Poker News

Sunday 20 December, 2015, at 5:00 pm, is the date and time of the Grand Prix Poker Tour's third leg, the first to take place online at partypoker and it looks set to be incredible value for money thanks to the relatively low buy-in and large guaranteed …

Ordinarily, PartTimePoker's Poker Rankings Update goes up at the beginning of the month, but I decided to hold this one back till mid-month to see how the GPI Player of the Year race looks heading into the closing stretch. It's going to be a close one!

Poker pots are something like an argument. Several players have hands, and each player wants to make a claim to having the best one. And, as with arguments, people approach poker pots in one of two ways. One way is to gather information, evaluate the …

This is bound to surprise any Internet user!!! You could have imagined that poker which is considered a form of gambling may be the popular choice of cyber criminals to hide malware but a Proofpoint study shows that the evildoers are not letting even …

In May of 2012, Black Chip Poker moved onto the Winning Poker Network and has since dramatically increased its overall promotional and tournament offerings for its growing player base. Black Chip Poker belongs to the only US facing online poker network …

The final European Poker Tour main event of the year is in the books. The 2015 EPT Prague €5,300 no-limit hold'em main event drew a massive 1,044-player field, creating a prize pool in excess of €5 million. In the end the lion's share of that went to …

The online poker community's arch-nemesis is the new owner of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Las Vegas Sands Owner Sheldon Adelson, who is still trying to see a federal online gaming ban pushed through Congress, had his son-in-law lead the $140 …

The first-ever NYX Poker Series is going to have 22 online poker tournaments with a total guaranteed prize pool of €180,000. It will be held on the NYX Poker Network between December 17 and December 23. The highlight is going to be the €200+12 Main …

Dianna Donofrio-Trigatzi, the former Nevada state director for the Poker Players' Alliance (PPA), died of cancer on Dec 14, 2015 at the age of 69. She is widely acclaimed for her support of poker and for promoting the game during the poker boom at the …

In comparison to Asia, American casino labor costs are high, and with the market currently finding ways to reduce costs and improve profit margins, robotic dealers are likely to sound appealing to major operators. Following on the trend of electronic …

The Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open WPT DeepStacks Main Event will take place Jan. 14-18. The $1,100 buy-in will feature a $1 million guaranteed prize pool, 25,000 starting stack and three starting flights. Players may play any of the …

When 2015 began, a number of Bitcoin-only poker rooms were preparing to launch. Get Lucky Poker, BitnPlay and Burnturn Poker were a few that were aiming to take the online poker world by storm, embracing Bitcoin as perhaps the future of payment …

Those of you who have been playing poker for a while will no doubt be aware of which Texas hold'em hands beat others, but not everyone is well-versed in poker hand rankings. Players new to the game of Texas hold'em often struggle, at least at first …

No, the situation is much more like the game of poker. In poker, the hands dealt out are of uneven value, but can be and are enhanced by effective bluffing; that is, poker, unlike chess, is a game dominated by emotion rather than reason, and the …

With the daily fantasy sports industry on the minds of a lot of gambling regulators across the country, the state of Massachusetts, home to Boston-based DraftKings, is considering regulations for the booming industry. It could be good news for poker …

The inaugural NYX Poker Series is about to begin with 22 action-packed online tournaments with €180,000 in guaranteed prize pools. The tournament series takes place on the NYX Poker Network from Dec. 17-23 and is highlighted by a €200+12 Main Event …

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – About 14,000 Kentucky poker players are trying to get a piece of a multi-million dollar judgment against an online poker company. The Kentucky Justice and Public Safety cabinet sued the company that owns PokerStars in 2010 for …

Doug Kim, a former poker pro and finalist of the main event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2006, has plans to produce a TV show that is partly autobiographical. The show, which intends to show how a professional poker player migrated to the …