Today marks the start of a serious uptick in wagering at the Rio All-Suites Casino and Resort in Las Vegas, as the 2010 World Series of Poker gets underway. Millions upon millions of dollars will be handed over to the cage for entries into the 57 bracelet events, side tournaments, and satellites. More [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | May 28, 2010

ESPN.com held its fifth annual poker fantasy draft last Friday, with twelve poker players and writers selecting eight players each to sweat throughout the World Series of Poker.  Points will be awarded for in-the-money finishes in this summer’s WSOP, with greater emphasis placed on the highest stakes events, those with buy-ins of $10,000 or more.
It’s [...]

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

Next Tuesday, June 1st, marks the date on which banks, credit card companies, and other financial institutions must comply with the regulations for the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006. The regulations were originally supposed to go into effect last December, but the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the million-member strong poker lobbying organization, [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | May 25, 2010

Phil “The Unabomber” Laak has been dreaming of getting his name in the Guinness Book of World Records since he was a kid and now he thinks he finally has a shot at accomplishing his goal. Beginning June 2nd, Laak will attempt to break Paul Zimbler’s record for the most consecutive hours playing poker. [...]

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

The race is on to decide who’s the third largest poker room (or network) on the internet.
Almost five months ago, PartyPoker overtook the iPoker Network for the number three spot in online poker traffic monitoring site PokerScout.com’s cash game traffic rankings. PartyPoker’s player based took a huge hit when it pulled out of the United [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | May 21, 2010

Ryan “toetagu” Fair may have made the headlines Monday by winning the $10,000 buy-in Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) High Main Event at PokerStars for over $1.1 million, but it was George “Jorj95” Lind III who was the star of the entire poker series.  At the close of the two week long string of [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | May 20, 2010

The inaugural event of World Team Poker is set to kick off Wednesday, May 19th at the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas.  A unique concept for a poker competition, World Team Poker will feature teams of professional players from around the world competing for national pride and, of course, money.
World Team Poker is a [...]

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

Most amateur poker players dream of playing in the World Series of Poker Main Event once in their lives. Even if they don’t make it past the first day, it would be the achievement of a life-long dream. Like most online poker sites, PartyPoker is awarding seats in the 2010 WSOP Main Event [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | May 12, 2010

PartyPoker’s inaugural Online Cash Game Championships (OCGC) concluded this past Friday, with Slovenia’s Primoz Cimerman, known as “MassiffOwnich” on the world’s third largest online poker site, wearing the crown in the end. In addition to his winnings every step of the way, plus cash prizes awarded from Level 2 onwards, Cimerman received $40,000 for [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | May 11, 2010

It is starting to look like the Cereus Network should think about hiring a new security team.  First it was the cheating scandals at both Absolute Poker and UB.com that were discovered in 2007 and 2008 (though the latter dated back to 2005).  Now, it has been discovered that serious flaws have existed in the network’s [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | May 10, 2010