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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.

Lacey Jones Poker Babe Ups The Ante

It may be the 2009 World Series of Poker, but that won't stop the lovely Lacey Jones from stripping down to a bikini and posing for a photo shoot at the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego (and, yeah, we

Submitted by Ace King on, Jun/25/2009

Online Poker Rooms: Cereus Becomes 5th Biggest

In just a one month period, the Cereus Poker Network (comprised of UltimateBet.com and Absolute Poker) has beco

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/24/2009

Poker Players Need to File a 90-22.1 Says Tax Expert

In light of a US Government crackdown affecting Internet poker's two biggest rooms, PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, Gambling911.com recently spoke to a tax expert who questioned what might happen i

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Jun/24/2009

Brandon Cantu Finishes Strong at WSOP for UB Poker

Just a few weeks into joining UltimateBet's Team UB, Brandon Cantu is catapulting the leading online poker site's team of pros into the spotlight once agai

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/24/2009

World Series of Poker Academy Teaches Main Event Primer

Phil Hellmuth, Phil Gordon, Annie Duke, Greg Raymer, Mark Seif, Joe Navarro, Sam Chauhan and Annette Obrestadt Among Instructors Who Will Prepare Participants for the 2009 World Series of Poker Mai

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/24/2009

Richard Austin Causes World Series Stir

Richard Austin is a bit of an enigma.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/24/2009

Player Collapses During $2500 Razz at WSOP

Poker player Miami John Cernuto collapsed while playing at the $2500 Razz table of the 2009 World Series of Poker Tuesday.

From Pokerati.com:

Apparently he was raking a pot, at first people thought he was asleep, and then someone said I don't think he's breathing ... at which point they kinda poked him, and he fell to the ground felt.

Submitted by Ace King on, Jun/24/2009

UltimateBet’s Matt Graham Grabs Hold of 2nd WSOP Bracelet

Matt Graham is making a habit out of winning WSOP bracelets.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/23/2009

UIGEA Appeals Judges Named: Oral Arguments July 7

The US 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals today announced that it will hear oral arguments from lawyers representing the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA) and the US Depart

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/23/2009

Redemption Through Poker

Particularly to the older generation, poker and gambling are seen as vices for the weak and foolish.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/23/2009

Eastgate vs. Demidov Rematch in the Cards

World Series of Poker Main Event champion and Team PokerStars Pro Peter Eastgate is to take on his 2008 opponent - fellow team member Ivan Demidov, in a unique heads-up charity tournament held onli

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/23/2009

Vanessa Rousso to Shoot Steamy Poker Commercial

Everyone's favorite poker babe and one of this year's Sports Illustrated swimsuit models, Vanessa Rousso, filmed a commercial for the online poker room, PokerSt

Submitted by Jenny Woo on, Jun/22/2009

Daniel Negreanu Catches Phantom Crapper

Poker pro Daniel Negreanu is mad as Hell and not going to take it any more.  It seems u

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/22/2009

Mexico Poker Pro Angel Guillen Wins WSOP Bracelet

Team PokerStars Pro Mexico member Angel Guillen has secured a World Series of Poker bracelet only six months after playing in his first live poker tournamen

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/22/2009

Harrah’s Believes They Will Have Success in Online Gambling

MGM tried and failed to enter the online gambling market several years back.  Like MGM, Harrah's has planned to start offering its Internet gambling product in Europe where it will compete head on

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/22/2009

Jeff Lisandro Pulls a Triple Double at the Rio

Jeff Lisandro became the third double bracelet winner of this year's 2009 WSOP when he took down the $10,000 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 or Better World Championship a couple hours ago def

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/21/2009

Hygiene a Major Problem at This Year’s World Series of Poker

With Twitter, the popular social networking and micro-blogging service, us peons now get a glimpse of what players at the World Series of Poker are really thinking.  And what's the issue they are

Submitted by Ace King on, Jun/21/2009

Positive Thinking Helps Hellmuth at WSOP

11-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, Phil Hellmuth, admits that negativity has gotten in the way of his poker play.  The past few days, Hellmuth has posted positive thoughts on

Submitted by Ace King on, Jun/21/2009

Check Problems Continue at Online Poker Sites: Stars, Full Tilt

It's been over two weeks since news first broke on the Gambling911.com website that the US Government had froze funds belonging to online poker giants:  PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker.   The hea

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/20/2009

UltimateBet's WSOP 50 Package Guaranteed - June 21st @ 17:30ET

UltimateBet.com ("UB") is gearing up to hand out at least 50 Main Event seats tomorrow in their World Series of Poker ("WSOP") *50 Package Satellite, a $530 buy-in event schedul

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/20/2009

Poker Stars Hit Hardest by Asset Freeze

PokerStars is the poker site hit the hardest by US authorities' squeeze on payment channels, according to data provided by monitoring site PokerScout.com.

Traffic to PokerStars was down 7% since 1 June, as the effect of the asset freeze by federal prosecutors of US poker player accounts, reported on EGRmagazine.com, begins to reveal itself.  

The main beneficiaries of the drift of US players away from PokerStars since the start of the month would appear to be Full Tilt and Cake Poker, where traffic was up 3% for both.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/19/2009

Kentucky Asks for More Time in Online Gambling Case

The Commonwealth of Kentucky has asked an Appeals Court for more time to respond in a highly publicized case concerning its failed attempt to seize 141 online gambling domains.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/19/2009

Is Phil Hellmuth Cursed?

He has more World Series of Poker bracelets than any of his peers, but these days Phil Hellmuth is lucky if he can get his hands on a Cubic Zirconia ring....though he might be better off with a Cru

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/18/2009

iMEGA Chief: Abolishing UIGEA Could Take Years

Gambling911.com's Jenny Woo continues her interview with iMEGA.org founder, Joe Brennan, Jr., where he discusses the likelihood of a long drawn out process to ultimately abolish the Unlawful Intern

Submitted by Jenny Woo on, Jun/18/2009

Poker Affiliates Programs VP in Hot Water

The new VP of Marketing over at Poker Affiliate Programs has apparently gotten off on the wrong foot. 

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/18/2009

2009 Poker Hall of Fame: A Case for Tom McEvoy

Tom McEvoy, one of the longest standing members of Team PokerStars Pro, has stood the test of time in the poker industry and would be one of the most deserving players to be nominated to the 2009 P

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/18/2009

Microgaming and Unibet Announce Maria Poker

Microgaming (www.microgaming.com), the world's largest provider of online gaming software today announced it will power Maria Poker, Unibet's newest brand

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/18/2009

iMEGA Chief to be on XM Radio’s Me & Vinnie Friday

iMEGA chairman Joe Brennan Jr. will be on the "Me & Vinnie, with Vinnie Politan"  program, on the Sirius/XM satellite radio network, Friday June 19th @ 7 a.m. EST.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/18/2009

Doyle Brunson Says Peter Eastgate Can Kiss His Butt

Poker legend Doyle Brunson isn't exactly happy with last year's World Series of Poker main event winner, Peter Eastgate.

Submitted by Ace King on, Jun/17/2009

Seized Online Poker Funds Now Up To $40 Million

Gambling911.com can reveal that the total amount of seized monies from the two largest online poker rooms, PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, has now reached $40 million.

Gambling911 sources informed us that a few banks voluntarily froze another $10 million in funds over the past few days following news that the US Attorney out of New York froze $30 million transferring through payment processors on behalf of PokerStars and Full Tilt.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/17/2009

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