Do you dream of fishies at night?Many poker players around the world (except in the U.S.) are now that internet mega-company Yahoo! has opened its own online poker room.Whether or not thousands of novices who previously enjoyed playing friendly games of hearts on Yahoo! decide to take a stab at real money poker remains to [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | April 30, 2007

WPTOnline.com, the struggling online poker arm of World Poker Tour Enterprises, Inc. (WPTE), announced Wednesday that it will finally give in and end its lone wolf status, joining the Cryptologic poker network.WPTE and Cryptologic signed a three-year pact to have Cryptologic introduce a WPT-branded software design for the room’s re-launch.The new room is expected to [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | April 26, 2007

If you’re going to donk it up in a tournament, you might as well donk it up for a good cause.Such was the case last Friday when 215 poker players, pros and amateurs alike, flocked to Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for the inaugural Jennifer Harman Charity Poker Tournament.All proceeds, aside from the fees [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | April 25, 2007

Young online poker room, PKR.com, has begun running its first-ever World Series of Poker qualifying tournaments. In an attempt to keep things interesting for its customers, the site has setup a number of different ways for players to make a run at history.
The Ultimate World Series Experience
Prize: $12,500 WSOP Package — $10,000 in WSOP chips [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | April 25, 2007

In 1994, one of the most popular episodes of Seinfeld aired. In “The Opposite,” George found success in life by going against his instincts, Elaine couldn’t catch a break, and Jerry just rode the middle, calling himself “Even Steven.” If something didn’t go well for him, he wasn’t worried, as it would all even out [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | April 24, 2007

Online poker room, Full Tilt Poker, which did a lot recently to help increase the membership numbers of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), is up to it again. Not content with the almost 400,000 poker players that the PPA already has on its roster, the organization and the poker room have teamed up to offer [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | April 24, 2007

Anyone who has played poker at UltimateBet.com for any length of time knows how ridiculous its UltimatePoints store is. After playing hours upon hours upon hours of poker, a customer can purchase a valuable baseball cap. Play a little more, and a poker book, which is much more easily simply bought at a store or [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | April 23, 2007

The attack on internet poker has made itself felt in the live poker world again. This time, it has resulted in the cancellation of a World Poker Tour (WPT) stop. While the Grand Prix de Paris will still be held next month, it will not be taped by the WPT.
In France, only government-run gambling entities [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | April 23, 2007

Harrah’s Entertainment, through its subsidiary, Harrah’s Operating Company has named PokerTek its exclusive poker table provider. PokerTek, best known for its PokerPro automated table, will provide live, player-banked and fully automated tables to the owners of the World Series of Poker.
Financial details of the contract have not been disclosed, but considering Harrah’s has over 450 [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | April 19, 2007

While the actual broadcast schedule has not been determined yet, ESPN has announced the slate of 2007 World Series of Poker events that will be filmed. The list is as follows:
  * June 1, Event No. 1: Mixed Hold ’Em World Championship, $5,000 buy-in.  * June 2, Event No. 3: No-Limit Hold ’Em, $1,500 buy-in.  * June 3, [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | April 17, 2007