Through December 15, Party Poker is throwing cards into players’ PartyAccounts, giving players a chance to put together a Winning Hand and possibly win $100,000.
With the “Winning Hand” promotion, Party Poker players just need to play at the real money tables as always and earn PartyPoints.For every 20 Points, Party Poker will award players with a [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | December 7, 2007

In the November issue of Go magazine, the in-flight publication of AirTran Airways, awards were handed out to twenty casinos North American casinos, based on specific categories.Leading the poker charge was the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles.
“The Commerce Casino is the world’s largest casino devoted strictly to cards,” wrote Nick Burry.“The serious poker player will [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | December 7, 2007

For several days now various online sources have confirmed that Absolute Poker, one of the world’s premier online poker rooms, was inching towards the billionth hand to be dealt out on its virtual felt tables. That day has finally come. Absolute Poker has now officially announced that they have reached this impressive landmark.
"It's been [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | December 7, 2007

Pokernews.com has posted a two part interview conducted with Chris Vaughn and Sorel Mizzi discussing the recent online poker scandal involving these two well known players. Both players were found to have broken tournament rules when Vaughn sold his account over to Mizzi towards the end of a large poker tournament.
On October 2st, Chris [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | December 6, 2007

And by donate, we don’t mean losing money at the poker tables.We really mean donate.
At the end of November, Tony G won $205,000 by being the last man standing at the inaugural Moscow Millions tournament at the Cosmos Casino.After he won, he promptly gave the money right back to the tournament organizers, requesting that they [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | December 6, 2007

Next year, one skilled and lucky person will get to the chance to be a poker globetrotter, thanks to PokerStars.This month, the PokerStars Tournament Leader Board (TLB) will be used to determine how over $250,000 in cash and prizes will be divvied up.
Those players who finish from 501st through 1000th on the December TLB will [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | December 6, 2007

Bodog recently received a positive court ruling from a federal magistrate judge in Las Vegas favoring their defense team’s argument that Bodog Entertainment Group, S. A. is neither located nor registered in Nevada, and therefore is not subject to examination under Nevada Law.
Furthermore, Bodog’s CEO Calvin Ayre himself will not be required to show [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | December 5, 2007

The poker world received a sad shock yesterday upon hearing the news that one of card worlds most likeable and talented characters, David “Chip” Reese, died in his sleep early Tuesday morning in a Las Vegas area hospital. Purportedly, Reese had been suffering from symptoms of pneumonia and checked himself in the night before.
Reese has [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | December 5, 2007

Diamat Enterprises, Inc. has announced the signing of three well known online poker pros, specifically chosen to collaborate on a series of poker books focused on no-limit Texas Hold’em tournament strategy.
The first two books, which are slated for release this upcoming spring and fall of 2008, will be a two volume set that will [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | December 4, 2007

After 16 years of rejected proposals and one more year of delicate negotiations, the Seminole Tribe of Florida and Governor Charlie Crist finally agreed to sign a compact giving the Seminoles the right to operate gaming facilities across Florida for the next 25 years.
The depth and sensitivity of the talks needed to reach this agreement [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | December 3, 2007