Elie Suing Lawyer over Poker Payments Advice

Chad Elie, a businessman from Las Vegas who last year pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to commit bank fraud and operating an illegal gambling business, is now suing his lawyer.  Elie was jailed for his role in processing online poker bank transactions, and is now suing his former lawyer for professional malpractice. Elie claims [...]

Frankenberger Talks on His Poker Career

Andy Frankenberger is a well-known figure in the world of poker, having rose to fame with some amazing poker tournament successes over the last few years. Frankenberger is a Duke University graduate with an impressive real-life resume as well as an impressive poker resume.  He has a double major in Russian and economics, and was [...]

Official Fantasy Poker Game for WSOP Chosen

The World Series of Poker is best known for the high-level, big money poker games which take place there, but poker isn’t the only attraction that can be found at the series. The big-name poker players love to engage in prop bets, and many of them buy into a $25,000 fantasy poker game. Watching the [...]

How Video Poker Is Making Lawyers Rich

The world of online poker and video poker is lucrative for many people – not just those who run the sites and the machines.  One other group that is striking it rich in online poker is lawyers. Currently a small group of gambling companies are fighting for their share of a market that is expected [...]

Telltale Announces Poker Night 2

Telltale games has announced the sequel to Poker Night at the Inventory.  Titled Poker Night 2, this game features some of the most well-known personalities in gaming, film and animation.  Instead of playing poker against faceless players online, why not sit down and enjoy some friendly banter with loveable characters from your favourite games and [...]

Thieves Targeting Poker Machines

Thieves in Jerseyville, Illinois, have been targtting poker machines.  According to recent reports, burglars – who apparently had previous experience – broke in to the Lake Westside Tavern and stole around $5,000 from a state-licensed video poker machine. The report, which came from the Jersey County Sheriff’s department, said that the burglard cut the wires [...]

Fortune Poker Closing Down

Online poker website Fortune Poker, which launched back in 2004, has made the decision to close its doors.  The site, which is licensed in Malta, is one of the skins on the International Poker Network.  The site will cease operation on March 31st, and players have until April 2nd to withdraw their funds from their [...]

Europe Considering Poker Safety Standards

Online poker is a more lucrative and socially acceptable pursuit in the European Union than it is in the USA or Australia, but that does not mean that there are no issues with the industry.  Representatives of the European Commission and the European Parliament met yesterday to discuss the industry at a special meeting titled [...]

PPA Thanks Players for their Hard Work

Rich Muny, the Vice President of Player Relations at the Poker Players Alliance has issued a statement thanking players for taking an active role in campaigning for changes to regulation relating to online poker.  Muny credits players for making significant advances in online poker legislation across the United States of America. Muny says that he [...]

WPT Venice Day 2 Rundown

Today saw Day 2 of the World Poker Tour Venice tournament.  The remaining 173 players sat down to play in the poker tournament in the hopes of making it to the final 21, so that they could claim their share of the $643,000 prize pool, of which $180,097 would go to the winner of the [...]

World Series of Poker Coming to Cherokee

The World Series of Poker Circuit will be heading to Cherokee next month.  The new stop at the WSOPCE will be taking place from April 4th to April 15th at the Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort. This event marks the first major poker tournament to be held in North Carolina.  Anyone who wishes to take part [...]

Full Tilt Revisits Marketing Strategy

The last few weeks have been a difficult time for Full Tilt Poker. The site has fallen from being number two in the online poker site rankings to number four, as Party Poker and the iPoker Network both rose through the ranks and knocked it out of the top spots, beating it in terms of [...]

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