Ladies, if you sit down at a table in a women-only poker tournament, check your opponents for Adam’s apples.This is because recently, six men successfully made their way to the felt at the California State Championships in the ladies event.One of the infiltrators was future-hall-of-fame-baseball-player-turned-steroid-bloated-washout, Jose Canseco.
How were men allowed to play in an event [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | September 30, 2007

Thanks to a new online casino, a revamped poker room, and a sharp up-tick in customers, Betfair has seen its annual revenues improve mightily.
Betfair reports that its active customers at the end of April total more than 443,000, and that total customers have now eclipsed one million.Based in the UK, the bookmaker has reduced its [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | September 30, 2007

You heard about it here first when Party Poker launched its Grind Promo. The promotion is now over, and a very lucky man has won big!
The name James McManus may already sound familiar to you, but in this case we are not referring to the well-known author of “Positively Fifth Street.” The James McManus [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | September 28, 2007

Ever want to test your poker skills in a huge guaranteed prize pool tournament but realized that with a couple thousand people playing, you wouldn’t get any sleep if you did well?Or maybe you are in Europe, but all the good tournaments start when you should be in bed?Finally, there is a poker tournament for [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | September 27, 2007

It’s not as amazing as Party Poker makes it out to be, but it’s still something for essentially nothing.From September 26 through September 30, Party Poker is giving away entries to freerolls in its new “Pick Your Prize” promotion.
During those dates, simply play at Party Poker and earn PartyPoints at the real money tables.Depending on [...]

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

WSOPE winner Annette Obrestad and runner-up Oyvind Riisen have cause to worry: the Norwegian government is ‘working to introduce legislation that would ban online gambling’ along similar lines to those of the Unites States’ UIGEA.
Trond Giske, from the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs, revealed that online gambling is already illegal under Norwegian Law, [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | September 27, 2007

The David vs. Goliath saga continues! After Antigua’s complaint and the WTO’s ruling, the US has finally made compensation offers to the affected countries, which include Antigua and Barbuda, China and the European Union. Unfortunately these offers have been generally viewed as insufficient.
For instance, Antigua was filing for $3.4 billion in damages, yet the US [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | September 26, 2007

The inaugural Poker Bowl, which was created by the U.S. Poker League, kicks off October 20 at Bally’s in Las Vegas.Unlike other team-base poker tournaments, this one actually puts team members on the felt at the same time.
Poker Bowl I will feature 25 teams (five teams in five conferences) playing in a series of tournaments.Each [...]

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

Bad beat jackpots make news all over the net, and Ultimate Bet has decided to join in with its very own Bad Beat program, which was launched yesterday and features a unique twist you are sure to like!
The set up is pretty much the same as in Absolute Poker and most other sites: on specially [...]

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

Senator Alfonse D’Amato, Chairman of the PPA, is summoning all members and poker aficionados to join the PPA’s Policy Conference and Congress lobbying in Washington DC on October 22-24.
The meeting will include a major conference to discuss policies with members of Congress, as well as a chance to meet some of the major poker [...]

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