It’s always nice to be a VIP and being a member of the Palladium Lounge at PartyPoker is no exception.  The thing is, sometimes, because they are so good, Palladium Loungers are excluded from a PartyPoker promotion now and then (like the upcoming $50,000 Full House Cash Game Race).  On the flip side, though, there [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | July 30, 2010

It has been a long time in coming, but finally, finally, poker players have achieved a victory on Capitol Hill.  On Wednesday, the House Financial Services Committee met to markup Rep. Barney Frank’s (D – Mass.) H.R. 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act and then vote on whether or not to [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | July 29, 2010

In May, the website PokerTableRatings.com (PTR) uncovered a flaw in the security of the Cereus Network’s software.  Earlier this month, the site blew the lid off of a bot ring on PokerStars.  And now, this Monday, PTR released details on yet another security hole, this time on the Cake Poker Network.
The Cake Poker security issue [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | July 28, 2010

Many in the poker community were skeptical when the final table of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event was pushed back from July to November a couple years ago.  So far, it seems to have worked, and one great thing about it is that it allowed the WSOP to stay in the public’s [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | July 27, 2010

888Poker.com, best known as Pacific Poker, is set to release a major update to its software client, adding several features that, for whatever reason, had been missing for years.  The new version of the poker software is scheduled to go live on Tuesday, July 27th, but 888Poker.com made the English version available last week for [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | July 26, 2010

We are still a week away from the beginning of August, but that’s not too early for PartyPoker to release the details of the new promotion it will be launching next month.  For the last full month of summer (well, at least for those of you in the northern hemisphere), PartyPoker is actually going to [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | July 23, 2010

Last week, a group of a dozen related PokerStars accounts were found to be bots, or automated computer programs that can play poker with limited human interaction. This would not normally be big news, but the fact that the bots were first brought to light by parties outside of PokerStars got people talking.
On July [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | July 22, 2010

When it comes to made-for-TV poker tournaments, nobody is more prolific than the gang at Full Tilt Poker.  And next week, the cameras will be rolling as the FullTiltPoker.com Poker Million IX gets underway the Sky Sports Studios in the UK.
As is the case with most of these online poker room-sponsored televised events, Poker Million [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | July 21, 2010

The poker world can get back to normal.  That is, except for a fortunate, skilled few.  Early Sunday morning, the field of 7,319 in the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event was whittled down to a group of men that could fit around a single table and thus the newest edition of the November [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | July 19, 2010

On Day 4 of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, we saw the money bubble burst.  On Day 5, the short stacks and many of the “just happy to cash” crowd were weeded out.  On Thursday’s Day 6, the tournament entered the serious money stage as the field was narrowed to just [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | July 16, 2010