Poker
Holiday Greetings From Poker Pro Doyle Brunson
DOYLISM OF THE DAY: "A minute of thought is worth more than an hour of talk."
High Stakes Poker Player Rebounds After Brutal Month
After having an absolutely brutal first month of December where the online poker high stakes player Ziigmund registered over $1.4 million in
Why an Online Card Room Folds
Internet poker room Zosoz (www.zosoz.com), which went out of business this week just two months after going online, most likely had cash flow problems that caused it to fold.
Boris Becker Will Face Off in Battleship Poker Challenge
PARADISE ISLAND, BAHAMAS Six time Grand Slam winner Boris Becker will face off against four North American PokerStars qualifiers in a heads-up Battleship-style match during the 2009 PokerStars Cari
Leyden, Fleischaker Lauded for Kentucky Gambling Fight
The Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association has taken center stage in the fight to ensure online poker and sports betting become one's legal right. Juggling a federal and state a
Opportunity to Win Big Prizes for Christmas in Charity Poker Tournament
UltimateBet today announced the AUFA Charity Xmas Bonanza, a charity poker tournament slated to run this Saturday at 7:30pm ET on the leading online poker site. World poker champion Annie Duke will be playing in the event and all funds raised through the No Limit Hold'em tournament will be donated to Ante Up For Africa, an organization created to raise public awareness and funds for the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. The online poker site has also added a variety of tech toys to the prize pool to make giving even more attractive.
Bluff Magazine Poker Player of The Year to be Determined
Atlanta, GA (December 19, 2008) - After 349 days of play there are only a handful of competitors left in the running for BLUFF Magazine's Player-of-the-Year
Judge Jed Rackoff Presiding Over A. Dikshit Plea
We now know the name of the judge presiding over PartyGaming co-owner Anurag Dikshit's settlement with the US Government. It's the honorable Judge Jed Rackoff. For the 95 percent of Gambling911
Annie Duke Stands By UltimateBet Poker In Wake of Scandal
Despite numerous rumors to the contrary, poker pro Annie Duke revealed to Gambling911.com's own Jenny Woo this week that she is willing to continue to put her name behind
Gus Hansen Crushes Full Tilt Poker Again
Gus Hansen continued his winning ways yesterday during a monstrous run during a $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha game at
Another Online Poker Room Bites The Dust
Online poker room Zosoz (www.zosoz.com) has abruptly shut down, just two months after it opened.
Annie Duke: Jon Kyl Could Have Become Attorney General
In Part Two of Gambling911.com Senior Correspondent Jenny Woo's sit down interview with Annie Duke, the poker pro reveals why she feels it was so important for the industry to elect Barack Obama in
PartyGaming Founder Denies Owning Suitcase Scandal Jet
Representatives speaking on behalf of PartyGaming co-founder, Ruth Parasol, have flatly denied that Great Britain's 79th richest woman had any ownership in a plane used to transport US$8
World Series of Poker Academy New Cash Game Academy
While winning is how poker players earn their fame, it is cash game play where they earn their living, and beginning in 2009, the World Series of Poker Academy, poker's premier se
Dikshit is Fully Cooperating With US Authorities
The Financial Times is reporting that PartyGaming founder Anurag Dikshit has appeared in the Southern
Annie Duke Talks Darfur With Jenny Woo
Annie Duke sat down with Gambling911.com Senior Correspondent, Jenny Woo, to talk about how intertwining poker and charities can be a great thing.
The amount of money that Annie and many others in the poker community have raised is outstanding and they're not close to being done. I've never met someone who is more passionate and dedicated about so many great causes. She did however express to me that she would be getting back out there and "start being a poker player again." Watch out poker world! That's all I've got to say.
Poker Portal Owners On US Government List?
On a recent trip back from Brussels I found myself being ushered into that dreaded "US customs interrogation room". It goes something like this: You hand your customs form over to a p
Somach: The Poker Players Alliance Is A Toothless Tiger
Writing in his column that appears at PokerHelper.com, San Francisco Chronicle writer and frequent contributor to the Gambling911.com website, Thomas Somac
Salvatore Bonavena is First Italian to Win EPT
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, December 15, 2008 -- The PokerStars European Poker Tour had its first ever Italian winner last night when PokerStars sponsored player Salvatore Bonavena from Cessaniti, Sout
Clonie Gowen Doesn’t Need Full Tilt Poker
The poker pro and purported part-owner in the world's second largest online poker room, Full Tilt Poker, is winning big....but it ain't at Full Tilt.
Bad Beat Online Poker Jackpot Goes Over $750,000!
The Wass Poker Bad Beat Jackpot is fast closing in on the world record for the biggest in poker history.
PartyGaming Shares Rally Following News of Settlement
Anurag Dikshit Settlement to Open Up Can of Worms
The news that billionaire co-founder of online poker firm PartyGaming, Anurag Dikshit, has settled with the US Government for $300 million was bound to send shockwaves throughout the sector when th
PartyGaming’s Anurag Dikshit to Settle With US Gov for $300 Mil
The billionaire co-founder of PartyGaming,
A Date With Poker Pro Doyle Brunson Will Cost $15K
Nobody said poker legend Doyle Brunson was a cheap date. After all, this is a man whose stable of babes include the likes of Nicky Hilton, Pamela Anderson, Shannon Elizabeth and even Michael Phel
Absolute Poker: Life After Cheating Scandal
In an interview with the Card Player Magazine, Absolute Poker COO Paul Liggett acknowledged he had his work cut out for him after assuming a job with the co
Jenny Woo Interviews The Poker Brat Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth aka "poker brat" took some time out of his busy schedule to sit down with Jenny to discuss the UltimateBet scandal, his involvement with some great charities and whether he
Poker Part of Illinois Governor Scandal
Once again, the game of poker has shown itself to be a vital part of American life by being connected to a big story in the news.
Internet Domain Seizures Challenged in Kentucky Appeals Court
The Kentucky Court of Appeals listened to oral arguments in a suit brought by the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA) to block the seizure of 141 Internet domain names
State of Appeals Hears Kentucky Online Gambling Case
(Associated Press) Kentucky authorities want to seize 140 Internet domain names, saying the web sites bring illegal gambling within the borders of the commonwealth.
Attorneys for a trade association for the gambling web sites countered that Kentucky lacks the authority to make that move because the domain names aren't property and, besides, they are based offshore and beyond Kentucky's jurisdiction.
