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Kelly's Hot Spot was a little hotter last weekend when a woman walked in, brandished a weapon and walked out with cash. The café in South Charleston, West Virginia, sports video poker machines and slots, and was the place where police say a woman walked

When PokerTek, Inc, came out with an industry first computer driven, touch screen equipped, no-dealer poker tables, called PokerPro - it was only a matter of time before they held a new kind of first; a poker tournament with no poker dealers. The event ra

Online poker room Party Poker has let it be known that their recent upgrades have struck a popular chord among online poker players. With new features like better multi tabling(thanks to a lobby redesign) and new promos that put $4 million up for grabs in

The world's greatest Olympian, US swimmer Michael Phelps, is making good on his threat to bring his skills to the sharks of Las Vegas and the online poker world. Phelps, who had before been linked to online poker room Doyles Room, played in a $1,570 buy-i

It started on October 20th, the latest in a string of World Poker Tour events in the current season, this one playing out at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut. Fifteen preliminary events will run, with buy ins from a low of $300 up to a buy in of

Online poker pro Adam Levy has a new home online, the poker room UltimateBet. The home of Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth, UltimateBet ads Levy as the fifth member of their Star Players Team. Some consider Levy an interesting choice considering the ads and c

The Full Tilt Online Poker Series is about to kick off their tenth season, and as in all the previous nine, poker pros will serve as the hosts of the various events. FTOPS X will feature 24 preliminary events (some of which have yet to be tied to a specif

A new series of online poker tournaments is on the way as recently announced by poker magazine Bluff Magazine. Bluff, along with Players Investment Company, are putting together the Bluff Poker Tour, which is said to be modeled after the World Poker Tour,

The partnership of the World Poker Tour and online poker platform software provider CryptoLogic Inc is drawing to a close according to a notice filed Friday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Both WagerLogic and its parent company CryptoLogic

When the World Series of Poker Circuit event in the Horseshoe Southern Indiana poker room came to an end, it was a 22 year old student who emerged as the victor. Winning a seat in the 2009 WSOP main event as well as a cash prize of $143,064 was Samuel Obe

A London branch office of Poker Royalty has opened up, and the player representation firm will look to the new digs to help them manage their European clients. Poker Royalty is an agency that helps manage the careers of well known poker pros, such as Phil

Online poker room Poker Stars is now fully licensed to operate in the country of Italy, news that surely sits well with Italian poker superstar and long time Poker Star pro, Dario Minieri. Dario was the first player in the poker industry to pay for a Pors

These days it is more common to see a court case being brought against a poker home game by the state than any other kind, but in Denver one poker playing host is bringing suit against a man for nearly thirty grand. The defendant is Sean S. Ahn, who joine

Online poker room Full Tilt Poker has something new in the world of Sit and Go tournaments: the Matrix. This game puts up a grid of four poker tables (the titular matrix) and the same nine players run all four games. Individual poker prizes are paid out t

The World Poker Tour's Festa Al Lago starts today, Monday October 20, and poker players from around the globe will arrive to try for a shot at the title and big cash prizes. The event will run at the famous Bellagio casino's poker room, for the first time

The Poker Players Alliance recently joined forces with the USO of Metropolitan Washington to bring poker pros such as Phil Gordon to Walter Reed hospital to visit injured soldiers and their families. Gordon, along with plenty of other high profile poker

Just in time to welcome him to his new job with the World Poker Tour, the new CFO, or Chief Financial Officer, has to face the possibility that his company will be removed from the listing on NASDAQ. Thomas Flahie faces this challenge thanks to the drop i

The grassroots pro poker organization known as the Poker Player Alliance has recently come out with a ranking of government officials and how they rate in terms of poker friendliness. With a ranking guide that follows US school marks from A (for the best

European friendly online poker room Everest Poker has recently announced their brand new reward program, one they claim will be the new standard in the poker industry. New and existing players are targeted for rewards in the VIP Summit Club, with rewards

The World Poker Tour event playing in Canada is over and done, and the winner is the player with the least well-known name. Gavin Smith, Marc Karam and Kathy Liebert were among the big names playing in the North American Poker Championship, but they all f