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Kicking off the SkyCity Festival of Poker was MTV host and former Miss New Zealand Amber Peebles, and she not only looked like a million bucks, she was wearing a million bucks. At least, that was the value of the poker chips cleverly joined together to ma

It's the first ever Poker Tour of the Americas, by Vega Promotional Systems, and the schedule for the five inaugural events has been released. The 2009 season starts in February and runs through October. The events are: February 21-27 in Guayaquil, Ecuado

It is poker to the rescue for the Boys & Girls Club of Simi Valley as they host their 4th Annual Texas Holdem Poker Tourney. The 18th of October, a Saturday, is the day poker players will come together for a tax deductible donation of $150 to play poker a

The new poker room at the Las Vegas Hard Rock Casino and Hotel started things off with a VIP poker tournament with a lot of big name pros, such as Evelyn Ng, Chip Jett and Hoyt Corkins. Doyle Brunson was there as well as his son Todd Brunson. But it was t

It is business as usual at online poker room Doyle's Room, except for one thing: they technically don't own their domain name anymore. That might be a temporary situation, but Franklin County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Wingate voted in favor of the state

The Third Annual World Poker Congress will be held at the end of the month in Budapest, Hungary. Poker industry players, both brick and mortar and online, will gather at the Budapest Marriott Hotel to discuss the current state of poker around the world an

Hosted by online poker room Ladbrokes Poker, the Ladbrokes Irish Poker Festival has come and gone and has a winner. The Killarney event had a whopping 832 players with a €416,000 prize pool, and a top prize of €100,000. The big win went to Jimmy McSwe

Online poker pro Justin Bonomo took down a lot of players to make it to the final table of a big online poker tournament, the Bodog Poker Open. The event started off with a group of 477 players and got down to the top nine with Justin Bonomo still in the

With a new look and new features the players at online poker room Littlewoods Poker are being treated to new game types as well. The same poker games are being played, such as the ubiquitous No Limit Texas Holdem poker and games like Omaha and Seven-Card

A conviction was handed down recently for former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford, and as a result he will spend the next decade and a half behind bars. The 15 year conviction was for charges related to bribe taking, with the bribes coming from video

The eighth season of the TV show that pits job applicants against each other to win a position with Donald Trump will feature a familiar face to many poker players - Annie Duke. Duke was tapped to be in the second ever Celebrity Apprentice, where the comp

A free online poker competition is being advertised at Cape Breton University and the administration seems to be okay with it. The online poker room supporting the online poker tournaments is offering prizes to the students every week, including the top p

An online poker room that took a new approach to the game in order to dodge legal issues in the United States has closed their virtual doors. Duplicate Poker, which dealt the same cards to players in the same seats at different tables in order to take the

The grassroots poker organization known as the Poker Players Alliance has teamed up with Kentucky's Bluegrass Institute, an association of writers who keep an eye out on state public property, in order to discuss the ramifications if the state goes forwar

The Southern state of North Carolina in the United States has had yet another poker raid, with police closing in on a tournament in Fayetteville, shutting down a game that had forty or more people involved. In addition to the poker chips and cash police f

The Aruba Poker Classic, sponsored by online poker room Ultmate Bet poker, just wrapped up two days ago and the winner was pro poker player Matt Brady. Brady outlasted the 550 players to score the victory, worth $1 million to the poker pro. The final tabl

Online poker room Doyles Room decided to offer a free ticket into a $250,000 Guaranteed event for new deposits by existing players, which wound up costing the poker room $50k. This was the overlay, the amount that they fell short in meeting the $250k guar

Actress Jenny McCarthy hosted a poker tournament recently in order to help raise awareness and raise money in the fight against autism. Plenty of stars showed up to play in the Dana Point, California tournament, including Lance Armstrong and Tony Hawk. Ta

After a year and a half the World Poker Tour Boot Camp will be returning to the Isles of Capri Casino and Racetrack at Pompano Park in South Florida on November 15th and 16th. The camp works on improving poker players' skills in order to give them a chanc

Four men who were charged with participating in a high stakes poker scam in Atlantic City have been indicted by New Jersey authorities. James Harrison, Joseph Ingargiola, Stephen Phillips and Steven Forte all faced charges of second-degree attempted theft