Norway's Oyvind Riisem, fourth-place finisher in the WSOP Europe Main Event, ended Day 2 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo as chip leader with 441,400 chips. Fellow Norwegian Johnny Lodden finished... more
PokerNews teams up with PokerStars to host over $100,000 worth of World Series freerolls. The first freeroll kicks off on Friday April 25 and the top 54 finishers will receive great prizes! more
117 players gathered round the felt at Caesars Indiana for the World Series of Poker Circuit Championship, including Circuit regulars Louie Esposito, Doug 'Rico' Carli, Eddie Corrado and Philip Sparta. They were playing for a prize pool... more
Forty years after Archie Karas arrived in America and won, then lost, a $40 million fortune, will it be possible for him to make a genuine comeback? We are all a product of our experiences, and his ups and downs over the past 40 years... more
Sunday's second flight of the PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo began play with 450 players. This puts the total starting field for the €10,000 buy-in event at 842 players, 136 more than last year, when Gavin Griffin took... more
The River is a new, beautifully appointed and bright mid-sized poker room in Milford, New Hampshire. They have 25 tables with new, crisp, clean felt, with spanking new chips and cards. The room is ringed with TVs, floored with fresh... more
The fourth annual PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final got underway in Monte Carlo on Saturday. Nestled between the Mediterranean Sea and the Southern Alps, 392 players took the field Day 1a, with an even larger field... more
According to reports emanating from numerous sources, online payment processor ePassporte has discontinued its deposit services to online poker sites for US residents. A statement announcing ePassporte's decision to withdraw... more
On April 10th, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Representative Barney Frank and senior Financial Services Committee member Representative Ron Paul introduced a bill that would block the enforcement of the UIGEA... more
Daniel Negreanu has announced a special treat for well-heeled players looking for some high-end, personal poker instruction. Negreanu's 'A Weekend with Daniel Negreanu' seminar has been set for August 8-10, 2008, and bills itself... more
PokerStars.net has added two more big-name players to its lineup of pro endorsers with the signing of Gavin Griffin and Chad Brown. These latest additions to Team PokerStars swell the site's endorser lineup to 25 players, including... more
Leeann Tweeden, a popular model and show hostess with previous poker credits on her resume, has been named as the host for the fourth season of the NBC late-night hit 'Poker After Dark', replacing Marianela Pereyra in the role... more
A major sportsbetting ring allegedly being run out of the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa poker room has now seen indictments issued against two dozen participants. The ring, which was broken up last November after a 20-month investigation... more
Harrah's Entertainment, rights holder to the WSOP, announced that its Board of Directors had approved changing the company's name to Caesars Entertainment Corporation. CEO Gary Loveman said, "Adoption of the name Caesars Entertainment... more
Reports on the poker stabbing on Saturday at the trump Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City that left one player dead continue to offer varying and sometimes inconsistent reports on the incident. What is known is that an argument between... more
NBC has released more information on its upcoming series of broadcasts of the fourth annual NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship, which was contested at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas early last month. The latest release includes... more
PokerNews is delighted to announce $75,000 worth of World Series Freerolls coming up this week. The first freeroll kicks off on Sunday April 13 at 19:05 EST/20:05 EDT and is exclusive to PokerNews players… more
888 Holdings PLC, owner of Pacific Poker, announced its preliminary 2007 year end results, which in many respects mirrored the performance of the industry as a whole. Like many of its competitors, 888 posted excellent gains from... more
Though there isn't a single licensed poker room in the state of Virginia, students attending the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, otherwise known as Virginia Tech, still have plenty of different ways to enjoy... more
More than $10 million in guaranteed prize money will be up for grabs when the Full Tilt Online Poker Series makes its eighth appearance from May 7-18, 2008. FTOPS VIII will feature 24 individual tournaments – each hosted by a Full Tilt... more