It had been a while since the U.S. Department of Justice had laid its grubby paws on poker players’ online funds, but it happened again this month.This time, it was Citadel Commerce which had $9.25 million seized.
Citadel and its parent company, ESI Entertainment systems, originally made an announcement regarding the funds at the end of [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | May 29, 2007

The biggest complaint poker fans have about the World Poker Tour is that its televised final tables progress way too quickly.After outlasting hundreds of players over several days, the final six competitors are subject to an adjusted blind structure which turns the end game into a virtual “all-in fest.”
Understanding the complaints, yet not really conceding [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | May 28, 2007

The 23-year-old beauty, Layla Kayleigh, was introduced last week as the new hostess for the World Poker Tour.Her debut came at the final table of the WPT Mirage Poker Showdown, which will be aired in early 2008 on the Game Show Network.
The London native is perhaps best known for her role as co-host of G4TV’s [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | May 28, 2007

What a return on investment.
On May 19, Canadian university student, Justine Hall, parlayed a microscopic buy-in at a $0.01/$0.02 no-limit table to win the $100,000 jackpot for winning the 10 billionth hand at PokerStars.
The 19-year-old, who had only $12 in her Stars account prior to hitting the mother load, said she is going to use [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | May 28, 2007

One of the old-timers of the internet poker industry, Paradise Poker, is no longer an independent.After several months of struggling to maintain relevancy, the poker room finally completed its migration to Boss Media’s network, the International Poker Network (IPN).
After cutting off U.S. customers as a result of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | May 27, 2007

For years, Pacific Poker has had what has been generally regarded as the worst software in the online poker world.It was ugly, clunky, feature-barren, and just plain no fun to use.Not that it really hurt Pacific or its parent company, 888 Holdings, as the poker room was still one of the largest on the internet [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | May 26, 2007

If you have ever watched the movie Rounders and longed to put yourself in Mike McDermott’s shoes, you will soon have your chance.Rounders Poker, a game developed by Nazara Technologies and Exit Games for BREW-enabled phones, is coming this summer.
In the game, you have the opportunity to visit the same locations as you saw in [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | May 25, 2007

Harrah’s announced last week that it has signed a deal with PartyPoker.net to renew the online poker room’s product placement agreement with the World Series of Poker.As such, PartyPoker.net’s logo will be placed on the table felts for the second year in a row, and probably on anything and everything else.
PartyPoker.net was one of the [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | May 23, 2007

Some of the world’s best poker players are also the best actors at the table. One former champ is going to test his acting skills on the big screen. 2005 World Series of Poker champion, Joe Hachem, has been tapped for a role in an Australian thriller called Prey.
The film is directed by George Miller, [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | May 23, 2007

Three seasons, three hosts for the World Poker Tour. Season III was the ever-popular Shana Hiatt’s last season on the WPT. Courtney Friel was one-and-done in Season IV. And now that Season V is in the books, Sabina Gadecki needs to find a new gig, as well.
The WPT has not said anything publicly about Gadecki’s [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | May 23, 2007