Poker News

Each week, PokerNews brings you insight into the happenings at the major poker sites. Featuring the most popular blog posts, BlogNews Weekly is your one-stop shop for all your poker blog highlights. This week, BlogNews Weekly brings you highlights from …

Much has been written about the 'demise' of the online poker scene since its heyday in 2007, but what does this mean for the search market? Blueclaw's Lauren Garrison analysed the search market for the vertical for iGB and found that there are still …

In the years since the November Nine format was adopted for the World Series of Poker main event final table in 2008, it has been commonplace for WSOP final tablists to play a few live tournaments in the intervening months to keep their skills sharp.

This week the Poker Hall of Fame selected two very deserving players for the Class of 2015, John Juanda and Jennifer Harman. Even at their relatively young age, both are clearly Hall of Famers, and they will only pad their resumes in the ensuing years.

The next time you log into Full Flush Poker, you'll notice that the site has been busy behind the scenes, dusting off the old tournament offerings to reveal a shiny new line-up. A few more tournaments have been thrown into the mix, so there's no …

Jen Harman and John Juanda, two of poker's elite, will be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame, Class of 2015. The duo represents the 49th and 50th members of the club, and the official induction ceremony will take place on Friday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. at …

The "Rock 'n' Roll Poker Open" will run at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida from November 19 – December 2, 2015, and during that time the popular television show Poker Night in America (PNIA) will return to the venue for the …

Online poker became a legalized activity in three states in the United States in 2013 – Nevada, New Jersey, and Delaware. During that time, other states have explored regulation but none have pulled the trigger. Over the next couple of years, several …

David Diaz of Bartlett, Tenn., won the main event of the Isle Open poker series Monday, earning $134,523. Diaz was the chip leader when the final three players decided on a weighted chop at the Pompano Beach poker room. Evan Teitelbaum of Parkland …

The other two poker sites or networks that saw player traffic bump upward were 4th-ranked iPoker Network (1,400) and PartyPoker (1,100) in 6th. Both picked up 50 more players on average. iPoker appears to be benefiting from its recent decision to …

Members of the Resolute Motorcycle Club on Tuesday, Oct. 20, paused in front of the Columbia County Courthouse long enough to have their photo taken. The club was donating proceeds from a recent poker run to SAFE of Columbia County, the Columbia …

To outsiders, 17-year-old Gladys MacKnight seemed an unlikely killer, as did her boyfriend, 18-year-old Donald Wightman. But to those who knew the high school sweethearts, the death of Gladys' mother, Helen, wasn't entirely shocking. (Though being …

There are still more than two months left in 2015 and a budget deal must eventually be reached, so anything can happen. Pennsylvania would be the fourth state in the country with regulated web poker, joining Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey.

Florida Keys national wildlife refuge managers will close down Boca Grande, Woman Key and the beaches at the Marquesas Keys for three days next month to keep powerboats off those sensitive islands during an annual powerboat poker run. All boaters will …

One of the co-sponsors of a bill seeking to ban online gaming nationwide is running for president, and he is actually open to the idea of a carve-out for peer-to-peer poker. According to a report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Florida Senator Marco …

Twitch Poker has had a breakout year in 2015. Tens of thousands of viewers tune-in to watch top-tier live streaming personalities Jason Somerville, Jaime Staples, and Joey Ingram. The entrepreneurial format of Twitch has piqued the interest of many …

LAS VEGAS — World Series of Poker watchers won't be seeing the logo for daily fantasy sports site DraftKings when the tournament returns to Las Vegas starting Nov. 8. A spokesman for the annual poker contest owned by Caesars Entertainment Corp.

The 2015 Monster Bash Poker Run will take place Oct. 16 and 17 on Arizona's Lake Havasu. Event organizer Lake Racer LLC and title sponsor Teague Custom Marine are staging the run to benefit the Lake Havasu Food Bank. The organizer describes the …