Casino conglomerate Harrah’s Inc. first tested the waters of the online casino world when they hired former Party Poker Chief Exexutive Officer Mitch Garber to run their newly-formed Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment branch earlier this summer. Since Garber’s hiring the poker world has not heard much about impending changes to the popular WorldSeriesofPoker.com or any immediate [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | September 16, 2009

Even though Danish poker pro Theo Jorgensen decided to pull out of PartyPoker’s Poker in the Sky event, a man with no relation but the same last name was able to pull out a win for the Jorgensen name. On Friday the 22 participants in the event were hoisted into the Copenhagen sky and after [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | September 15, 2009

Friday afternoon the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) issued an 11-page report documenting the findings of their extensive investigation into the cheating that took place on the online poker room Ultimate Bet. The report confirmed what many people already believed to be true and also offered some new information about how many people and screennames were [...]

Read More... | 1 Comment | By Joe Zusman | September 12, 2009

The nine finalists for the 2009 Poker Hall of Fame induction class were announced Tuesday and among them is Party Poker spokesman Mike Sexton. Sexton heads a group of players from which only a select few will be chosen for the honor, which makes this quite an interesting vote.
The other eight poker players are Scotty [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | September 11, 2009

Poker is considered by many to be a test of mental strength, so it kind of makes sense that online poker room Party Poker is pairing up with a formidable test of physical strength, the popular World’s Strongest Man competition. Party Poker is sponsoring the athletic competition, which will take place on the Mediterranean isle [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | September 10, 2009

Party Poker’s upcoming Poker in the Sky event has hit a small snag. The live event set to take place in Copenhagen, Denmark on Friday intended to hoist 22 poker players 50 meters in the air to play a poker tournament in the sky. As part of the event, two undisclosed celebrities were going to [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | September 9, 2009

PartyPoker users who are curious how they stack up against the competition have a new tool at their disposal as well as a chance to turn their tournament poker success into additional cash prizes. The site has introduced four new leaderboards that will track the progress of multi-table tournament and Sit & Go players on [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | September 8, 2009

The latest live poker event sponsored by Party Poker definitely has a gimmick that will certainly set it apart as the live tournament circuit revs back into high gear. The online poker site announced last week that it would be partnering with Ace Magazine to host Poker in the Sky, a poker tournament held 150 [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | September 5, 2009

I can’t help but be impressed with Full Tilt Poker lately. Yeah, I know, their customer support isn’t always the best (unless you don’t mind growing a beard while you wait for a useful e-mail response), but the powers that be over there have really been trying hard to make their customers happy.
In August, Full [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | September 4, 2009

The United States 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals issued their ruling in a case challenging the constitutionality of the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) brought on by the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) on Tuesday. The panel of three judges elected to uphold the law, refuting iMEGA´s arguments that the act [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | September 3, 2009