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Online Poker Room To Host “PKR Live II” In London

Live and online poker fans alike will be pleased to hear that PKR.com Live is returning to London’s Loose Cannon Casino this spring. PKR announced the 3-day festival will take place April 17th through the 19th, culminating in a PKR Live II Main Event with an expected prize pool of $75,000.
The first PKR Live took [...]

Dwan Challenge Finally Underway at Full Tilt Poker; “Durrrr” VS Patrik Antonius

Last Friday, the long anticipated heads-up battle between Tom “durrrr” Dwan and his first challenger, Patrik Antonius, finally got underway at FullTilt.com.
As many of you will remember, Dwan offered to stake 3-to-1 ($1.5m to $500k) against any taker who would compete in 50,000 hands of $200/$400 Omaha or Texas Hold’em. When the 50,000 hand session [...]

“HDCowboy” Cracks Absolute Poker $800k Bad Beat Jackpot

The CEREUS Poker Network’s Bad Beat Jackpot, combining that of Absolute Poker and sister-site UltimateBet.com, was once again cracked recently. Absolute Poker player “HDCowboy” suffered the most gratifying loss of his life, releasing the $813,000 bad beat jackpot.
The 65-year-old Pennsylvania native “HDCowboy” celebrated his 2009 Valentine’s Day in lavish style after having just cashed in [...]

PokerStars Announces Dates For LAPT Mar del Plata

The Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) Mar del Plata Main Event, sponsored by PokerStar.net, has been scheduled to kick off April 16th, 2009. PokerStars announced the dates for the live poker tournament main event in Argentina, in a press release over the weekend.
The $5,200 buy-in event will begin April 16th with a 600 player entry [...]

Full Tilt Poker Open Heads-Up $200/$400 PLO For “Durrrr”

It wasn’t long ago that prolific internet poker player Tom “durrrr” Dwan challenged the poker world to an unprecedented heads-up confrontation. Dwan asked for anyone willing to compete against him, one-on-one, at high stakes Pot Limit Omaha, where he would stake 3-to-1 against their minimum $500,000.
Four well known poker pros have accepted the challenge – [...]

Doyles Room Poker; Back In The Saddle Again

It was a moment of complexity and nervous anticipation for both members of DoylesRoom.com and the online poker room itself; awaiting the transition to a whole new online poker network. With the integration complete and the dust given time to settle, it is now obvious that Doyles Room is officially back in the saddle again.
The [...]

Phil Ivey’s $1 Million Bet On The Super Bowl

The biggest sporting event of the year has come to an end as the Pittsburg Steelers defeated the Arizona Cardinals with a score of 27-23. For die-hard football fans, it was gut wrenching end to the final three minutes of the fourth quarter, but to extreme poker fans, everyone is wondering how it turned out [...]

Badugi Poker Gaining Speed At PokerStars

PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker room, has a lot to boast about these days, but topping the list for many online poker players is the ability to play Badugi Poker online. In mid-2008, PokerStars introduced Badugi poker to the already massive game variety, and it’s taken of like wild fire ever since.
Badugi Poker is [...]

Allen “AawwNutz” Carter Pens Deal With UltimateBet

Having just taken down the Southern Poker Championship of the World Poker Tour (WPT), professional poker player Allen Carter, better known to the online poker world as “AawwNutz”, has inked a deal with UltimateBet.net
The announcement of Carter’s signing with UltimateBetPoker has not yet declared whether he will be a member of the UltimateBet Star Players [...]

Appeals Court Denies Kentucky Seizure Of 141 Online Gambling Domains

Since September of 2008, the fate of 141 online gambling domains has been up in the air as the Commonwealth of Kentucky sought to seize control of them as “illegal gambling devices”. In the latest turn of events, a Kentucky Court of Appeals has overturned the ruling that would have forced forfeiture of the domains [...]