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888 Poker Reveals its 2011 Financial Reports

888 Holdings, a leading gaming provider in the industry, released a statement recently revealing its current financial situation. According to the statement, the company performed well in 2011. The year end results are quite ahead of market expectations. Despite Turmoil in Online Poker Industry 888 Holdings’ Year End Financial Report Looks Encouraging The financial report Read more…

Ben Lamb Pulls Off Double Feat In 2011

This year was one of the more interesting in terms of poker for many reasons, but the starting point was of course back in April when Black Friday hit the United States, and left many players nowhere to go to play the game they love. All of the news wasn’t bad this year of course Read more…

Attractive Winter Promotions Hosted by Titan Poker

A leading poker room in the industry, Titan Poker is hosting exclusive Winter Edition promotions. Titan Poker players can win prizes worth $50,000 during the promotional period. With a wide range of events, the Winter Edition promotion is likely to attract players of all categories. Interesting Cash Game and Sit n Go Events Hosted this Read more…

Three Men Indicted For Robbing New York Poker Game

Regardless of what country or even what city that you live in, you can bet that there are probably some live poker games running somewhere near you. Poker has become so incredibly popular in recent years, that most people are surprised to not find a game running each weekend, whether it be a serious game Read more…

Are Absolute and UB Players Going to Get Payouts?

After Black Friday hit, players were left with their money locked up online, and no place to play online poker. Two of the sites who really took a hurting and left players stranded were UB Poker and Absolute Poker, and it looked as of any chance for players to get money from those sites was Read more…

PKR Announces its Exclusive Festive Offers

PKR, a reputed online poker room, is running quite a few exciting festive promotions on its site. These include a special Forum Invitational event and scheduled tournaments offering doubled loyalty points. Christmas Cracker Promotion Featuring New Events Everyday An exclusive Christmas Cracker promotion is presently running at PKR. The promotion started on December 22nd, Thursday. Read more…

Action Filled TCOOP Tournament Announced by PokerStars

The Turbo Championship of online poker (TCOOP) is going to start soon at PokerStars.com. According to the latest announcement made by the poker site, TCOOP will commence from Jan 19th on the site and continue till the 29th of the month. 50 Poker Events will Feature in TCOOP TCOOP will feature a total of 50 Read more…

Klodnicki Wins the Title

The final table of the Epic Poker League (EPL) Mix-Max main event was the fifth day of the tournament. The day of play, despite featuring only five players, lasted for 15 hours, at the end of which a champion was selected. Chris Klodnicki emerged victorious and took home $801,680 and was also presented with a Read more…

Department of Justice Changes Stance on Internet Poker

Back on Black Friday, online poker players in the United States found themselves with virtually no where to go. Players had played the game they loved for years online, but it was April 15th when everything simply shut down. The three largest online poker sites, PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker were all no Read more…

Satellites for Live Poker Tournaments Hosted by Titan Poker

The new year has plenty of exciting prospects for poker players. Titan Poker is offering its players the chance to participate in two live tournament events. The first is Irish Poker Open (2012) and the second is the Aussie Millions (2012). Titan Poker is hosting satellite tournaments which, when won, will secure players seats at Read more…

PKR.com Offers Customers Deep Stack Tournaments

PKR.com has been distinguished with the Poker Operator of the Year award, twice in a row by the eGaming Review (EGR). One of the biggest reasons for this is the innovative 3D technology that has been incorporated into the site. Another is the deep stack tournaments that are conducted by PKR. Advantages of Playing Deep Read more…

Jonathan Duhamel Assaulted In His Own Home?

Here’s a bit of news that you typically won’t find coming out in the poker world. It was recently found out that one of the young and up and coming names in poker, Jonathan Duhamel, was the target of an assault on Wednesday morning. His home was also the target of a home invasion, and Read more…

Everest Poker Offers Daily, Weekly and Monthly Online Tournaments

Everest Poker is offering its customers a chance to participate in some exciting online tournaments with substantial cash prizes. Two of these promotions are ‘The Daily Grand’ and ‘The Big Prime’. Tournament One: The Daily Grand The Daily Grand is a promotion that gives players the opportunity to win up to $1,000 each day, absolutely Read more…

Party Poker Introduces Rake Free Multi-Table Tournaments for January 2012

Party Poker is one of the few online poker sites who has rivaled the massive site PokerStars in recent years. After Black Friday they have found themselves near the top consistently as well, since they have been out of the United States market for quite a while. Party Poker offers an excellent number of games, Read more…

Alescio Emerges as Hometown Champion

The World Poker Tour, Venice stop, the last event of the year, concluded with a local poker player Edoardo Alescio emerging victorious, defeating Steve O’Dwyer and winning the main event title along with a cash prize of more than $250,000. O’Dwyer’s Streak of Eliminations The final table featured 6 players. The day of play began Read more…