Poker News

As the Malta Poker Festival celebrated the first "shuffle up and deal" of the Italian Poker Tour (IPT) Main Event and of the European Poker Tour €25,500 High Roller, PokerStars organized a press conference to unveil some important news about the room's …

This Saturday, the first edition of the Global Poker Masters (GPM) will begin. The event is deemed the "World Cup of Poker" and will see eight national teams compete against one another in a very uniquely formatted event. Each nation will be battling …

Over in New Jersey, online poker revenue in February dropped 32.4 percent year-over-year. Nevada has two online poker sites, but it doesn't release information on how they are doing revenue wise. No additional states are expected to legalize online …

Following the recent news that Sky Betting & Gaming is to become an independent company, we have been reviewing the Sky Poker channel. Although we will still be part owned by Sky and will still work closely with them, effectively we will be a separate …

Paur fell just two spots short of becoming the second-back-to-back champion of the year on the WPT after Anthony Zinno achieved that feat a few weeks ago, winning the WPT Fallsview Poker Classic and WPT L.A. Poker Classic. Mathi came into the final …

New Jersey's "shekel99" was the Garden State's biggest winner over the weekend, collecting $14,207 in a three-way deal in the partypoker NJ/BorgataPoker.com $100,000 Guarantee. The tournament attracted 546 players, with "laumserg" finishing in second …

Maxim Sorokin came out on top after four days of play and stacked final table, which included World Poker Tour champion Keven Stammen, World Series of Poker bracelet winner Jared Hamby, Zo Karim, Eric Molina and Dan Alspach in the Card Player Poker …

On March 5, the Global Poker Index (GPI) announced the list of nominees for this year's edition of the European Poker Awards (EPA), the yearly ceremony that will take place on March 25 at the Hilton Hotel in St. Julians, Malta. Together with Player of …

2014 World Series of Poker Big One for One Drop champion Daniel Colman and 2014 European Poker Tour Barcelona Super High Roller champion Olivier Busquet are auctioning off their coaching services to raise money for the One Drop Foundation, …

This Saturday, the first edition of the Global Poker Masters (GPM) will begin. The event is deemed the "World Cup of Poker" and will see eight national teams compete against one another in a very uniquely formatted event. Each nation will be battling …

Revenue from New Jersey's online poker sites was $2,045,655 in February, a decline of 34.2 percent compared to February 2014, according to figures released by the state. New Jersey's online gaming industry began in late 2013. The combined online poker …

Wealthy poker player Rick Salomon and actress Pamela Anderson are going through a divorce, and the latter is alleging in court documents that Salomon won $40 million playing poker last year, with a lot of it coming from billionaire poker player Andy …

It took just 81 hands to get from six to a winner in the 2015 partypoker World Poker Tour Vienna Main Event. After five hours of play, Konstantinos Nanos came out on top, deafeating Vladimir Krastev to win the €150,000 first-place prize and a ticket …

On Tuesday, March 21, 2015, the World Poker Tour announced a partnership with Holland Casino. The partnership will span four years and see both WPT Main Tour and WPT National events held annually at the casino's venues. "We are proud to announce …

Eddie Ochana nearly snagged back-to-back Chicago Poker Classic Main Event titles, but fellow pro Brian Kleinhenz bested him heads up to take down $274,595 and a $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event seat. Kleinhenz defeated a field of 687 in the …

Pam claims in new legal docs — obtained by TMZ — Rick won $40 MIL from ONE GUY — Andy Beal, a billionaire real estate mogul who plays high stakes poker. In one weekend, Beal gambled at the Bellagio in Vegas and was up $13 mil at one point and down …

This Saturday, the first edition of the Global Poker Masters (GPM) will begin. The event is deemed the "World Cup of Poker" and will see eight national teams compete against one another in a very uniquely formatted event. Each nation will be battling …

A card shark who cheated casinos in Birmingham and Walsall out of tens of thousands of pounds at the poker table as part of a nationwide scam has been jailed for 18 months. Jobless Romanian Mihai Lacatos, 62, was held in the departure lounge at Luton …