Party Poker announced Thursday that it has signed two new pros to its team: Dragan Galic and Francesco Totti.
Galic becomes the newest member of Team Party, joining recent additions Antanas “Tony G” Guoga and Kara Scott, along with 2009 Poker Hall of Fame inductee Mike Sexton, Ian Frazer, Felipe “Mojave” Ramos, Bodo Sbrzesny and Remy [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | February 26, 2010

Millions of Americans are currently in the process of trying to wade through the thousands of rules, deductions, exemptions, and credits of the federal tax code in an effort to file their tax returns by April 15th. Senators Ron Wyden (D – OR) and Judd Gregg (R – NH) are trying to make things [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | February 25, 2010

Earlier this week, PokerStars released the schedule for the 2010 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), unveiling a line-up with 50% more tournaments than last year’s edition.  The inaugural SCOOP in 2009 was a smash hit, attracting almost 200,000 players across 22 triple-tiered events.  $30 million in prize pools were guaranteed, but the popularity of [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | February 24, 2010

PartyPoker.com sent a small army to the World Poker Tour (WPT) Celebrity Invitational, but it wasn’t enough to get any of them to the televised final table. David McGrail, a 24-year old surveyor from Edinburgh, Scotland, was eliminated in within sight of the final table in 13th place on Monday, making him the last [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | February 23, 2010

Players normally flock to PokerStars on a daily basis, but from February 10th through February 21st, the world’s largest online poker room gave its players an extra incentive: the chance to win big in its 40 billionth hand promotion, dubbed F40.

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | February 22, 2010

Phil Laak grabbed all the attention during the preliminary rounds of the Party Poker Premier League IV by winning three of his four heats, but it was David Benyamine who grabbed the $400,000 first prize Thursday night, beating Laak and four other competitors.
Before the six-handed final table could commence, though, the fifth and sixth players [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | February 19, 2010

Going into the sixth and final preliminary heat of the Party Poker Premier League IV at the M Casino in Las Vegas, we knew a few things for sure. We knew that both Phil Laak and David Benyamine had already clinched two of the six seats at the $900,000 final table. We also [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | February 18, 2010

In what looks to be the biggest save of the week, Ian Frazer won the fifth heat of the PartyPoker Premier League IV on Tuesday, putting himself in good shape to have a shot at the final table with one preliminary heat left.
As we reported yesterday, the Team Party pro was in trouble after four [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | February 17, 2010

As Yogi Berra once said, “It’s déjà vu all over again.”
The fourth preliminary heat of the Party Poker Premier League IV wrapped up at around 8:40pm local time Monday at the M Casino in Las Vegas and for the third time in as many tries, Phil “The Unabomber” Laak came out on top. Laak [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | February 16, 2010

The Party Poker Premier League IV kicked off at the end of last week at the M Casino in Las Vegas, with eleven of the world’s best poker players and one PartyPoker.com qualifier duking it out for their share of $1.5 million.  Participating this year are defending champ JC Tran, Luke “FullFlush” Schwartz, Daniel Negreanu, [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | February 15, 2010