Poker legislation has been on the agendas of many individual state bodies of government as well as in Washington, D. C. Recently, two states voted down attempts to pass legislation that would have legalized poker in their respective areas.
Earlier this week, two different bills that would have legalized friendly poker games and charitable raffles were [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | May 30, 2009

The World Series of Poker is underway once again, and with it comes poker and poker-related companies trying to promote the hell out of themselves to the best captive audience in the industry. Three years ago, Party Poker built up anticipation for its “Monster” promotion throughout the WSOP, despite never revealing what the promotion actually [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | May 29, 2009

The third installment of the Party Poker Women’s World Open Tournament Series came to a close on Wednesday, after three grueling days of poker from what many suggest is the toughest field in the event’s short history. Some of the big names who turned out for the televised tournament included Annette “Annette_15” Obrestad, WSOP bracelet [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | May 28, 2009

The Poker Hall of Fame is one of the most esteemed enshrinements a poker player can earn in their career. While there have been hundreds of World Series of Poker bracelet winners and dozens of World Poker Tour champions, the Poker Hall of Fame has only thirty seven members, of which only sixteen are still [...]

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

After weeks of speculation surrounding the rumored hiring of former PartyPoker CEO Mitch Garber, casino conglomerate Harrah’s Entertainment has finally confirmed what insiders and members of the media have been suspecting since early April when the London Times first reported on the potential new business partnership.
On Friday Harrah’s officially announced Garber’s hiring and offered some [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | May 26, 2009

While many poker players prepare for the start of the World Series of Poker this upcoming Wednesday, thirty six of the best female poker players will gather in London for a warm-up at the Party Poker Women’s World Open III.
The $3000 buy-in tournament is organized by the popular sporting organization Matchroom Sport; it starts on [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | May 23, 2009

Fresh off the rousing success of the second Dream Team Poker tournament at the end of March, Dream Team Poker is ready to do it all again, but this time on a bigger stage. This summer, on July 12th and 13th, Dream Team Poker will be held at the Rio in Las Vegas during the [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | May 22, 2009

PartyPoker.Net is headed to Las Vegas this summer, but you won’t be finding them in the Amazon Room at the Rio for the World Series of Poker. The popular online gaming site may have sponsored the Series in the past, but since pulling out of the US online poker marketplace, they have shifted their sponsorship [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | May 21, 2009

Although many poker players are focusing on the upcoming World Series of Poker, PartyPoker is looking beyond that.
PartyPoker announced on Monday that they have started up their satellite events for the Asian Poker Tour’s first stop of its 2009-10 season in Macau. “The Asian Poker Tour Macau Festival” will run from August 12th through the [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | May 20, 2009

Several big name poker pros managed to squeeze in one last poker event before gearing up for the seven-week Las Vegas grind that is the World Series of Poker (WSOP). A total of 93 players, including known pros, local grinders and online qualifiers from Party Poker, turned out at the Stampede Casino in Calgary, Alberta, [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | May 19, 2009