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Online Poker News
Top-10 women of poker
18 Feb 2008
From great poker players to super models and savvy businesswomen, our list of the top women poker has something for everyone.
Foxwoods hosts WPT Ladies' Tour
18 Feb 2008
Foxwoods Resort Casino is pleased to announce that on March 29 the WPT Ladies’ Tour will make its inaugural pit stop at Connecticut’s only World Poker Tour Room.
Nautica Charity Poker Festival moved inside
18 Feb 2008
The 2008 Nautica Charity Poker
Festivals will move from a 20,800 sq. ft. tent
operated on a seasonal basis to a year-round location inside The Powerhouse
at the Nautica Entertainment Complex.
Titan Poker guarantees $12.5 million pot
18 Feb 2008
Titan Poker, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, now guarantees more than $12,500,000 in monthly online poker tournaments.
Pai Gow Poker provides fun on a budget
14 Feb 2008
For those of you that can’t get enough of Chinese Poker, give Pai Gow Poker on Bodog a whirl. Like Chinese Poker, Pai Gow Poker places a premium on arranging hands, but keeping track of who is winning and managing your bankroll is much easier in Pai Gow.
PKR.com launches $75,000 tournament
14 Feb 2008
PKR.com has upped the ante yet again with the introduction of the ‘PKR Masters’ $75,000 guaranteed tournament.
Purple Lounge targets singles market
14 Feb 2008
Purple Lounge has decided to the raise the stakes with free rolls aimed squarely at the singles market.
Nick Slade wins PartyPoker.com European Open IV
14 Feb 2008
The odds have seemed stacked against 45 year-old Nick Slade in recent years but the professional from Preston, Lancashire, took down the biggest title of his career when he scooped $200,000 and the PartyPoker.com European Open IV title last week.
Irishman wins Green Joker tournament
13 Feb 2008
The Green Joker Poker European Deep Stack Poker Championship was won by Irishman Dara O'Kearney at the weekend topping a field of 140 to win the title and €47,200.
Best Damn Poker Show begins airing
13 Feb 2008
UltimateBet.net today announced that its much talked about reality poker series, Best Damn Poker Show, will begin airing on Monday, February 11th at 9pm, 11pm and 12:30am local time on Fox Sports Net.
World Poker Tour TV schedule released
13 Feb 2008
WPT Enterprises, Inc. and its new network partner, GSN, announced today the sixth season television schedule featuring 23 two-hour World Poker Tour episodes.
U.K. court says poker is a game of chance
12 Feb 2008
A British appeals court declared this week that poker is a game of chance under U.K. law, and Gutshot will need a license if it wants to offer the game in a private club.
Virgin Poker Festival freeroll launched
12 Feb 2008
The Virgin Poker Festival is gathering momentum and could be coming to a town near you very soon, and to celebrate Bluff Europe is running a freeroll for the next event.
Absolute Dream Package returns
12 Feb 2008
The 7th Absolute Dream Package is on the line at AbsolutePoker.com and one lucky online poker player will walk away with a $100,000 prize package that unlocks a potential poker prize pool of more than $100 million.
18 year old wins EPT event
12 Feb 2008
In a history-making effort, 18 year-old PocketFiver Mike McDonald became the youngest person to ever win a European Poker Tour event.
Absolute Poker completes acquisition
12 Feb 2008
Absolute Poker reports the completion of its acquisition of Vegas Poker 247.
Titan Poker offers tournament seats
12 Feb 2008
Online poker players who become VIP Club members at Titan Poker are generously rewarded with chances to win seats to its biggest guaranteed prize tournament ever.
Celebs, poker pros at WPT Invitational
11 Feb 2008
Hundreds of famous faces and poker aces will head to the world’s largest poker casino next month for the 6th annual World Poker Tour Invitational.
India Poker Tour in autumn
11 Feb 2008
The India Poker Tour will take place in Autumn 2008 and comprises four fabulous tournaments that will attract some of India’s and the world’s best players to do battle for their share of an expected $1 million.
Deal Me In: The lure of automated table games
8 Feb 2008
Pilarski explains the nuances of the new electronic multiple-player table games that are cropping up at land-based casinos while also offering the odds of getting the exact same hole cards in Texas Hold’em for two hands in a row.
Poker Chip Mania reports price increase
8 Feb 2008
Poker Chip Mania announces a price increase to all Paulson Poker Chips.
Bodog prepares to swarm 2008 WSOP
7 Feb 2008
Starting this week, Bodog players will have the opportunity to earn a seat at the 2008 World Series of Poker at the Rio in Las Vegas this summer. Bodog is awarding 120 seats to the WSOP and at least three of the winners will earn a Main Event prize package that includes the $10,000 buy-in and $2,000 in spending money.
FTOPS VII gets off to a record-breaking start
7 Feb 2008
If the results from Event #1 are any indication, the seventh Full Tilt Online Poker Series is going to be a momentous event. More than 5,000 players fought for the $1 million prize pool Wednesday night in the first event of the 20-tournament series.
PokerTek receives temporary license
7 Feb 2008
PokerTek, Inc. reports that the Indiana Gaming Commission has issued a temporary supplier license to PokerTek, Inc.
Waterloo a hotbed for poker prodigies
6 Feb 2008
News Brief: For the fourth time in two years, a Waterloo, Ont., card shark has raked in more than half a million dollars in an international poker tournament.
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