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With the World Series of Poker Europe looming on the horizon, Team Americas captain Phil Hellmuth and Team Europe captain Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier have chosen their teams for the second-ever battle for the Caesars Cup. Grospellier is opting to go f

A series of articles in a top entertainment magazine trains the spotlight not on what some of the biggest players in the entertainment industry do in front of the cameras, but on what they do in their spare time with America’s original national pastime.

After almost ten days of silence following a hearing, the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) has reportedly revoked the primary license for the online poker site Full Tilt Poker this morning, according to several reputable news outlets. The Wall

The Nevada Gaming Control Board held a public regulatory workshop on Monday to field questions and possible revisions to the new Regulation 5A, which lays out the framework for online gambling in the state.  According to several reports, the hearing went

The 10th annual PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) concluded this week and after two days of play and 1,626 eliminations, Thomas “Kallllle” Pedersen emerged victorious in the $5,200 Main Event, banking $1,260,018.50. The Dan

With the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) coming to end, most online poker players would normally be looking forward to the next Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) to find that next poker tournament series excitement.  But with Fu

Full Tilt Poker, once the second largest online poker room in the world, released another statement Monday to address last week’s assertion by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York that the online poker room was a “Ponzi sch

United States District Court Judge Leonard B. Sand of the Southern District of New York signed a warrant last week, authorizing the seizure of assets belonging to the Full Tilt Poker principals named in the amended civil complaint against the once high fl

Putting a plan in motion that was announced in February, Bodog Poker is beginning to prevent online poker data collecting sites from accessing both general and individual player statistics and plans to have everything entirely blocked by the end of the ye

In what is quickly becoming a potential new gaming Mecca, former World Champion Chris Moneymaker will be the host of a large tournament in the new poker room of a Pennsylvania casino. Moneymaker, the 2003 World Series of Poker Championship Event winner, w

Deciding on a pleasant vacation on the Mediterranean rather than slogging through the record setting field in Atlantic City, 2011 World Series of Poker November Niner Matt Giannetti made the most of his stay by winning the World Poker Tour stop at the Cas

The first two tournaments of the Epic Poker League, the professional tournament circuit modeled on professional golf’s PGA Tour, are ready for broadcast beginning next weekend. A “sneak peek” of what will happen on the EPL will make its debut on the

Riding a tremendous rush that extended over the final two days of the tournament, Bobby Oboodi captured the championship early Saturday morning of the World Poker Tour’s latest stop at the Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City, NJ. Coming to the final tab

The only two players who have broached the ten million chip mark in the event – Bobby Oboodi and Fred Goldberg – will be in prime position to take down the World Poker Tour stop at the Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City when the final table plays out

The 2011 World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open’s Day 4 play is underway, with the most recent champion on the WPT, Legends of Poker winner Will “The Thrill” Failla, looking to make history by winning back to back WPT events. At the start of play today

Entering into its fourth day, there have not been any decisions announced in the hearings between the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) and the shuttered Full Tilt Poker, leaving the status of what used to be the second largest online poker comp

Day 2 of the 2011 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open is in the books and with just 170 players of the original 1,313 remaining, the money bubble is starting to appear on the horizon.  The top 100 finishers in the $3,300 + $200 will be paid at leas

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced Tuesday that a motion has been filed to amend the civil money laundering complaint against PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker, and related payment processo

One of the most well-received innovations in online poker over the last few years was Rush Poker, introduced by Full Tilt Poker in early 2010.  It was an extremely popular Hold’em and Omaha variation, giving players the opportunity to play many more ha

We said yesterday that there was a chance that the 2011 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open could break last year’s mark for the largest WPT event in history.  “Reasonable shot” was the phrase we used.  It looks like we didn’t have to swea