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Full Tilt Poker Weekend Tournament Results

Full Tilt Poker held their regular weekend tournaments this past weekend with little fanfare though one tournament did see a deal made between players. The tournaments had a good size group of players competing in their events which led to increases in prize pool for both the $750,000 guaranteed tournament as well as The Sunday [...]

PKR TV Adds Phil Galfond

As the New Year is in full swing, professional poker pros are resigning with their poker rooms or finding somewhere new to share their talents. The latest poker pro to cut a deal a poker room is Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond. Phil recently signed a deal with PKR TV.
Galfond will be commentating on the ring game [...]

Titan Poker Hosting World Challenge

Titan Poker recently launched the biggest poker challenge they have ever created. The World Challenge launched the first week of January and players from all over the world are invited to compete. Players are playing poker for their country and the five best players will be chosen to play in the 2010 World Series of [...]

Phil Hellmuth to Participate in Party Poker Premier League

Party Poker recently announced that Phil Hellmuth will be participating in the upcoming Premier League IV. This edition of the Premier League will take place in Las Vegas in February with the Main Event taking place on the 12th through the 18th.
Hellmuth will be one of many poker pros that will be participating in [...]

Doyle Brunson Welcoming New Players at Lower Limit Tables

Doyle Brunson is one of the best poker players in the world and he is normally found at the high stakes tables. Brunson used to frequent tables with $4,000/$8,000 buy-ins which would mean he would be competing with those who are able to afford the buy-in, which is not many. However, Brunson has recently taken [...]

Bet365 Poker Announces New Software Upgrades

As the New Year is getting into full swing, online poker rooms and casinos are making changes to better the gaming experience for their players. Every year new software and technology comes out and the top gaming rooms must continue to update to keep up with the ebb and flow of the industry. The latest [...]

Cash Game Players being restricted at VC Poker

VC Poker is part of the UK gambling firm Victor Chandler and the poker room recently made a decision that has shocked many in the poker industry. The poker room recently sent out an email to many of their players telling them that their game play is no longer welcome at the cash game tables. [...]

Cake Poker $52,000 Jackpot won by Jotun665

Cake Poker hosted their Gold Card Jackpot in 2009 and the last series of Gold Cards for 2009 were dealt recently and the winner of the big jackpot was online player Jotun665. The winner earned a nice jackpot prize of $52,000.
From San Diego, California, Jotun665 was a regular at the cash game tables and [...]

Absolute Poker Weekend Tournament Results

All poker players know that the major poker sites offer their players large guaranteed tournaments to compete in. this past weekend Absolute Poker’s $100,000 was one of the only tournaments to see an increase in the prize pool. Besides PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker had a better turnout than Bodog, Cake Poker, Titan [...]

$25/$50 PLO Tables Added to Party Poker

Just last week, Party Poker added new tables to their online poker lineup. The online poker room added $25/$50 Pot Limit Omaha tables to their cash game offerings. Party Poker used to be known for their high stakes Limit Hold’em tables before the UIGEA but since that time the site has not offered many high [...]

Improved VIP System to be Launched Next year at 888 Poker

The New Year is an exciting time in the poker world as online poker rooms are changing their sites, making additions and improvements to better the player experience. One site that is making changes for the New Year is 888 Poker.
888 Poker is creating an improved VIP System that will see their players gaining [...]

Brian Hastings Loses Full Tilt Pro Status

It was recently announced that Brian Hastings has lost his Pro Status at Full Tilt Poker. Hastings recently took close to $4 million from mystery poker player Isildur1 and Hastings admitted that he shared hand histories with other poker players. This is not allowed at Full Tilt Poker and Hastings has been denied pro status [...]

Isildur1 Loses over 3 Million Dollars at Full Tilt Poker

Full Tilt Poker has been smoking over the past few weeks as the top online poker pros are tearing up the high stakes tables. One poker pro in particular, the mystery pro Isildur1, has been on a losing streak and it has only gotten worse. Recently the mystery poker player lost over 3 million dollars [...]

Aaron Benton Wins PokerStars APPT Sydney Grand Final

PokerStars 2009 Asia Pacific Poker Tour Sydney Grand Final has finished up after a tough three days of play. three hundred and ninety six players competed in the event and it was Aaron Benton who was able to outlast them all and earn the $594,000 first place prize.
Benton was one of seven Australians who [...]

Absolute Poker Begins Power Hour

Absolute Poker recently updated their online poker room to offer a new special time for players to enjoy the game. The online poker room has now added the Power Hour to their poker offerings. Players can now enjoy double Absolute Poker Points during the special time periods.
Absolute Poker is now offering players a chance [...]