Online Poker

Here you will find stories about online poker. From the online poker rooms themselves to the business of online poker, and the culture that surrounds the game. Poker players who are mostly known for their online play are also featured here.

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		Full Tilt Announces $25K Heads-Up World Championship May 10, 2008		Full Tilt Poker has announced a brand new challenge for players with both the skills to play heads-up poker and the bankroll to prove that they're the best. Full Tilt's $25K Heads-Up World Championship will be contested on Saturday... more
		'Mystery' Events Revealed as FTOPS VIII Begins May 07, 2008		Full Tilt Poker has now released the formats for three 'mystery' events in the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) VIII, which begins today and runs through May 18th. The three now-disclosed events are these... more
		'Real World' Joins DoylesRoom.com Celebrity Bounty Poker Tournament May 06, 2008		Doyle's Room has announced a new addition to their lineup of bounty tournaments with a brand new event featuring members of the cast of MTV's "The Real World: Hollywood", one of the longest-running and most successful of all MTV... more
		PartyPoker Slashes High-Stakes STT Fees April 29, 2008		In a move that will get the attention of both online players and the site's business competitors, PartyPoker.com will announce tomorrow that they are reducing their fees for all STTs (Single Table Tournaments, sometimes known... more
		PokerStars Launches PokerStars.tv April 17, 2008		PokerStars has launched a new video site dedicated to "offering live webcasts of major events and a unique collection of high quality poker footage." The site, currently in the beta-testing phase, is located at pokerstars.tv and includes... more
		ePassporte Discontinues US Poker Deposit Services April 12, 2008		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
		Griffin, Brown Join Team PokerStars Lineup April 11, 2008		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
		Full Tilt Poker Announces FTOPS VIII April 08, 2008		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
		PokerStars Announces 'Battle of the Planets' April 07, 2008		Leading online poker site PokerStars has just announced a new sit-and-go (SNG) tournament leader board concept, launching its 'Battle of the Planets' promotion that will pay out over $3,000,000 per year to its participants. more
		Bodog Poker Open Concludes Inaugural Run March 11, 2008		Shawn "phatcat" Luman captured the biggest prize in Bodog history in the main event of the Bodog Poker Open on Sunday, besting a field of 596 to take home $76,280. He also won an engraved Omega Speedmaster watch with an estimated... more
		DDoS Attacks Hamper Online Poker Sites February 22, 2008		A wave of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks targeting major online poker and gambling sites has at times impaired the functionality of several of those major sites in recent days. According to a report at the Shadowserver... more
		FTOPS VII Main Event: 'Reverse' Tops Wahlroos February 18, 2008		A $2 million guarantee was announced, but the total purse in the Full Tilt Online Poker Series [FTOPS] VII Main Event climbed much higher once all the entrants had been tallied. 5,291 players paid $500+35 each for the right to vie for... more
		Online Poker Weekend: Big Cash for 'sunseeker' February 18, 2008		A huge weekend for online poker continued with a couple of traditional weekly events at major sites, namely the Sunday Million at PokerStars and the $300,000 Guaranteed Sunday at PartyPoker. When added to the phenomenal weekend turnouts... more
		Online Poker Weekend: A 'pleace'-ing Night at Full Tilt February 04, 2008		The distinctly American holiday known as Super Bowl Sunday resulted in reduced attendance across the board in the largest of Sunday's online tourneys. Still, solid turnouts were on hand at PokerStars, Full Tilt and PartyPoker, and each of... more
		Online Poker Weekend: 'SNo0oWMAN' Tops 'roosterbill' in Stars Sunday Million Duel January 28, 2008		The big story of Sunday's major online tourneys was a long heads-up duel to determine the winner of the Stars Sunday Million. 'roosterbill' and 'SNo0oWMAN' began their battle after the exit of third-place finisher 'batoelrob'... more
		Online Poker Weekend: 'GulahPapyrus' Writes Rich Tale at Full Tilt January 21, 2008		Huge numbers again marked the biggest Sunday online events, with the biggest tourneys at Full Tilt, PokerStars and PartyPoker all easily exceeding their pre-event guarantees. The biggest payday from the night's action went not to... more
		Absolute Poker Situation: Kahnawake Gaming Commission Releases Final Audit Results January 12, 2008		The Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) on Friday released its long-awaited final report on the audit it ordered conducted into the operations of Absolute Poker (AP) and insider cheating allegations that surfaced late last year... more
		Full Tilt Releases Schedule for February's FTOPS VII January 08, 2008		Full Tilt has released the schedule for their upcoming Full Tilt Online Poker Series VII (FTOPS), which is slated to begin February 6th, 2008. FTOPS VII will run for 12 days and will include 20 events, two of which are brand new... more
		Online Poker Weekend: 'Romanoff11', 'Claw1980' Big Winners December 24, 2007		Eric 'Rizen' Lynch, one of the first recognizable screen names among major online poker pros, has proven that he's still got what it takes, making a Full Tilt final table just before Christmas. Daniel 'KidPoker' Negreanu also made... more
		Online Poker Weekend: Sunday Million Winner's Share Flows to 'CHIPFLOW' December 10, 2007		No deal or no deal? This week, despite the ability to chop by chip count in both the PokerStars and PartyPoker major events, nobody did. Everyone played it out to the bitter end, despite several occasions when the closeness in chip... more

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