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Online Poker News
Ladbrokes hosting four monthly $1 million Rake Races
30 Dec 2008
The online poker room is hosting it's first Rake Race in January with 3,000 players winning at least $100.
ProRakeback launches new design and referral program
30 Dec 2008
ProRakeback is a leading rakeback provider and along with the redesigning its website it's offering a rakeback referral program paying 9% commission.
UltimateBet awards 100 seats to UBOC
30 Dec 2008
The UBOC kicks off January 9 and features 22 events, including two $1 million tournaments and over $3 million in guaranteed prize pool money,
Casino City's Top-10 online gaming stories from 2008
29 Dec 2008
The online gaming industry made plenty of headlines in 2008. Here's our list of the most notable ones.
PokerStars shatters Guinness World Record
29 Dec 2008
PokerStars hosted 35,000 players in an $11 buy-in tournament, setting the record for "Largest Online Poker Tournament"
Online Gambling Insider announces award winners
29 Dec 2008
VIP Slots won Online Gambling Insider's most prestigious award, Online Casino of 2008.
Entraction launches European Masters of Poker
29 Dec 2008
The tournament will consist of a series of five live poker tournaments starting at the Olympic Casino in Tallinn, Estonia in February while the final is scheduled for September at the Casino Di Venezia in Malta.
CelebPoker.com offering great multi-table games
29 Dec 2008
The online poker room has daily freerolls and cash game players can enjoy themselves no matter what their budget.
New tourney, Omaha split titles illuminate new ways to win
25 Dec 2008
Tony Guerrera and Bill Boston, two well-known names in the world of poker books, have produced titles for those seeking new ideas and strategies.
Tokwiro Enterprises issues statement on Hellmuth controversy
24 Dec 2008
The company has identified and corrected an error in which a losing poker hand took the pot in an online poker game played on the CEREUS poker network.
Confessions of a Facebook Poker fanatic
23 Dec 2008
Casino City’s Teresa Adam explains why her daily craving to play poker on Facebook has less to do with the poker and more to do with the social aspects of the game.
PokerStars to end year in record breaking fashion
23 Dec 2008
The online poker room will invite as many as 35,000 players to attempt to break the world record for "Largest Online Poker Tournament."
Poker Source has the cure for the post Xmas blues
23 Dec 2008
Poker Source is giving its members access to the largest Full Tilt freeroll ever, with a prize pool of $5,000 up for grabs.
Chino Rheem wins first WPT title
22 Dec 2008
The top poker pro outlasted a field of 497 to win the WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic and take home over $1.5 million.
Fox Sports Net to start airing WPT Season VII next month
22 Dec 2008
The first of 26 episodes will air on Jan. 4 on FSN and will feature a new one-hour, two-part format.
Poker pro Bernard Lee releases second book
22 Dec 2008
Lee's book is a compilation of his columns in the Sunday Boston Herald enhanced with fresh notes of insight and observation.
PKR offering prizes galore during holiday season
22 Dec 2008
The Christmas Cracker will be held on December 22 with 13 events offering prizes valued over $170,000.
Arkansas man placed on probabtion for operating poker room
22 Dec 2008
News brief: Logan Wight Dungan pleaded no contest to a charge of keeping a gambling house and received three years probation.
David "Chino" Rheem signs with "The Poker Pack"
22 Dec 2008
"The Poker Pack" was formed in the aftermath of the Asian Poker Tour event in Macau in August with JC Tran, Nam Le, Quinn Do and Steve Sung the first players to sign.
Boylepoker pro Marty Smyth nominated for two European Poker Awards
19 Dec 2008
Smyth had victories at the WSOP, World Open and Poker Million and is nominated for "Best Tournament Performance" and "Player of the Year."
BLUFF's Player-of-the-Year award still up for grabs
19 Dec 2008
The year concludes with the Trump Poker Classic, with at least five players within striking distance of current leader John Phan.
UltimateBet announces weekend charity poker tournament
19 Dec 2008
UltimateBet players will have a chance to win some of the season's hottest gadgets while supporting Ante Up For Africa, an organization created to raise public awareness and funds for the crisis in Darfur.
Full Tilt aiming to cure holiday hangover
19 Dec 2008
"The Holiday 100K" will offer all players the chance to turn 2,000 Full Tilt Points into a share of $100,000.
PokerHaven European Cash Game series premieres Dec. 18
18 Dec 2008
WSOP Main Event champion Peter Eastgate will be one of the many poker professionals featured in the televised series.
Tennis legend Boris Becker moves to poker room
18 Dec 2008
Four qualifiers will travel to The Bahamas to play heads-up against the six-time Grand Slam winner.
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