Los Angeles continued to prove it is a haven for poker players even in tough economic times with 696 players turning out for Commerce Casino’s Los Angeles Poker Classic. The largest event of the season thus far saw attendance up 5% over last year’s 665-person field. The event ended in a tough final table that [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | February 27, 2009

Party Poker has recently started running satellites to give its players the chance to qualify for the Main Event of the Canadian Open Poker Championships (COPC). The Stampede Casino in Calgary, Alberta will host the $5,000 buy-in event May 13th through May 17th. Party Poker is the only online poker room at which players can [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | February 27, 2009

Either he doesn’t learn or he doesn’t care.
Josh “JJProdigy” Field, has been banned from his fourth online poker room. This time, it was actually an entire network – the Cake Poker Network. Recently, Bluff Magazine announced the list of invitees for its new Bluff Online Poker Challenge, which will be held at Lock Poker, a [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | February 26, 2009

One of the stalwart offerings of many major online rooms are their monthly guaranteed events. Just a few years ago, these tournaments guaranteed prize pools in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and - after players turned out in droves for these events - have climbed up to the million-dollar mark at the minimum. PartyPoker [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | February 25, 2009

February has been a productive month for those trying to regulate online gambling in the United States with key victories in state court cases and new legislation on the horizon. In early February a report on Reuters claimed the European Union (EU) was poised to file a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding [...]

Read More... | 1 Comment | By August Darnell | February 24, 2009

Party Poker is bringing back its popular “Friday Night Party” promotion for one night only this Friday the 20th. The site will be offering a number of multi-table tournaments with a grand total of $250,000 in guaranteed prize money. Tournaments will run from 11:30 AM EST until the last event begins at 9PM. Along the [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | February 20, 2009

In the early morning hours of Wednesday February 18th 2009, the much-hyped “durrrr challenge” got underway at Full Tilt Poker. Patrik Antonius and durrrr are kicking off the challenge which is expected to last for the better part of 2009. For those of you unaware of the back story behind the challenge, let’s [...]

Read More... | 1 Comment | By Neal Farran | February 20, 2009

PartyGaming, the parent company of Party Poker, released its Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the fourth quarter of 2008 last week, showing positive player growth, but mostly negative financial results.
For the quarter, the company as a whole brought in $100.4 million in revenue, an 18 percent decrease from the same quarter in 2007, when PartyGaming [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | February 19, 2009

The final table of the Party Poker European Open V seemed more like a who’s who of British poker instead of a continental affair. The popular event featured a final table composed entirely of players hailing from the United Kingdom, including Marc Goodwin, 2008 Irish Poker Champion Neil Channing, and the event’s new champion, Roberto [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | February 17, 2009

After a bit of confusion early on Monday morning, PokerStars celebrated their 25 billionth hand ever played and awarded five people over $200,000 in cash and tournament entries.
On Wednesday of last week, PokerStars started counting down to the 25 billionth hand played on the site. After reaching their 24.85 billionth hand, every million hands after [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | February 17, 2009