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With the online poker world in the United States crippled by the actions of “Black Friday,” Daniel Negreanu has apparently left his abode in Las Vegas and temporarily returned to his home country of Canada to be able to fulfill his sponsorship deal wi

The proposed launch of the District of Columbia’s intrastate online poker operation may be delayed or even discontinued after three city council members called for a re-examination of the plan. A story in the Washington Post by journalist Jeffrey Anders

We poker players know that poker is a game of skill.  But we also know that to win a big tournament, Lady Luck needs to be on your side from time to time, as well.  Such was the case for Will “The Thrill” Failla, who came into the 2011 World

On Monday, Poker News Daily reported on the interactions of Full Tilt Poker lawyer Jeff Ifrah with members of the poker community.  In answering questions about the status of the once second largest online poker room in the world, Ifrah said that a serie

In an attempt to at least partially fill the online poker void in the United States now that internet poker rooms are slim pickings in the country, 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Jamie Gold has launched a free online poker room dubbed Free

Today is the day that every player on the World Poker Tour (WPT) wants to reach: the televised final table.  Just six players were able to hit that goal when play stopped early Tuesday morning at the WPT Legends of Poker at the legendary Bicycle Casino,

Over the weekend, Jeff Ifrah, the attorney retained by Full Tilt Poker CEO Ray Bitar after the U.S. Department of Justice online poker indictments on Black Friday, fielded questions on the Two Plus Two poker forum about the state of Full Tilt, its efforts

The World Poker Tour‘s (WPT) Legends of Poker is rounding the final turn, about to hit the home stretch.  After Day 3 of competition at The Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California, just 21 players remain out of the 757 that began play.  With $7

With the first North American stop of the new season as a backdrop, World Poker Tour (WPT) officials announced new tour stops and new features for Season X of the ever-popular poker tournament series. The season started in May with the WPT Spanish Champio

This has certainly been an interesting week for intrastate poker.  Phil Hellmuth has commented on Washington D.C.’s plans for district-only online gaming, California shelved its intrastate bill until early next year, and now the Nevada Gaming Contr

Despite widespread support, it appears that intrastate online poker will not be legalized and regulated in California this year.  It still seems, however, that it is a matter or “when” and not “if” for online poker in the Golden S

In an interview with the Washington Post, Phil Hellmuth expressed the cynicism that many other poker players share about intrastate online poker.  Specifically discussing the District of Columbia’s plans for legal online poker, Hellmuth said he jus

It appears that the wait for refunds from Full Tilt Poker will continue.  According to a press release issued by the former second largest online poker room in the world to news outlet Pokernews.com, talks with the mystery European investors have come to

According to a report on PokerListings.com, Party Poker will be changing its rake structure starting tomorrow, August 24th.  Both the way raked hands are calculated and the rake schedule will be adjusted. Currently, Party Poker uses the “dealt̶

This wasn’t quite the start the Epic Poker League (EPL) wanted.  Just a week after the conclusion of the new professional poker league’s first $20,000 buy-in Main Event, it disciplined its first champion in a move that is quite unusual in the

Starting today, Victor Chandler Poker is launching a five day promotion for real money cash game players dubbed, appropriately, Cash Game Crazy.  The promotion will feature a different way to earn extra money each day. On both Monday and Tuesday, players

Last week, Congressman Joe Barton’s (R – Texas) online poker bill, H.R. 2366, gained five more co-sponsors.  The haul upped the number of co-sponsors 25 percent to, coincidentally, a total of 25, and included Representatives from both sides of th

PROFILE Name: Anton Makiievskyi Age: 21 Hometown: Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine Online Handle: Unknown Anton Makiievskyi represents the Ukraine at the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event final table as the youngest member of the November Nine. In fact, the 21

PROFILE Name: Badih “Bob” Bounahra Age: 49 Hometown: Belize City, Belize Online Handle: LEB_BEL At 49 years old, Badih Bounahra is the elder statesman of the 2011 November Nine. He’s also the first player from Belize to ever reach the fi

Before Black Friday, options for American online poker players were limited, but most people were perfectly happy with the two giants, PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker.  But since those two poker rooms closed to U.S. players (the latter shutting down compl