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 [...]

Alex Rodriguez Speaks on MLB

Alex Rodriguez has spoken out on the subject of tabloid reports about his alleged participation in underground high-stakes poker games, and called them “unfair and inaccurate,”  Alex Rodriguez said that he was looking forward to meeting with the officials at Major League Baseball to discuss the allegations. A-Rod rejoined the New York Yankees non Thursday [...]

Daniel Negreanu: The Poker Ambassador

Daniel Negreanu will be appearing on Tuesday’s ESPN broadcast of the World Series of Poker, but Negreanu’s contributions to poker go beyond just what he does on the felt. He is also a poker ambassador, “Well, I’m not much of a follower in life,” said Negreanu. “I’m opinionated and passionate about a lot of things [...]

The Epic Poker League First Stop

The first stop of the Epic Poker League has concluded, and the event definitely lived up to the hype and anticipation, as 137 of the most talented poker players sat down to take part in the $20,000 EPL Main Event.  The field consisted of some of the top talents in the game, and featured a [...]

Online Poker Legislation Petition

Online poker players in the United States can now enjoy the benefit of a new coalition called FairPlayUSA.  The coalition aims to support the need of the players to see the “unacceptable” status quo that currently exists to be altered, providing “Americans who want to play online” with a much needed “strictly regulated, safe industry.” [...]

New Zealand Poker Game Raided

Police and gambling inspectors raided a tavern in Hamilton on Sunday, on suspicion that an illegal poker tournament was being held.  The Internal Affairs department’s acting director of gambling compliance, Debby Despard, said that a search warrant was executed after it was discovered that the tavern was illegally hosting poker games. When the raid took [...]

Poker in The Park Coming This September

It’s that time of year again.  Poker in the Park, the largest poker festival in Europe, will be returning to London soon.  The event is scheduled to take place in Hanover Square on the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd September. Last year, the event was a huge success.  It took place in Leicester Square [...]

Melbourne Poker Championship 2011

The Melbourne Poker Championship is currently underway at the Crowne Casino.  The tournament runs for just two weeks, and caters to everyone, with Ladies Only rounds, and tournaments ranging from $50 buy-in to the more high-roller focused $10,200 buy-in 100K Challenge. The tournament has attracted a lot of attention from players from all over Australia, [...]

Caesars CEO Calling for Regulation of Online Poker in the USA

Gary Loveman, CEO of Caesars Entertainment Corp. has spoken out about the subject of online poker, expressing a desire for regulation in an opinion piece that was published on CNN’s website. Loveman said “The question we face isn’t “will there be online poker?”  Millions of Americans have already answered that question through their regular play, [...]

Onyx Cup Series Launched

The ONYX Cup Series of poker tournaments is not for the faint of heart.  Created by Full Tilt, the Onyx Cup Series is a high-rollers only tournament, with buy-ins ranging from $100,000 to $300,000.  The aim of the series ois to find the best poker player in the world, and their logic is that the [...]

Poker Revenues Down at PartyGaming

It seems that casino games, bingo and sports betting  are big business today.  These industries drove revenues up once again at PartyGaming in the financial year running up to the 31st December.  Sadly for poker players, these other online gambling profits were simply offsetting weakness from the company’s poker operations, which are currently underperforming Overall [...]

Iowa Poker Bill Makes it To Senate

The controversial proposal which aims to legalize online poker was advanced in the Iowa Senate on Wednesday.  The proposal raised concerns from lawmakers of both parties.  Sen. Jerry Behn said of the proposal that he thought it was a road that it was not appropriate to go down. After some discussion, the Senate State Government [...]

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