Internet poker players in the U.S. and online gambling companies around the world are recovering from the news that Barney Frank’s anti-UIGEA bill has been delayed. The worsening financial situation in the U.S. has meant that Frank, as head of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, needs to focus his attentions away from online gambling. [...]

Isle of Man, UK – JUNE 30, 2009 – PokerStars.com, the world’s largest online poker site, has welcomed Jason Mercier, a 22-year-old poker pro from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, into the elite Team PokerStars Pro. Jason “treysfull21″ Mercier, already a PokerStars SuperNova Elite, has proved he’s a force to be reckoned with on the live poker [...]

Isle of Man, UK – JUNE 30, 2009: PokerStars the world’s largest online poker site, has announced a new addition to Team PokerStars Pro after signing Marcel ‘The Flying Dutchman’ Luske. The highly experienced Dutch poker pro, who won the European Poker Awards ‘Life Time Achievement Award’ in 2008, has had a long and successful [...]

PokerStars was looking to find a way to bolster their tournament attendance during the world series.  What they came up with was a special VPP Promotion getting 4x the amount of VPPs to those playing in their Sunday Majors.  Most regulars were skeptical whether or not the promotion would be a success.  However, once the [...]

Over the next few months Full Tilt Poker will be awarding a select group of skillful players seats into two of Europe’s most prestigious TV tournaments. Late Night Poker and Poker Million are offering combined prize pools of almost $2 million, and seats for these events are on offer for free at Full Tilt. The [...]

Brandon Cantu, a.k.a. “any2cantu”, had a chance to win his second WSOP bracelet last week in Event #39, but came up just short, settling for second place.  He admitted that he took the loss very hard, but fortunately for him, he did not have to wait long for redemption. This time, while playing Pot-Limit Omaha [...]

Guys, get your tourney play in gear. This Sunday, as in tomorrow, all of PokerStars’ awesome Sunday Majors Tournaments will award 4x VPP instead of the usual amount. That’s right, 4x the amount of VPP, which would bring you that one step closer to Supernova. The Sunday Majors are PokerStars’ weekly high-buyin tournaments. These consist [...]

Gavin Smith, Erick Lindgren, Evelyn Ng, and Daniel Negreanu gathered in Las Vegas, Nevada to put not only their poker skills to the test, but their video game agility too, when they competed for the 2009 Excitebots Poker Tournament Main Event Championship Bracelet. What exactly is Excitebots?  Excitebots: Trick Racing is the lastest and most [...]

Skalie’s Diary …- By Jon “Skalie” Kalmar (UK Sponsored Pro) Day 7 – Tuesday 9th of June Two major events today. It’s both my first WSOP event and secondly I check out of the Rio. I don’t know which I am looking forward to the most. I got up early and left my bags with [...]

Few players can claim to be as masterful at a single discipline of poker as Jeffery Lisandro can at 7-Card Stud. His victory in Event #44, the $2,500 Razz, completes a rare Triple Crown of World Series stud events. It also propels him into the exclusive group of players who have won three bracelets in [...]