The Classic, which has become one of the World Poker Tours featured events, runs from January 22nd through March 2nd. The competition features 35 unique events, with the competition being culminated by the No-Limit Hold’em World Poker Tour [...]

For many years now, Online Poker has provided a convenient form of entertainment and competition for millions around the world. However, for almost as long as online poker has existed, the United States Government has banned US based players from participating in the online poker world.
Senators and Governors have argued for years that Online Poker [...]

It has been recently reported that customers that have attempted to purchase lottery tickets online are now having their credit cards rejected. The reason is due to the implementation of the UIGEA. According to the New Hampshire Union Ledger, customers that try to purchase Powerball and Tri-State Megabucks are having their cards declined [...]

If you want to see your favorite PokerStars pro in action, don’t bother to watch Poker After Dark. PokerStars has recently told their sponsored players that their players can no longer play on the NBC hit show. The main reason behind the decision is the way that the show is marketed internationally. [...]