Online Poker News
James Akenhead Wins Sunday Million
Jan 23rd, 2012
One of poker's most popular players, James Akenhead, has gone to bed with an extra $213,750 in his poker account after he took down the PokerStars Sunday Million in the early hours of this morning. Read More >>
Watch Final Table of PS TV World Championships Today
Dec 13th, 2011
The Poker Channel, Europe’s largest dedicated gaming TV network, will today offer live streaming of the final of the inaugural 2011 PokerStrategy.com TV World Championships Read More >>
Mike Leah Dominates WCOOP
Sep 29th, 2011
With 9 cashes in the 2011 WCOOP, Mike earned a bracelet in Event #27 and chopped the Main Event to go along with his previous FTOPS and UBOC titles Read More >>
PartyPoker Introduce Pokerfest 2011
Sep 28th, 2011
It seems like there is not a week that goes by that one of the major online poker sites is running a series of tournaments and now PartyPoker have got into the act by introducing what is being billed as Pokerfest 2011 Read More >>
French Court Rules Poker Is A Game Of Skill
Aug 5th, 2011
Earlier this week the French Criminal Court of First Instance in Toulouse ruled something that millions of poker players already knew, that poker is a game of skill and not just pure chance. Read More >>
Industry Fights For Full Tilt Customers
Jul 7th, 2011
On Wednesday 29 June The Alderney Gaming Control Commission (AGCC) suspended the licence of Full Tilt Poker, forcing them to close there doors to their remaining customers. Read More >>
Jens Kyllönen to teach on PokerStrategy
Jun 7th, 2011
From the beginning of June, Finnish poker pro Jens “ingenious89” Kyllönen will post his educational videos on PokerStrategy.com, the world’s biggest online poker school Read More >>
Agreement Announced for USA Cashouts
Apr 21st, 2011
Fulltilt and PokerStars have reached an agreement with the Department of Justice (DoJ) and the office expects the companies to return the money that U.S. players and will work with the poker companies to return funds to players. Read More >>
PokerHeaven Announces €175k Worth of Freerolls
Apr 18th, 2011
Poker Heaven has reacted to the developing legal situation in the US, by announcing a string of new promotions, including €175,000 worth of freeroll tournaments. Read More >>
FullTilt Supports Players and Chief Exec
Apr 16th, 2011
Online poker is a game of skill enjoyed by tens of millions of people in the United States and across the world. And, Full Tilt Poker remains as committed as ever to preserving the rights of those players to play the game they love online. Read More >>
FBI Closes FullTilt, PokerStars and Absolute
Apr 15th, 2011
11 people from FullTilt, PokerStars and Absolute Poker, including the owners have been charged after an indictment said that they had tricked banks into processing billions of dollars worth of illegal gambling proceeds. Read More >>
Swedish Supreme Court Declares Cash Games Are “Pure Random Chance”
Apr 12th, 2011
The Swedish Supreme Court has really put the cat amongst the pigeons by declaring they believe poker cash games are all luck, yet poker in a tournament format does require some skill, though luck does play a major part. Read More >>
Luke “Bdbeatslayer” Vrabel Wins Sunday Million
Mar 9th, 2011
Back on Sunday 5 March 2006 the first-ever Sunday Million tournament was played on PokerStars. A total of 5,893 players paid the $215 entry fee, creating a prizepool of $1,178,600, the lions share of which was won by “aaaaaaaa.” Read More >>
PKR Wins Poker Operator of the Year
Jan 25th, 2011
PKR continues its winning streak as it picked up the 2011 International Gaming Awards Online Poker Operator of the Year. PKR now holds the IGA Poker Operator of the Year titles for 2010 and 2011 as well as the eGaming Review Poker Operator of the Year 2010. Read More >>
PKR Brings Back Christmas Cracker Promotion
Dec 10th, 2010
The nights are drawing in and that means one thing for PKR players...The Christmas Cracker is back with a bang. Exploding onto the tournament schedule on December 23 it will feature thirteen events with a total of $238,000 in prizes. Read More >>
Global Gaming Events Challenges All UB Pro Players
Dec 3rd, 2010
Global Gaming Events (GGE) has formally challenged all UB Pros to a tournament on December 12th. After dozens of GGE Tournaments on UB, GGE has finally thrown down the gauntlet, prodding UB Pros to prove they are the best. Read More >>
PKR Reaches 4 Million Registered Players
Nov 3rd, 2010
Next generation poker site PKR.com has today reached another milestone when it signed up its 4 millionth player. Read More >>
British Poker Awards 2010 winners announced
Sep 14th, 2010
A brand new poker awards ceremony has taken place in London celebrating the best in British and International Poker with winners voted for by the public with more than 3000 online votes cast. Read More >>
British Poker Awards 2010
Sep 13th, 2010
A brand new poker awards ceremony takes place in London featuring best UK Card Room Award sponsored by The Poker Channel. Antonio Esfandiari hosts the star studded event with the majority of awards voted for by the poker fans. Read More >>
Poker Channel partner FindMePoker.com
Dec 4th, 2009
The Poker Channel is to provide an internet news service to new poker site FindMePoker.com, a new online portal for players looking for live poker games. Read More >>
