The poker world is bracing itself for what will prove to be one of the greatest staged heads-up matches in the history of the game. Patrik Antonius, a former professional tennis player that has made inroads into the poker world, has taken up poker-legend Doyle Brunson’soffer that he will play anybody, anytime, for the highest [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | April 24, 2008

Most of us who’ve managed to make it into adulthood are forced to become cynical when it comes to certain things. We all know how much gas costs now – and how much money Exxon executives are making. But when it comes to online poker, believe this: the people who own the poker sites actually [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | April 23, 2008

This week the United Kingdom’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) turned a suspicious eye towards the advertisements of two online gambling companies for delivering messages they deemed as inappropriate. They claim that recent advertisements created by Paddy Power and Intercasino link online gambling with increased sexual prowess and that consequently these poker sites may have to [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | April 23, 2008

PokerTrillion, one of the poker rooms on Boss Media’s International Poker Network (IPN,) will have a new home on Friday.On April 25, it will migrate to the Everleaf Gaming Network, a tiny poker network, despite the fact that it accepts U.S. Customers.
"It was essential that we joined a poker network that mirrored our enthusiasm and [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | April 23, 2008

The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) announced Tuesday that it had achieved an eagerly anticipated goal: its membership numbers have surpassed one million.The timing could not be better, as the poker advocacy group also launched new voter registration program and a political action committee (PAC).
To take advantage of its ever-growing membership, the PPA has started the [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | April 23, 2008

Rumors have been running amok that Bodog Founder Calvin Ayre has decided to retire from the Bodog family for good. Although online gambling industry observers have expressed both surprise and skepticism at the move, Calvin Ayre’s personal blog explains his decision to move on and focus on more charitable work.
In a blog post that was [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | April 22, 2008

It is still a long way away, but the possibility of intrastate online poker in California took another step closer to reality last week.California’s Assembly Governmental Organization Committee (AGOC), with not one dissenting vote, approved a bill which will authorize a study of online poker within state borders, sending it on to the Assembly Appropriations [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | April 22, 2008

Cake Poker announced last week that it had added a new funding method and sources say that several more are likely to be on their way within the next month.
The method that is already up and running is QuickTender, which can be used via the UseMyWallet link on the cashier screen.QuickTender is an e-wallet, a [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | April 22, 2008

The Swedish government faces charges at the European Court due to its protectionism of the state’s gaming monopoly Svenska Spel. And now there is trouble inside that protected entity, as CEO Jesper Kärrbrink announced his resignation today due to vision differences.
This development may have been brought on by a recent change in the Board of [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | April 21, 2008

In July 2006, seven poker stars – Howard Lederer, Phil Gordon, Annie Duke, Joe Hachem, Greg Raymer, Andy Bloch, and Phil Gordon – sued World Poker Tour Enterprises, Inc (WPTE) for violating state and federal antitrust laws.Today, the group, represented by Dewey Ballantine LLP, along with WPTE, announced that the lawsuit has been settled.
When the [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | April 21, 2008