Just when it seemed like online phenom Tom “durrrr” Dwan was laying low for a little while, news broke that the 23-year old poker pro is taking his infamous heads-up challenge from the virtual felt to a brick and mortar London setting.
The durrrr Challenge first made headlines in January of this year when Dwan issued [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | August 18, 2009

Online poker site Party Poker recently added another pro to its rapidly growing roster of sponsored players. The latest addition to Party Poker’s team of poker players is 29-year-old Bodo Sbrzesny of Germany. Sbrzesny has been a longtime player on Party Poker and is currently one of the site’s Palladium Elite members, a status reserved [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | August 15, 2009

eGaming Review reported Thursday that PartyGaming, owner of PartyPoker.com, remains optimistic about not only the chances of the United States legalizing and regulating online gambling, but also the chances of European gaming companies gaining access to the U.S. market when that does happen. Regarding the latter, PartyGaming is running contrary to its competitors.
Other European companies [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | August 14, 2009

Party Poker is the latest online poker room to unroll changes in their software this month, and their newest upgrade features a long list of features designed to improve and enhance the playing experience. The online poker site’s official blog denoted over a dozen new additions to Party’s poker client ranging from updates to the [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | August 13, 2009

The World Poker Open (WPO) in Tunica, Mississippi has been a longtime staple on the tournament circuit. At one point it was a stop on the World Poker Tour and it continues to be one of the bigger tournaments offered in the Southern United States. The most recent edition of the WPO just wrapped up [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | August 12, 2009

More details are emerging surrounding the $30 million seizure of online gaming funds that occurred back in June. The seizure, which was enacted by the Department of Justice in the Southern District of New York, prevented many online poker players from cashing checks received from major online poker sites like PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and [...]

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

The Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) is off and running with its thirteenth version, with three tournaments completed and a host of events still left to run before the Championship Event on August 15th.
News is good so far for the first three events as each tournament exceeded their guarantees. In the kickoff to this [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | August 8, 2009

In the past week, Full Tilt Poker unveiled some significant upgrades to its software client, running the gamut from security to tournament play to the general look and feel of the software. All of the new features are explained on the Full Tilt website, but here they are in a nutshell:
New Security Layer
While PokerStars has [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | August 7, 2009

The fifth installment of the Party Poker sponsored World Open poker tournament is scheduled to run from October 11th thru the 15th and the online poker site is offering its users a chance to get in on the action. Party Poker will be running a series of satellites that offer a grand prize package worth [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | August 6, 2009

As the Asian Poker Tour prepares to make its second stop in the Chinese territory of Macau at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino, APT officials are once again extending an invitation to Olympic champion Michael Phelps and pushing Phelps to bring President Obama to join the tournament.
Phelps, who won eight gold medals at last [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | August 5, 2009