Born Thomas Austin Preston, Jr. on New Year’s Eve in 1928, Amarillo Slim succumbed to colon cancer on Sunday, April 29, 2012, while receiving hospice care in Amarillo, Texas.  He was 83 years-old at the time of his death. Referring to himself as the “World’s Greatest Gambler,” Amarillo Slim helped to promote the game of [...]

With poker news running rampant surrounding PokerStars’ rumored purchase of Full Tilt Poker, another massive story has been undeservingly swept under the rug. In a move that would easily have been the biggest story of any other poker news week, PokerTableRatings.com has heeded the Cease and Desist that PokerStars sent them last week and is no [...]

The group behind Everest Poker has come out in support of a bill which would legalize online poker in the state of Massachusetts.

The second annual online tournament series iPOPS (iPoker’s Online Poker Series) kicks off tomorrow, Sunday April 29th, 2012. Hosted on the iPoker network, the series this year consists of five events of the course of the week, with a guaranteed prize pools totalling $1 million. iPOPS II 2012 Schedule 29/4/2012 19:00 iPOPS #1 $200,000 GP NL Hold’em [...]

Many people are familiar with Tiger Woods because of the 99 golfing championships he’s won around the world, including 14 majors.  Others know him because of his well-publicized divorce from Elin Nordegren and the activities that led up to the couple’s split.  And finally, some individuals know him because of the charitable foundation he and [...]

TwoPlusTwo’s poker forums were hacked today and shut down by the owners. The extent of the information obtained by the hacker is not fully known, but in the mean time NoahSD offers these tips and I thoroughly agree with them. 1.) If you use the same password for 2p2 for other things, change them immediately. [...]

With the NFL’s biggest offseason promotional event starting tomorrow, they have announced an incremental change to their advertising policy. Gaming advertisements are now permitted for NFL events and properties for the next two years, though there are a plethora of strings attached. The first rule is that the entity being advertised cannot offer a sports [...]

Annette Obrestad, known as Annette_15 online, was recently named a Lock Pro for the Lock Poker site on the Merge Network. Annette who started her poker career at a very young age is mostly known for winning the PokerStars Sunday Quarter Million, and then being the youngest player ever to win the W.S.O.P.E. Main Event [...]

Bovada is gearing up for their second $7,500 PTS freeroll of the month.

The misdemeanor guilty plea of John Campos, the former head of a bank with Black Friday ties, has been accepted by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.