Online Poker News
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 >>
Poker Channel partners with Igrach.com – Poker Channel и Igrach.com обявяват партньорство
Nov 26th, 2009
The Poker Channel announces partnership with Bulgaria's largest online poker community, Igrach.com. Read More >>
Poker Heaven announces record breaking Bad Beat Jackpot payout
Nov 13th, 2009
PokerHeaven.com player Lionel Foulquier won over €200,000 in the IPN network's Bad Beat Jackpot. 8 other winners shared almost €400,000 between them in the record breaking online promotion. Read More >>
PartyPoker.com announce bounty tournaments
Oct 22nd, 2009
PartyPoker.com announce launch of brand new Bounty Poker Tournaments, an increasingly popular format of the game. The launch coincides with the release of their latest software upgrade, promising further improvements to the award winning platform. Read More >>
Party Poker Signs Aussie Millions Champ
Oct 5th, 2009
2009 Aussie Millions Main event winner Stewart Scott has penned a deal to represent Party Poker. Scott made history in January 2009 by becoming the first Australian in the modern era to take down the prestigious event, scooping US$1,865,724. Read More >>
Pokerstars Freeroll for British Women
Sep 9th, 2009
PokerStars is offering Ladies a unique chance to win an all-expenses-paid trip to London and a seat in a major live women-only event. The “PokerStars EPT Ladies Game”, which takes place October 5, forms part of the PokerStars EPT London Poker Festival. Read More >>
PKR HEADS-UP GRAND SLAM TO LAUNCH IN OCTOBER
Sep 7th, 2009
Matchroom Sport and PKR have announced the inaugural PKR Heads-Up Grand Slam that will take place in London from October 8-10, 2009. The invitational event will see 32 of the world’s best players battling it out for the $100,000 first prize from a prize pool of $350,000. Read More >>
