This time last year the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Player of the Year (POY) race did not have a lot of buzz surrounding it. Jacobo Fernandez drew some attention with his large number of cashes around the same time that John Phan won his two bracelets. In fact, last year, it was only after [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | June 16, 2009

Last week, we told you that PartyPoker had changes to its PartyPoints program in the works, changes ready to be implemented at the end of June. While PartyPoker did send out an e-mail to its customers announcing the revamped system, not all of the details were presented. Fortunately, a PartyPoker representative posted some additional information [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | June 13, 2009

We’re into the second week of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and the action has been fast and furious so far. Known pros are winning marquee bracelets, young online grinders are proving they are still a force to be reckoned with and there are still over thirty events to go before they get to [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | June 11, 2009

Although there are moves in the halls of Congress to enact regulation of the online gaming industry, the U. S. Department of Justice on Friday moved to put a hold on nearly $30 million in bank accounts across the country.
According to the Associated Press and the Poker Players Alliance, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern [...]

Read More... | 2 Comments | By Kevin Felix | June 10, 2009

PartyGaming announced Monday that is has formed a strategic business partnership with British television channel, Five, formerly known as Channel Five. First launched in 1997, the station is one of the major television networks in the United Kingdom.
The details of the partnership were included in Monday’s press release. Five, which is looking to expand its [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | June 9, 2009

PartyPoker recently notified its customers that they should not redeem their Party Points at this time. No, PartyPoker is not having financial problems (despite the millions PartyGaming is shelling out to the U.S. government) and there is not a problem with the website. The online poker room is actually getting ready to update its PartyPoints [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | June 5, 2009

The $1,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em event at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) kicked the Series off with a bang by shattering attendance records and drawing droves of entrants. Event #2 broke the record for largest non-Main Event field in WSOP history with an astounding 6,012—shattering the previous record of 3,929 entrants. The huge [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | June 4, 2009

What if you could put together a Royal Flush that would pay you $1 million?
It was announced today that Party Poker, after a tremendous response from its players, is offering that chance once again by bringing back The Million Dollar Hand.
In March, the original Million Dollar Hand played out and over $700,000 was earned by [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | June 3, 2009

Mere days after the conclusion of the PartyPoker sponsored Women’s World Open III play began in the latest installment of another PartyPoker sponsored event, the Sports Star Challenge. The event, a double shoot out structured similarly to the Women’s World Open, divided players into preliminary heats of seven players based on different types of sports. [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | June 2, 2009