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Melanie Weisner Added to Lock Poker Pro List

While some sites are currently losing their poker pros right now, it looks like Lock Poker has made a nice step forward with their newest addition to the roster. They have decided Melanie Weisner to team LockPRO Elite this week. This definitely adds a bit of additional punch to an already strong lineup of pros Read more…

PokerStars CEO Steps Down

I guess the recent “sit out” at PokerStars has drawn even more attention than most people imagined! While this new bit of poker news may not directly relate to the sit out, PokerStars continues to find themselves in the news almost every day for something new it seems. This time, a bit of news leaked Read more…

PCA High Roller Event Taken Down By Leonid Bilokur

Is it just me, or does Jonathan Duhamel’s name seem to be popping up all over the place since the home invasion and robbery on his house? Fortunately, it looks like Duhamel’s had a bit of good luck after that tough situation which left him physically injured, and short of over $100k in cash, his Read more…

John Dibella Wins PCA Main Event

The 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure drew in some incredibly big names throughout almost all of the events, but you can bet that the Main Event probably featured some of the biggest. The PCA Main Event typically is one of the most talked about early season poker tournaments, and this years was no different at all. Read more…

Duhamel and Cada Both Pull in Wins at PCA

Currently, one of more interesting poker event series’ in the world is going on in the Bahamas, as the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has gone through a few tournaments to this point. The $100k buy-in High Roller event featured some of the biggest names in the poker world, while the PCA Main Event brought in similar Read more…

PokerStars Loses Cash Game Traffic After Recent Protests

Remember back to the talks about those protests on PokerStars? Many people felt that they didn’t have much of an affect on the poker site, and that it really wouldn’t affect any of the decisions that were made by the site. Quite a few of the high stakes players came together and sat down at Read more…

David Shallow Takes Down WPT Ireland Main Event

The World Poker Tour Ireland’s Main Event kicked off on January 5th, and it went through the 8th before a champion was finally crowned. When the final table began, one player stood out far above any other player at the table in terms of his chip stack, while his chip lead, was just a “few Read more…

Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom Wins PCA High Roller Event

It’s always interesting to see the well-known online poker pros take part in big live poker tournaments. While these players typically have a good knowledge of how to play the big live tournaments, it’s not too often that you find these players sitting in a heads-up match-up for the championship. This wasn’t quite the case Read more…

Is Phil Ivey Playing On PokerStars Under “RaiseOnce”?

The rumblings about Phil Ivey are back, and this time there is a rumor swirling that he could potentially be back playing at the online poker tables. If you remember, Ivey was a Full Tilt Poker pro before the site shut down. Full Tilt has left all of their players in incredibly tough spots, and Read more…

PokerStars Super High-Roller Event Kicks Off With 32 Entrants

The 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) features one of the largest buy-in tournaments in all of the world, with their $100k entry event, which kicked off to start the run of PCA events. Last year, this event drew in a total of 38 players, and this year came pretty close to that total, as they Read more…

Early Year Live Poker Tournaments Set to Kick Off

The break from the live poker tournament action is finally coming to an end, and we are set to hit our poker stride for 2012. The brief break came through the holidays to give the players and fans some time to hang out with friends and family. But the players are back out on the Read more…

PokerStars Cuts Back On Poker Pros Once Again

PokerStars seems to continuously find themselves popping up in the news. They come in once again this week for a story that is similar to a few of their past ones, which features the online poker site cutting ties with a former Team PokerStars Pro. The stories about Stars recently have included the changes that Read more…

Protests Arise From PokerStars Recent Changes

Interestingly, the news that recently came out about the massive online poker site PokerStars, apparently didn’t go over very well with their huge pool of poker players. The changes that were recently made included modifications to their VIP program, and the way that they did their rake structure as well. Just like anything in the Read more…

Arrests Come in the Duhamel Home Invasion

There has been a recent report about the potential home invasion of one of the more well-known poker players in the game today. Jonathan Duhamel was apparently at his home in Canada, when two men came and rang the door bell at around 9:15am on December 21st. Duhamel answered the door, and the report stated Read more…

PokerStars Changes Rake and VIP Program for 2012

PokerStars is one of those online poker sites who is all about changes to better their site, and also to benefit their massive player pool. Stars is one of the biggest online poker sites in the game today, and not only do they offer the best cash game poker, but they also offer incredible tournament Read more…