Poker News

The top ten online poker rooms and networks experienced substantial shifting last week, giving the global rankings of PokerScout a completely different look. The biggest mover was Adjarabet, catapulting five notches into fourth place. On the strength …

Poker is on its way to Philadelphia, and SugarHouse Casino General Manager Wendy Hamilton can't contain her excitement. “It's going to be a game changer,” Hamilton told CBS Philly, as the local media came out in droves to film the arrival of 24 poker …

UK poker player Darren Woods, the former 888.com sponsored pro and 2011 WSOP bracelet winner, is currently on trial in Sheffield Crown Court, facing 12 charges of fraud. The charges relate to his online poker activity on multiple accounts between 2007 …

Full Tilt (formerly Full Tilt Poker) was acquired by PokerStars' parent company in 2012 and relaunched with just the three sponsored players, down from dozens and dozens that represented the site when it was under prior ownership. Rational Group, the …

The tenth stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Hollywood Park Casino in Southern California Oct. 17 and will host a series of tournaments through Oct. 26 culminating with a $340 no-limit hold'em $100,000 guarantee main event Oct.

Scott Davies (GPI#354) won his first-ever World Series of Poker gold bracelet after defeating rising UK star Jack Salter (GPI#69) heads-up for the title in the Main Event at WSOP Asia-Pacific, presented at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia …

"We have decided to run an ambitious €10K High Roller event as per request from our top regulars, and we are expecting this tournament to draw a lot of big names from the poker community," a representative from TonyBet Poker told PokerNews. "It should …

When someone conjures up the image of an "online poker player" in their mind, the picture that normally pops into their head is one of a young (college age) white male, sitting behind a computer, and clicking away at pot after pot for hundreds or …

SAN ANTONIO — There is only one way to talk about poker in absolute terms. Never adhere to them. They don't exist. Put them in the same mental real estate with the tooth fairy and that lucky slot machine that you think you can regularly beat …

In this Card Player weekly feature we look to provide our readers with a guide to some of the biggest poker events taking place in their area for the upcoming week. Check out all the tournament action set to go down in your own backyard from October …

The tenth stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Hollywood Park Casino in Southern California Oct. 17 and will host a series of tournaments through Oct. 26 culminating with a $340 no-limit hold'em $100,000 guarantee main event Oct.

Following the recommendations issued by Norway's Minister of Culture Thorhild Widvey in June and the thorough preparation work made by Norway's gambling regulator Lotteritilsynet, the new bill aims to permit home poker games and establish a brand new …

Yet another German poker player has won big on the live tournament poker circuit. Student Sebastian Pauli (GPI#659) may be taking a few classes off this week following his victory at EPT London over the weekend. The 25-year-old takes home over $800K …

Ask most poker players and fans what poker show they miss most and chances are the answer will be "High Stakes Poker". The show was the first to bring the audience inside the highest stake games and helped launch the career of several high stakes poker …

2 + 2 poster 'IHasTehNutz' has been dutifully compiling the unpaid funds and account balances of Lock players and recently posted that information on www.everythingpokernj.com. While 394 players have requested withdrawals that have been languishing …

The event would see 98 runners return for Day 2 to battle for the titles of Michigan State Poker Champion and MSPT Champion. Dykhaus made his way through to Day 2 via Day 1b and came into Day 2 smack-dab in the middle of the pack, ranked 49th in …

There are a lot of ways to make sure you are at your best when you are starting a long poker session, and a few extra IQ points can mean the difference between the right fold and the wrong call in a huge pot that could ruin, or make, your night. Things …

Meet Harry Lodge, the Exeter student who's earned enough cash playing poker to pay off his tuition fees three times over. The third year Economics student got into poker while at boarding school, playing with friends who bet a pound coin each. “I …