If you are in the mood to nab some virtually free money, I highly recommend you logon to Full Tilt Poker this weekend.  No, it’s not one of those “free poker money” promotions that can be found around the internet (including here at Tight Poker).  As nice as those are, the money to be had [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | March 31, 2010

There is something about PartyPoker.com sponsored events that suits England’s Philippa “Pippa” Flanders just fine.  For the second time in her poker career, Flanders emerged victorious at a Party Poker event, winning the PartyPoker.com Women’s World Open IV late last week, pocketing $30,000.  This was also her third overall cash in a live PartyPoker.com competition.
Flanders joined [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | March 30, 2010

If you are a poker room and you are about to proudly launch a unique new high buy-in tournament named after one of your two big star pros, you had better make sure the first one goes off without a hitch. Especially if it’s only a monthly tournament and any bad taste will have to [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | March 29, 2010

PartyPoker’s Antanas “Tony G” Guoga has made an interesting offer to arguably the world’s most intriguing poker player, Sweden’s Isildur1.  Reaching out to the ultra-high stakes player via his blog on PartyPoker.com, Tony G has expressed his desire to stake Isildur1 for live play.
 
Specifically, Tony G wants to fly Isildur1 out to London, pay for [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | March 26, 2010

Normally, we might say “pick on someone your own size,” but it is kind of hard to say that when the bully is tiny.  The bully of which we speak: the Merge Gaming Network.  Its subject of torment: the Cake Poker Network.
Yesterday it was announced that Lock Poker will be jumping from the Cake Poker [...]

Read More... | 1 Comment | By Rocco Havel | March 25, 2010

Of all the debates raging on internet poker forums, perhaps the biggest (though mostly one-sided) is on the subject of short stackers. Some people don’t mind them, most people hate them, and those in the latter category shout from the hills every day for the online poker rooms to do something about the problem. [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | March 24, 2010

ESPN is no stranger to award nominations, but it is always nice for us poker fans to see our beloved pastime recognized.  Such is the case with this year’s Sports Emmy nominations, as ESPN’s coverage of the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event final table has been nominated for one of the coveted awards.
The [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | March 23, 2010

It may be hard to believe, but the 41st annual World Series of Poker is just a little more than two months away. Therefore, the annual rush of online qualifiers has begun. One of the first to step up to the plate is Party Poker, which is keeping it simple this year with its qualifying path to the WSOP Main Event.

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | March 22, 2010

Party Poker’s Mike Sexton will be in it.  So will UltimateBet’s Annie Duke and Full Tilt Poker’s Mike “The Mouth” Matusow.  They, along with 24 other players, will compete in the 2010 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions (TOC), which will take place during the 41st World Series of Poker at the Rio in [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | March 19, 2010

According to a Tuesday article on the CNN Money website, HeadsUp Entertainment International, Inc. is in talks with a major online poker firm that wants to purchase its most significant asset, the Canadian Poker Tour. If the acquisition does not work out, a co-branding arrangement could be an option, as well. In addition [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | March 18, 2010