The Microgaming Network has instituted a partial United States block which bars 13 different states from using their poker software as well as the District of Columbia. The 13 states in question are Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, Illinois, Louisiana, New York, Nevada, Utah, Wisconsin, Washington, South Dakota, Oregon, and New Jersey.
The reason given by Microgaming for [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | October 31, 2008

Professional poker player Tom “Durrrr” Dwan was recently involved in several of the biggest online poker pots in history. The record breaking night took place at Full Tilt Poker on October 26th and saw Durrrr battle Sami "LarsLuzak" Kelopuro for a pot worth $618,000; Durrrr won the $618,000 with top pair and this turned out [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | October 29, 2008

A company called The Free Poker Experience LCC is suing New York after the state banned free poker games that the company runs in New York bars. The Free Poker Experience doesn’t believe their Texas Hold’em tournaments should be banned since they don’t charge a buy-in fee. Instead, the restaurant or bar where each tournament [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | October 28, 2008

Candian player LosHabos7 rode a monster chip lead to the lion’s share of the October 26 Party Poker $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool No Limit Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament.
Here are the rest of the top ten finishers, their respective countries of origin and prize monies (all dollar values are in USD)
1. LosHabos7 / Canada / $53,497.87 (deal)2. area182 [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | October 27, 2008

Thank God, a deal!
For the past 2 months, each and every Party Poker 300K final table began with big big blinds and ended in outright victory. Each week, there are roughly 7,000,000 total chips in play in the Party Poker 300K (this week there were 7,160,000 in total.) When blinds reach 20,000 / 40,000 or [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | October 27, 2008

US Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps recently played in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event at the Caesars Poker Classic; he finished ninth and cashed for $5,213. Phelps’s appearance at this tournament solidified the rumors that he is getting more serious about the game and he has been seen hanging out in Las Vegas with numerous poker [...]

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

Party Poker is following up its recent plastic surgery (let me just say this again, good work!) with two Industry-standard type poker tournaments.
First is the formal announcement of the massive buy-in Party Poker Premier League III. With a ticket to ride of $75,000 per pop, only the highest caliber of tournament pro is invited to [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | October 23, 2008

The World Poker Tour and the online poker network known as CryptoLogic Inc. have decided to end their agreement after being together for over a year and a half.
The agreement began on April 26th, 2007 as a three year deal; CryptoLogic was brought in to develop the software for the World Poker Tour after the [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | October 22, 2008

The largest online poker site in the world will be coming to Italy; PokerStars announced that they will be opening a room just for Italians that will be called PokerStars.it.
The news of PokerStars’ new Italian room comes just a few months after Italy decided to legalize online poker as a whole in the nation. With [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | October 21, 2008

Finnish player santa4e overcame massive blinds and a generally stop-go final table to claim $60,000 for an outright first place finish in the October 19 edition of the Party Poker $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool No Limit Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament.
Here are the rest of the top ten finishers, their respective countries of origin and prize [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | October 20, 2008