Epic Poker Programming Expands

The Epic poker League has just hosted its third “Inaugural Season Main Event”.  The event was held at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, and following the event the league announced that they had formed a partnership with The Poker Channel, which will bring more than 70 hours of tournament broadcast coverage to European [...]

Poker New Year Resolutions

Now that 2012 is drawing to a close, it’s time to start considering New Year’s resolutions.  Many people make career or health focused resolutions, but how about making poker ones?  Improving your poker game wouldn’t just make your poker playing more profitable, it makes it more enjoyable too. This year, why not follow some of [...]

Utah Says No Thanks to Online Poker

While many American states are considering the legalisation of online poker, Utah is taking the opposing stance and considering laws that would prohibit online gaming within the state.  Utah Rep. Stephen Sandstrom made an announcement on his website which stated that he is drafting a law that would prohibit online gambling in the state. Sandstrom [...]

Jonathan Duhamel Speaks on Robbery

Jonathan Duhamel has spoken out about what happened at his home on December 21st, when two intruders, one posing as a delivery man, barged into his Montreal-area home.  Duhamel, who had just woken up when the intruders arrived, opened the door to his home, expecting a delivery of some Christmas presents.  He was attacked by [...]

Anonymous Software Shocks Poker Industry

Online poker website Bodog has shocked the industry by targeting recreational and casual online poker players and releasing some poker software that allows players to play anonymously.  The software removes the screen names of the players from their opponent’s screens, allowing players to play for cash anonymously.  This protects beginner players from pros that use [...]

Alexa Fisher – The Poker Prodigy

People might like to make jokes about Texans and their Texas Hold’em, but in this case, the mental image of a poker prodigy is true.  Meet Alexa Fisher, the eight-year-old poker pro that can play over 50 varieties of the game, and can hold her own with some of the biggest card sharks in the [...]

Duplicate Poker Tournament Being Held in London

The International Federation of poker is hosting a tournament called the Nations Cup as part of the London Mind Sports Festival.  The tournament will include a special form of poker known as Duplicate Poker, which aims to remove the luck component from the game of poker. When you play poker online, you are dealt random [...]

Nevada to Accept Online Poker License Applications

The Nevada Gaming control Board has announced that as of February it will be accepting license applications from companies that wish to run online poker sites in the state.  Control Board Chairman Mark Lipparelli spoke with gaming industry professionals at the Aria Resort and Casino during a gaming conference last week, and explained that it [...]

Artistic Poker Tournament in Manhattan

A New York artist has decided to take a chance on a head-turning performance piece called “I’ll Raise You One”, which will see a rotating cast of 48 participants play strip poker in a shop window in downtown Manhattan. The performance will take place at the Art In General Gallery this week, with the final [...]

EPT San Remo Begins

A huge number of poker players have descended on Italy for the latest leg of the European Poker Tour.  The EPT San Remo saw more than 1,000 entrants last year, and similar figures are expected for this year’s field. The latest leg of the World Series of Poker Europe ended last week, so while we [...]

Poker Sites Fire on US Justice Dept

Attorneys for Full Tilt have opened fire on the United States Justice Department for their civil case against the website.  The site decried the department’s assertion that the company was running what amounted to a “massive Ponzi scheme”, and that they conned players out of more than $300 million. “While the government has obviously taken issue [...]

EPT Barcelona Breaking Records

The European poker tour in Barcelona saw a total of 811 players turn out for the EUR5,300 buy-in Main Event which took place in the Casino Barcelona.  The event was considered a huge success – and broke many records, including becoming the biggest poker tournament ever to be held in Spain. Last season, the EPT [...]

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