Big changes are in store for the next season of the popular GSN program “High Stakes Poker.” In addition to the firing of longtime host AJ Benza, the hiring of former European Poker Tour Hostess Kara Scott and a new sponsorship deal with online poker room PokerStars, the show will also be featuring a host [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | November 7, 2009

After almost four months of waiting, the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event resumes this weekend. The second edition of the November Nine will take to the felt at noon in Las Vegas on Saturday, November 7th and will likely compete until some time Sunday morning when two players remain. Those two will battle [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | November 6, 2009

The first half of the most recent season of the European Poker Tour (EPT) is winding down, but the tour’s season is far from over. Season Six has already seen stops in Kiev, Barcelona, London and Warsaw and the next EPT destination is a new tournament in Vilamoura, Portugal from November 17th-22nd.
A recent press release [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | November 5, 2009

As October draws to a close and November gets underway, the folks at Party Poker started running some numbers to see how their October Million Dollar Hand promotion fared as well as how their November promotion is getting started. While no one was able to capture the elusive royal flush in the Million Dollar Hand [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | November 4, 2009

Despite receiving a last minute bid from Mandalay Entertainment, World Poker Tour Enterprises (WPTE) shareholders voted Friday to approve its pending sale to PartyGaming for $12.3 million. In an official statement filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the WPTE claimed that the Mandalay offer—worth $36.5 million—did not constitute a superior offer over PartyGaming’s [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | November 3, 2009

Just as folks in the poker world were considering the sale of World Poker Tour Enterprises (WPTE) to PartyGaming to be a done deal, entertainment company Mandalay Media Inc swooped in with a last minute bid to purchase the company for $36.5 million.
Mandalay’s offer is almost three times that of the $12.3 million bid made [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | October 31, 2009

In a bit of news that may or may not come as a shock to poker players, Nick Haslem of AustralianGambling.au penned an article last week detailing how common it is for the personal information of thousands of online gamblers to be sold to the highest bidder.
Haslem was actually able to obtain a 50-person sample [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | October 30, 2009

The tournament is still a few months away, but Party Poker is already gearing up for the 2010 Aussie Millions by offering players a chance to win one of 25 Aussie Millions prize packages, which include entry into the AUD$10,500 buy-in event. The upcoming Aussie Millions tournament series will take place at the Crown Casino [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | October 29, 2009

After several months of frustrating finishes just shy of the final table, Poker Battle sponsored player Tommy Vedes finally added a victory to his resume with a win in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Festa al Lago Main Event. The $15,000 buy-in event held at the Bellagio in Las Vegas saw a decline in attendance [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | October 28, 2009

There are still a few days to go before PartyPoker’s latest installment of the Million Dollar Hand promotion comes to a close and a player has yet to be dealt a royal flush. The promotion has doled out 65,652 pairs, 7,446 two pair hands, 3,328 sets, 625 straights, 398 flushes, 240 full houses, 34 sets [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | October 27, 2009