It was announced today that the two top online poker tournament schedules in existence – PokerStars’ World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) and Full Tilt Poker’s Online Poker Series (FTOPS) – will be running their events in consecutive months, offering online tournament players the opportunity to gain prestige in the online poker world.
Both tournament schedules [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | July 4, 2009

U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs said this week that it believes that online gambling will eventually be legalized in the United States and several European gaming companies could benefit.
In a report to investors, Goldman Sachs used PartyGaming, operator of Party Poker, as a basis for determining the U.S. market’s size, saying, “Based on a simple [...]

Read More... | 2 Comments | By Adam Ulick | July 3, 2009

It is that time of year every poker player and poker fan looks forward to: The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event is finally here. Friday marks the start of the biggest live tournament of the year and, according to the PartyPoker blog, over 100 PartyPoker qualifiers will be participating in the event.

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | July 2, 2009

Already in a dominant position in the world of online poker, PokerStars made additions to Team PokerStars that look to also challenge the live poker world.
It was announced today that veteran poker professional Marcel Luske and up and coming player Jason Mercier are the latest additions to a roster that already sports some of the [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | July 1, 2009