High stakes online play has dried up during the World Series of Poker – everywhere but on the iPoker Network that is. On Sunday, June 6th, the best online players will compete in the final event of the European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP). The game is a $1,580 No Limit Hold’em tournament with $1.5 [...]

For a site typically known for its huge prize pools, the new PokerStars Twitter League promotion is ideal for small bankrolls. For only $1.10, players can compete in a big tournament and stand to win lots of money. The Twitter Poker League has also added a bonus of $25,000 in prizes to the best players. [...]

There are two ways to steal money at a poker tournament: with guns, like in the recent German poker heist, or with sleight of hand, like this week in the World Series of Poker. Instead of prison, the thief now faces a humiliating lifetime ban. In the third level of play of a $1,000 NLHE [...]

As they say in Vegas, the house always wins. Such was the case today in Switzerland, where a lawsuit brought to the Supreme Court by the Swiss casino industry declared poker a game of chance. As a result of the ruling, the only legal way to play poker in Switzerland now is either in a [...]

After nearly four years with no teeth, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) is ready to take a bite out of the world of online poker. The official enforcement of the act beginning on Tuesday, June 1st, has drawn wide speculation from poker players. This speculation ranges from no major impact at all to [...]

With two new series and the ever-popular High Stakes Poker now on Saturday night, Game Show Network could be the best place to watch professional players hit the felt. With ratings going up and up, and with the start of the 2010 World Series of Poker today, watching poker is more popular than ever before. [...]

For professionals and poker fans around the world, the start of the WSOP in Vegas today marks the beginning of the greatest tournaments that the poker world has to offer. The series kicks off with the $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship, an event designed for true masters of the game. With its sky-high buy in and [...]

Ever heard of Winamax poker? You’re not alone. The site, a member of the Ongame network, is a relatively unknown player in the world of online poker. But after a huge €12 million investment, Winamax hopes to become a major name in European markets. After the French parliament passed a law in April that legalized [...]

Online poker is great, but it often lacks the drama and intensity of a real life game. It also lacks the chance that a game could end in a deadly shoot-out like the poker games in Red Dead Redemption. Since its release for Xbox 360 last week by Rockstar Games, Red Dead Redemption has drawn [...]

Brian “sbrugby” Townsend’s troubled career as a professional poker player has reached a new hurdle: a $2.8 million downswing. Since the start of 2010, Townsend has lost $1 million playing Omaha and $1.8 million playing HORSE, adding up to a massive deficit that has entirely erased his profits from 2009. This downswing follows his one [...]