The two day SCOOP 2012 Main Event tournaments began on Sunday May 20th. Play was halted at the conclusion of level 20 (10 hours) and resumed early this afternoon. After two weeks worth of events, and many players entering many of the available events, a mere 10 hour first day was welcomed by those who [...]
Federated Sports + Gaming, the company behind the Epic Poker League, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, putting the future of the tournament series in doubt.
Titan Poker has won Gambling Online Magazine’s Reader’s Choice Award for Best Poker Customer Service for the third consecutive year, and for the 5th time in 6 years. They have won the award every year since 2006 except in 2009 when they were runner-up to William Hill. The online magazine runs reader polls every year [...]
Another weekend of major poker tournaments is in the books, and once again, it seems tournament attendance and prize pools are on the rise. This past weekend there were two super-sized events, as Bwin bolstered their Sunday championship from $250k to $500k, and PokerStars upped the ante in their Red Spade Open to a $1,000,000 [...]
Breaking news – BodogBrand has confirmed this morning that the Bodog.com domain name has been seized by US Department of Homeland Security. Shortly following, it became known that Calvin Ayre, the founder of Bodog, has been indicted as of this morning for charges of operating an illegal gambling business and conspiring to commit money laundering. [...]
Last week the Washington Examiner newspaper ran an opinion piece regarding online gambling written by Louis Freeh and Tom Ridge. The article called for lawmakers to swiftly enact unambiguous legislation regarding internet poker and internet gambling. Both men have previously served the United States government in important jobs regarding law enforcement and security. Louis Freeh [...]
When the online poker community became harshly disillusioned by the developments on Black Friday; when they grew frustrated at how seemingly impossible it was to get straight answers; when it seemed that the poker world was morally bereft, one site stood in the face of this chaos and sought to bring balance to it. Subject: [...]
Pokerstars is bringing excitement to the felt by rolling out a test version of Zoom Poker. Currently the game is available on a test client for play money only, but the new game is planned to be released to the main site for real money action soon. The concept behind the fast-paced game is much [...]
Just one month after his $2 million win at the Aussie Millions High Roller event, Phil Ivey has continued his roll with his shrewd play at the WPT LA Classic. Thanks to a late surge, at the conclusion of day 1 he is sitting in 5th place with 116,300 chips. The chip leader, Michael Rocco, [...]