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The final tournament of the 2011 calendar year for the World Poker Tour, the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, will move on to Day Three play with Grant Lang atop the leaderboard of the 149 players still alive in

Remember when a one million dollar first prize in a poker tournament was mind blowing?  Well, how about a one million dollar buy-in?  It will happen next year, at the 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP).  Both a real bracelet event and a charity tourname

The traditional tenth anniversary gift is tin or aluminum.  We don’t know about you, but when talking about the tenth anniversary of the first World Poker Tour (WPT) event, referring to it as a recyclable doesn’t sound quite right.  Good thing there

The European Poker Tour (EPT) is back in Prague for the fifth time this week as players set their sights on a first prize of more than three-quarters of a million Euros.  Held at the Golden Prague Poker Room in the Hilton Prague Hotel, the $5,300 No-Limi

Andrey Pateychuk probably felt extremely lucky to even be at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Prague final table.  This year’s European Poker Tour (EPT) San Remo Main Event champ found himself all-in with A-K late on Day 3, only to see his opponent flop a se

We bet some of you out there have been jonesing for some scandalous UB news.  After all, since the vilified online poker room died in the fallout from Black Friday, the vast majority of the poker community’s hate has been focused on Full Tilt Poker, an

Day 3 has come and gone at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Prague and we are down to the final table.  Entering the day, 62 of the 571 original players still remained, and while it took until the wee hours of the morning, the field was narrowed all the way to

According to a highly respected financial magazine, there is a battle brewing in Europe between one of the member European Union countries and a top player in the online gaming and poker industries regarding proposed regulations for the nation. In an arti

The money bubble has popped in the historic city of Prague, the Czech Republic, as the World Poker Tour grinds its way along to its final table Monday afternoon. 218 players came back to the felt on Saturday at the Kings Casino in the Corinthian Hotel in

The World Poker Tour is putting the “world” back in its moniker lately, and its latest stop at the Kings Casino at the Corinthian Hotel in Prague, the Czech Republic, has proven to be a huge success. Two Day Ones played out over Thursday and Friday an

It was announced earlier this week that the crème of the European poker community will descend on the Aviation Club de France in January for the eleventh installment of the European Poker Awards. The Aviation Club, one of the top poker destinations in th

As they prepare for their third event in their inaugural season, the Epic Poker League announced yesterday two new partnership deals that will expand its footprint in the highly competitive tournament poker circuit community. Federated Sports & Gaming

Rumors were abuzz yesterday about the possibility of the social networking behemoth Facebook entering into the online poker arena, but it may be that was the extent of the issue…simply rumors. According to the popular blog “Friending Facebook” writt

With Christmas just around the corner, the online poker site Bodog has given some presents to their customers in the form of new tournament variations and ring game features that many players have been requesting for some time. As a part of their tourname

The rumors had been swirling for a few days and today they have finally been confirmed: Martin Staszko is the newest member of Team Pokerstars Pro.  The 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up will begin playing as a PokerStars sponsored player a

One of the most well respected poker clubs in London has had its license revoked.  Why?  For being one of the most well respected poker clubs in London. The Hackney Gazette reported Tuesday that The International Private Members Club, located on East Ro

The organizers of the Ladies International Poker Series (LIPS) have launched a new women’s poker tour, the US Ladies Poker Championship Circuit Tour (USLPCC).  Designed to offer women another circuit of poker tournaments with higher buy-ins and larger

Online poker’s top ally in the halls of Congress, Representative Barney Frank (D – Mass.) announced Monday that he will not seek re-election in 2012.  He has served the people of the Massachusetts 4th Congressional District since 1981 and was the cha

The final table of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Marrakech stop concluded Sunday as Mohamed Ali Houssam triumphed over fellow Moroccan Toufik Ourini at the Casino De Marrakech.  It was both Houssam’s first WPT cash and victory, though he had already found

This year has been a rough one, to say the least, for online poker players in the United States.  It’s about time we had a feel good story, isn’t it?  Over the Thanksgiving weekend, American expatriate Randy “nanonoko” Lew won the Asia Pacific P