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Buddhist Monks Caught Playing Poker
May 16th, 2012
According to a former chief priest of the Korean monk order, more than one billion won, that is $865,000, exchanged hands during the 13-hour poker session; news that has hit the 15 million followers of the Jogye order hard Read More >>
Sam Trickett And Andrew Robl Sign-Up For Big One For OneDrop
May 14th, 2012
The 2012 World Series of Poker is just around the corner and the entire poker community is buzzing with anticipation, in part because of a special one-off event that is going to play out; one with a $1,000,000 buy-in Read More >>
Tom Dwan Wins $3,800,000 Pot
May 11th, 2012
Over the past few years the biggest and most lucrative cash games have gradually dwindled away in Las Vegas and set up shop in the Eastern equivalent of “Sin City,” Macau. Here the cash games play to huge stakes, seem to be non-stop and as a result have attracted some of the biggest names in the business to them Read More >>
Viktor “Isildur1” Blom Wins Two SCOOP Events
May 9th, 2012
The PokerStars 2012 Spring Championship Of Online Poker is in full swing with seven of the 40 events already completed. While most poker players will have been wanting to get off to a solid start to the fortnight-long festival none would have even dreamed of the initial success experienced by the Team PokerStars Pro Viktor “Isildur1” Blom Read More >>
Lock Leave Merge Network And Buy Cake Poker Assets
May 9th, 2012
On June 1 Lock Poker will be leaving the Australian-based Merge Network and moving to what is currently called the Cake Poker Network, but will be re-branded The Revolution Gaming Network Read More >>
Shawn Cunix Wins World Poker Tour Jacksonville Main Event
May 3rd, 2012
Yesterday Cunix joined an elite group of players who have won a World Poker Tour title when he took down the WPT Jacksonville BestBet Open for a cool $400,600 Read More >>
“Amarillo Slim” Passes Away
Apr 30th, 2012
The poker world is in mourning today after learning that one of the game's original Texas road gamblers passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning. Thomas Austin Preston Jr., better-known as “Amarillo Slim,” died aged 83-years old Read More >>
Two Plus Two Forums Hacked
Apr 27th, 2012
The popular poker and gambling forums, Two Plus Two, have been completely taken offline after a computer hacker managed to hack his way into the extensive database containing member’s email addresses and encrypted passwords Read More >>
Tommy Vedes Wins Second World Poker Tour Title
Apr 25th, 2012
Tommy Vedes has joined an elite group of poker players who have managed to win not one but two World Poker Tour events after he took down the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown, netting himself a cool $779,520 in the process Read More >>
David Kitai Wins EPT Berlin Main Event; Completes Triple Crown
Apr 23rd, 2012
Unless you are a die hard poker fan then you are forgiven for having never heard the name Davidi Kitai, a professional player hailing from Belgium. But if you are not aware of Kitai then ensure you commit his name to memory because he is certainly here to stay Read More >>
PokerStars Seek to Ban Poker Table Ratings
Apr 20th, 2012
One of the most talked about subjects in the poker community in recent years has been about the so-called tracking sites such as Poker Table Ratings. These sites use banks of computers that “watch” the action taking place in cash games and then tabulate it for people to see Read More >>
Morten Christensen Wins WPT Vienna
Apr 18th, 2012
Christensen's win, the first major title of his relatively short live poker career, continues the amazing run Danish players are having right now with them having won the last three European Poker Tour main events and now a World Poker Tour title Read More >>
Scott Seiver Wins PartyPoker Premier League V
Apr 11th, 2012
The PartyPoker Premier League V came to a thrilling conclusion yesterday evening when eight of the best poker players in the world took their seats at the televised final table and played out for the title and the massive $500,000 first place prize Read More >>
PaddyPowerPoker 2012 Irish Open Final Table Set
Apr 10th, 2012
A grand total of 502 poker players exchanged €3,500 for 20,000 tournament chips and the chance to become the 2012 Irish Open champion but for all but nine of them the dream is completely over; at least for another 12 months Read More >>
PokerStars Finalise 2012 SCOOP Schedule
Apr 10th, 2012
The first tournament will be a No Limit Hold'em event on Sunday 6 May at 18:00 UK time. Also mixed into the schedule are games such as Fixed Limit Badugi, Seven-card Stud, knockout tournaments, Pot Limit Omaha, HORSE, Omaha Hi/Low Read More >>
Viktor Blom Takes $500,000 From Isaac Haxton
Apr 4th, 2012
The SuperStar Showdowns had been going in Blom's favour, winning nine and losing just three of the 12 completed. Of those defeats, two were at the hands of Isaac Haxton Read More >>
Blom Opens Up Huge Lead Versus Haxton
Apr 2nd, 2012
Last week it became public knowledge that Viktor “Isildur1” Blom had agreed to a rematch with Isaac Haxton in his long-running SuperStars Showdown, a cash game battle where players challenge Blom to a 2,500 heads-up match of NLH or PLO Read More >>
Isildur Returns To The Nosebleeds
Mar 30th, 2012
On Saturday 31 March Viktor “Isildur1” Blom and Isaac “Ike” Haxton are going to face off in a fresh $1,000,000 winner-takes all match that could drag on for some time Read More >>
EPT Campione Kicks Off Today
Mar 26th, 2012
The eighth season of the PokerStars run European Poker Tour is entering the final stages with only three events remaining. Today marks the start of one of those three, the Campione Main Event in Switzerland. Read More >>
Daniel Tzvetkoff To Face Black Friday Trial
Mar 22nd, 2012
Daniel Tzvetkoff is to appear as a witness in the trial of Black Friday defendants Chad Elie and John Campos on April 9. Tzvetkoff is an Australian businessman who processed more than one billion dollars worth of illegal online poker transactions in the United States. Read More >>
