When Alan Meltzer passed away last October, he left behind $1 million in his will to his chauffeur and another $500,000 to the doorman of his building. An entrepreneurial success story, Meltzer built his fortune in the music business and gained fame in the poker world when he appeared on Season 5 of High Stakes [...]

Group Bernard Tapie is busily amassing funds to complete the purchase of Full Tilt Poker, says a report from PokerPlayerNewspaper.com.

Longueuil, Quebec, Canada — Local police authorities have announced that half of the reported $115,000 cash stolen from 2010 WSOP champion Jonathan Duhamel in a robbery last December has been found. An anonymous tipster provided the police with information which led to the discovery of an envelope full of cash matching the denominations and currency [...]

Annie Duke, commissioner of the Epic Poker League, and NASCAR will be hosting a charity poker tournament on February 22nd. “High Speed Hold’em on the Halifax” will be held a few miles from Daytona Speedway in a high end community. The tournament will be hosted by the NASCAR foundation which raises money for many charitable [...]

The state of Utah is currently considering a bill which would continue their prohibition of online gaming should the activity become legal at the federal level.

The World Series of Poker Tournament Schedule was released recently, allowing for players to begin to make their plans for a summer in Las Vegas. The time for poker pros and recreational players alike to head down to the Rio for potential riches begins May 27th, starting with the $500 Casino Dealers event and concluding [...]

The World Series of Poker is just around the corner of this year’s poker schedule. The World Series of Poker released their full schedule on the 1st of February. There is one huge change that will have most of the poker community rejoicing: the November Nine format of the main event has been scrapped. The [...]

In a story that merges many controversial issues, from the legality of online poker to super PACs to human rights violations, the developments surrounding Sheldon Adelson has been an interesting and unavoidably important issue over the last few months. It started when Adelson, owner of the Las Vegas Sands Casino and Hotel, declared this past [...]

There has been a rapid influx of developments regarding Full Tilt Poker in the past week and most of it is pretty exciting news for former Full Tilt Poker players who have been awaiting reimbursement of their bankrolls. All of the recent events currently point toward Full Tilt Poker being reopened in the reasonably near [...]

Another successful weekend of online poker tournaments is in the books. This past Sunday was highlighted by the finale of the PokerStars Turbo Championship of Online Poker, a new series that is comprised mainly of fast-paced tournaments.  The Main Event, a $1,500,000 guarantee, nearly hit the $2.5M mark as more than 3,300 players signed up.  [...]