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Frederik Jensen Takes Down EPT Madrid Main Event

The European Poker Tour’s Madrid Main Event is officially in the books, and it was an event that was filled with quite a few players who made it in through different qualifiers, as well as quite a few professional players that the poker fans out there would know. In the end though, it was a Read more…

EPT Madrid Main Event Down to Final Table

The 2011 European Poker Tour Madrid Main Event featured some of the bigger names in poker, and it also drew in a solid prize pool as well. Going into the second to last day, there were 24 players who took their seats in hopes of making it into one of the final eight seats that Read more…

This Past Sunday is a Knockout for Poker Maximus

The Poker Maximus series on the popular poker sites like Lock Poker and Carbon Poker has been a hit to this point, and this especially includes this past Sunday. After a Sunday that included some excellent guaranteed tournaments and buy-ins that were high for some events, but also featured some lower buy-in tournaments for the Read more…

WSOP Europe Schedule Announced

The World Series of Poker Europe is always one of the most followed poker tournament series in the game, and the 2012 schedule that was recently announced has some interesting events as well as some great overall tournaments which should draw quite a bit of interest. While this series actually won’t come until after the Read more…

Poker Stars to Meet With Players to Discuss Specific Topics?

Poker Stars is definitely the most popular and well-known online poker site in the world today, and now they are showing once again why they are consistently one of the best. They have decided that they will be hosting meetings with poker players at their headquarters. That is excellent news for anyone who is located Read more…

Moon Kim Wins World Poker Tour’s Bay 101 Shooting Stars Event

The World Poker Tour’s Bay 101 Shooting Stars event featured some incredible play and some big names to go with it as well. When all was said and done though, it was a final table of six players that featured no Shooting Stars remaining in the event. The final six players came to play in Read more…

Erik Cajelais Holds Chip Lead Going Into Final Table at WPT Shooting Stars Event

When play started on Day 3 of the World Poker Tour’s Bay 101 Shooting Stars event, there were 20 players remaining. The plan for the day was to play down to the final six players which would make up the final table, and it took nine hours before the final 14 eliminations occurred. Out of Read more…

World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Stars Event Down to 20 Players

The World Poker Tour has quite a few exciting stops, but not many can compare with the Bay 101 Shooting Stars event. After a tough few days of play on the players, they are finally down to only 20 going into today. Wednesday featured 149 total players remaining, and there were 19 “Shooting Stars” remaining Read more…

Zynga Moving to Real Money Online Poker

Zynga Inc announced the launch of a new gaming platform, which will be made available at Zynga.com. With the launch of this platform, Zynga marks its separation from Facebook, where it hosted poker games. Zynga can offer real money online poker on the new platform without the aid of Facebook. Although, a Facebook independent platform Read more…

World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star Event Through Day 1′s

With Day 1B coming to an end on Tuesday night, we are now set for the combined fields from Day 1A to pair with Day 1B to come together for an excellent finish. A total of 222 players entered the event for Day 1B, but only 96 made it through the day. If you remember Read more…

WSOP National Championship Will Feature New Qualifying Rules

The World Series of Poker has decided to make a change to their WSOP National Championship. Last year, there were only 100 players eligible to play in the event, but in order to help build the hype behind the event, they have decided to add an additional 100 players, which will also include quite a Read more…

World Poker Tour’s Bay 101 Shooting Stars Begins

The World Poker Tour Los Angeles Poker Classic was a hit as usual, and it drew in a first place prize of over $1.3 million, which definitely drew the attention of the poker world. While the event just came to an end this past week, the players won’t get much of a rest as they’ll Read more…

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection Filed by Federated Sports & Gaming

Epic Poker League (EPL) and Heartland Poker Tour’s (HPT) parent company, Federated Sports& Gaming (FS&G) announced that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Jeffrey Pollack, the former commissioner of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) released a statement on the website of FS&G this week. Pollack stated that the company is in need Read more…

Largest Poker Room in Florida Opens

The game of poker is definitely known around many different cities in the United States, but the two biggest far and away are Las Vegas and Atlantic City. One state that has flown under the radar a bit in terms of their poker popularity, is the state of Florida. Florida has always had some solid Read more…

Sean Jazayeri Takes Down WPT LA Poker Classic

There has been quite a bit of hype surrounding the World Poker Tour’s Los Angeles Poker Classic in the past few days, and the event that had everyone buzzing has officially come to an end with a winner being crowned. There was a TON of talent across the board in this event, and the task Read more…