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While some online poker rooms have offered to pay the way of 2008 Olympian Gold Medalist Michael Phelps into the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe, one poker room went so far as to send their founder to meet the young swimming superstar. Doyle Brunson, al

The fourth annual Casino Affiliate Programs European conference will feature a big name in the poker world as a speaker, the 2006 World Series of Poker champion Jamie Gold. Gold's appearance will be during the September 25-28 time period in Barcelona, whe

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation finally moved on a Pueblo poker room they had been eyeballing for about four years recently. The news come from to court records made public on Thursday that listed Larry Lee Wittman, 63, as proprietor. Wittman was cit

Online poker room Paddy Power Poker has redesigned their VIP poker program, giving more cash and unlimited bonuses to their top players. In the MASH event, which gives players army ranks as they progress upwards on the VIP ladder, Generals now get unlimit

Online poker room Purple Lounge Poker recently announced that it has signed poker pro Stefan Mattsson. This is actually the second time Mattsson has begun a relationship with the poker room, after an initial signing in September of last year. This new sig

Online poker room PKR has recently signed up their two millionth user, a hallmark not easily hit and not made by many other poker rooms. PKR is well known in the online poker community thanks to their amazing 3D graphics and video game style interface, on

Online poker room PokerStars has recently announced a new version of their poker client for the Apple Macintosh crowd. Other poker rooms that have advertised software for the Mac in reality are offering a browser based version of their poker room, but Pok

The opening day of the 2008 Borgata Poker Open broke some records with a registration of 1,192 players and a $5 million guaranteed prize pool. The sixth annual Borgata Poker Open boasts plenty of Atlantic City regulars among the poker pros that travel in

When pro poker player Hoyt "The Alabama Cowboy" Corkins returned to his home in Las Vegas, Nevada, after a month long trip, he found a few things missing. Not only were three vehicles gone but $10k in cash, a safe, and three championship bracelets. Corkin

A rumor has surfaced of yet another attempt at a poker reality TV show, this one called "House of Cards". This is a half-hour special following the actions of a group of online poker players who are considered among the best in the world, and who are all

Every Sunday online poker room Pacific Poker hosts something they call the "Deepstack Challenge", an $80k guaranteed tournament where players start off with more chips than normal - now there is more of something else, too. Pacific Poker has added a $20k

In a case of mob violence in Chicago in 2003 a coin operated business that sold video poker machines was bombed by an octogenarian, and the man who sold him the explosives to do the dirty deed has just pled guilty. Merrillville, Indiana resident Kyle Knig

Last year London was picked as the number one spot for poker players in Europe, due in part to the first World Series of Poker Europe that was hosted there in September of 2007. This year a new destination was chosen, not far away in the Emerald Isle. Dub

When the Dawson Student Union of Montreal's Dawson College hired an ad company to sell advertising space on a free day planner, they didn't think they would have to specify "no poker", but it looks like they should have. On the back of the planner, handed

Yesterday the first of many shows depicting the ESPN coverage of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event kicked off at 9pm Eastern Time in the United States. Fans are eager to see if any more surprises are forthcoming, such as the behavior of Scotty Ngu

The latest European country to give the nod to their poker playing populace is Italy, which has legalized online poker. New laws went into effect just days ago, when online poker games already in progress suddenly became legal. Along with the change onlin

UK legendary poker pro Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott will star in a new TV series where he takes losers at the game and trains them up to become poker pros like himself. Titled "How to Become a Poker Millionaire" the show will air in Wales for five segments of

In December of 2005 a high school class president in Pennsylvania was arrested after robbing a bank to fuel a gambling binge and pay off online poker debts, and was sent to prison. Greg Hogan, Jr, has served 22 months of his sentence and was recently rele

The World Poker Tour has expanded into Canada, and on Friday they announced that they would air two of the events filmed for broadcast at the River Rock Casino in Vancouver. This is part of the very first WPT Canada series of tournaments, and the two toge

At the recently held Democratic National Convention poker pros nearby held a poker tournament for charity, raising money for the Paralyzed Veterans of America. The event was hosted by the Poker Players Alliance. Now another poker tournament hosted by the