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What are some of the hottest headlines in the world of poker? Here you will find all the latest juicy stories along with other important news and tournament results. A must read for the poker enthusiast with articles published throughout the day.

WSOPE Moves to France!

Sacre bleu!

The World Series of Poker Europe is moving to France!

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Feb/09/2011

World Series of Poker Europe Moves to France

Submitted by Guest on, Feb/09/2011

DoylesRoom.com Helps Boost Yatahay Profile With 150 Percent Growth

DoylesRoom.com hopes to find a permanent home with the Yatahay Poker Network and the later most certainly will do everything in their power to make sure Doyles sticks around. 

For Doylesroom.com, this is the popular online poker room’s 4th home in five years.  Two previous networks pulled out of the US market while a third could not sustain Doyles growth.

The Yatahay Network is expected to provide DoylesRoom with all the tools to ensure substantial growth.

Submitted by Ace King on, Feb/08/2011

Bellagio Chip Bandit a Real “Bozo”: Appears in Court

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Feb/08/2011

Gabe Kaplan Canned as Poker Show Host

The Game Show Network (GSN) won't be saying "Welcome back" to Gabe Kaplan.

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Feb/07/2011

America’s Most Dumbest: Bellagio Chip Bandit’s Downfall

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Feb/05/2011

Vote Is In: Poker Players Are Not Athletes

So much for the "sport" of poker.

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Feb/04/2011

Lock Poker New Manager Writes Letter to Customers

Submitted by Guest on, Feb/04/2011

Can a Chimp Win The World Series of Poker?

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Feb/01/2011

Formaldehyde in Poker Cards Could Kill

Chinese poker players have been warned in recent days that they could face death by continuing to play poker.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Feb/01/2011

Eric Baldwin Says I Do to UB.com

Submitted by Payton on, Feb/01/2011

Online Poker Traffic Falls Off 2.5 Percent This Week: Could Get Worse

With the troubles at the world’s two largest online poker rooms, PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, continuing this week, traffic across the board has dropped 2.5 percent. 

The two card rooms have had trouble paying out customers via popular methods such as eChecks and bank wires as a result of an ongoing investigation by US Federal authorities.   The US Attorney’s office out of Baltimore, Maryland, is heading up the probe, alleging money laundering by payment facilitators used by both companies.  Three individuals named in the case agreed to cooperate with authorities.

Submitted by Ace King on, Feb/01/2011

Poker Pro Accused of Killing Parents Enjoyed Success Pre-2007

The California man accused of killing his parents owed substantial amounts of money to his financier who helped secure him seats at various poker tournaments.

Ernie Scherer III is standing trial for the murder of his parents.  Ernie Scherer Jr., a poker player himself, and his wife, Charlene Abendroth, were found brutally murdered in their Castlewood Country Club home in 2008.  Both had been beaten and stabbed.

Submitted by Ace King on, Feb/01/2011

Is Greg "Fossilman" Raymer Extinct From PokerStars?

Submitted by Ace King on, Feb/01/2011

Annie Duke Definitely Will Not Be on Dancing With The Stars: Talks Cheating

While her former colleague at UB.com is widely rumored to be appearing on the next installment of Dancing With The Stars, Annie Duke is no Phil Hellmuth.

Submitted by Ace King on, Feb/01/2011

PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker Wires Tough to Process

Submitted by C Costigan on, Feb/01/2011

Phil Ivey, Jason Mercier Lead “Best Poker Players” in Month of January 2011

Phil Ivey was named “Best Poker Player” for the month of January 2011 by ESPN.com followed by Jason Mercier, Tom Marchese and Tom Dwan.

Submitted by Ace King on, Jan/31/2011

Lock Promotes Eric Rizen Lynch to Poker Room Manager

Submitted by Payton on, Jan/31/2011

UBOC6 Day 14 Recap: NLH Turbo with Rebuys $100K GTD

Submitted by Payton on, Jan/31/2011

Online Poker Promotions February 2011

Submitted by Guest on, Jan/31/2011

Aussie Poker Pro In Major Coke Bust

Submitted by Guest on, Jan/30/2011

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