For poker pro Eric Seidel, 2011 will be a year to remember. Seidel is famous in the poker world for his competitive card skills, and just as famous outside poker for his appearance in the 1998 cult classic “Rounders.” Unlike the 1988 WSOP clip which played in “Rounders,” however, Seidel isn’t losing any tournaments. Seidel [...]

Hold onto your hats and grab your red capes – Everest Poker is gearing up for their third run at the critically acclaimed Spanish Poker Tour.

The calender consists of six events spanning the proud nation, each boasting a minimum prize pool of €150,000 guaranteed. Starting on April 9 at Madrid’s Gran Casino Aranjuez, players from all across the globe can expect a wild ride all the way up until the November 23 Grand Finale at the Gran Casino Costa Brava where €300,000 will be at stake.

Betfair, one of the largest and most well respected gaming establishments in the world, has joined forces with the Amateur Poker Association and Tournament. Now, on the cusp of an APAT season which will feature 28 live events across Ireland, the UK and the European mainland, Betfair has become the exclusive host for the organization’s online qualifying tournaments.

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PokerStars announces changes to its VIP Program. PokerStars, world’s largest poker site, just announced some changes to its already successful VIP Program. Basically, it entails that you will have to sweat less at the lower levels in order to get to the nice rewards.

ITS BILLIONS I’M TELLING YOU! 25 BILLION!  Have you been playing on PokerStars? If not, here is what you have been missing out on. PokerStars is having a 25 Billion Bash, and everyone is invited to join the celebration! Just over 18 months after their 10 Billionth Hand was dealt, they are now on the [...]

This Easter, Ladbrokes Poker will be staging the very first Ladbrokes Easter Rendezvous Festival to be held at the Rendezvous Casino located on the Brighton Marina in the UK. The Festival has a week-long schedule with tournaments starting Monday 6th April, including the £100,000* Main Event (£550 buy-in) on Sunday 12th April which will be [...]

More and more are we seeing people coming to the conclusion that poker is a game of skill. Most recently, a judge in the state of Colorado has ruled that poker as we know it is indeed a game of skill and not luck. This happened for the second time in exactly as many weeks: [...]

Ladbrokes in 2009 will change its approach to the traditional WSOP package. This year, the aim of Ladbrokes is to give as many poker players as possible the opportunity to go to Las Vegas and be part of the World’s biggest poker event. They will compete in at least 3 Main Event satellites, enjoy the [...]

PokerStars will not allow its players to keep partaking on the popular television poker show, Poker After Dark. This means that we will not be seeing any of Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein, Joe Hachem, The Fossilman, Vannessa Rousso, Marcin Horecki, Victor Ramdin, Bertrand Grospellier, William Thorson, Dario Minieri or any of the other renowned pokerstars [...]