Poker News

Michael Phelps has the attention of the world after winning the eight golds at the Olympics, and the rumor is he may be headed for the World Series of Poker Europe to try his hand at poker. The WSOPE will take place in London this September, and it is the

The next big event on the World Poker Tour calendar will be the 2008 Legends of Poker main event, which will take place at the end of August. The event will run, as it always does, at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, California, and is certain to draw a

The hit NBC poker show Poker After Dark will be coming back for another season in 2009, and the network just announced that the season will be filmed at the Golden Nugget Events Center. While the season will air in 2009 the games will be played this year,

In Australia Russell Crowe wanted to ban poker machines, along with a few others, but his efforts have come back a losing hand, thanks to the votes of the South Sydney Leagues club. The club held a vote to see if banning poker machines was the right thing

Tuesday nights are poker nights these days on ESPN, the station that filmed and is now broadcasting the World Series of Poker events for this year. This Tuesday the event will be the biggest tournament in the WSOP season outside of the Main Event, the $50

Last month many of the major online poker rooms saw a jump in their numbers averaging an increase of 5% across the board. This is counter to the general idea that online poker is on the decline. In June of 2008 more than 12 million unique visitors took a

The infamous dealer-less poker tables that come from PokerTek have made their way into casinos in Atlantic City, and now are working their way towards Las Vegas. Recently the Nevada Gaming Control Board approved the tables, called Poker Pro, to be tested

Poker room Pacific Poker, now has more payment options to offer their players, including something called iDeal. Powered by Moneybookers, iDeal works from most countries around the world, but its specific strength appears to be for those players from Holl

Online poker room Titan Poker is planning on having a presence in the Southern Hemisphere in October when they will be sending players to compete in the Poker Cup Australia 2008. The event, which takes place in the city of Melbourne, will run from the 12t

The poker pro known as Men The Master has won two preliminary events during the 2008 Legends of Poker tournament series. Men Nguyen, no relation to fellow poker pro Scotty Nguyen, won the two events in three days, picking up $86k to add to his bankroll. H

The Poker in the Park celebration is going full steam in London, delighting poker players and visitors at Leicester Square. Plenty of poker action is going on in the park, including The Fox Poker Club, a new poker club that is planning on opening for busi

It has never been done before: a single player won two back to back events at the famous FTOPS online poker series, he did it in under twelve hours, and he won more than $170k doing it. Yuval Bronshtein won FTOPS Event # 14, the $500 HORSE event, and Even

When the Democratic National Convention for 2008 takes place around August 25th, the grassroots organization known as the Poker Players Alliance plans on being there. The PPA will hit the DNC on August 26th, and plans on bringing some big name firepower t

When the recent Deep Stack Tournament at the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City announced a guaranteed prize pool of $500,000, it drew nearly a thousand players. The 956 players that each paid $2000 + $150 to play meant a final payout of nearly two

The 2008 California State Poker Championship is coming at the turn of the month, with some estimated $7 million in total prize pool for the series. Starting on September 2nd, 18 events will take place at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles. Players can buy

Playtech Ltd recently signed a deal with a leading Italian betting shop company to take them online, competing for the flood of Italian poker players looking for more online action. The British software supplier Playtech signed the deal with Snai, the Ita

The next stop on the European Poker Tour is Spain, where players will take their seats at the Casino Barcelona and take a shot at life changing cash prizes and fame. Online poker rooms such as Hollywood Poker are giving their players a shot at winning pri

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation reported that Tuesday night a building was raided by Shelbyville authorities, who found four poker tables in operation, running what appeared to be an illegal poker tournament with a $1k buy in. The raid came on the t

Online poker room PokerStars was facing a $1.2 million lawsuit from poker player The Void, surrounding one player's claim of winnings that were taken from her. The event was during the 2007 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) when The Void's accoun

Best known by the tongue in cheek acronym of LIPS, the Ladies International Poker Series is a women only poker tournament series along the lines of the World Poker Tour, and they recently announced they will be headed for Peru for the next leg of their to