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Eight players made their way back to the Imperial Ballroom at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas to face off for the 10th largest poker tournament top prize in history.  Also history making was the 1,347 field that assembled to compete for the incredible top prize of $3 million, making it the largest event ever [...]

The fourth edition of the 2009 Aussie Millions has gotten under way at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia.  The event kicked off with a $1,100 no limit hold’em tournament and will feature 18 events in all that will run through January 26.  A number of poker professionals are expected to be in attendance but [...]

Tom "durrr" Dwan isn’t the typical trash talking type of poker player, he is composed and despite his age, mature.  So, in a move that is a bit contrary to his image, Dwan has issued a million dollar challenge, offering up the money to anyone who could beat him.  The challenge involves playing 50,000 hands [...]

Full Tilt has recently released the schedule of events for its Full Tilt Online Poker Series which is set to kick off early next month.  The eleventh Full Tilt Online Poker Series officially gets underway on February 4 with a $216 no limit hold’em tournament featuring a $1 million guaranteed prize pool.  Players can expect [...]

Full Tilt Poker has issued their first official response to the lawsuit brought against them by former employee, Clonie Gowan.  She issued her suit in November 2008 after lengthy discussions between both sides failed.  At the center of her argument, Gowan felt that she was owed money as a part owner of Tiltware, the company [...]

1. Black sunglasses
You cant pull off being a poker player these days without a good pair of sunglasses.

2. Beer
Everyone knows that beer is a mans best friend, wait ” wasn’t it a dog” it doesn’t matter. For this kickass list we’ll just says its beer. Enough said.

3. Secret weapon
Any good brawler knows that the power [...]

The online poker firm PKR.com is now helping to fund new neurological research in an effort to better understand their customers online experiences.  They plan to use the research to shape the poker site’s relaunch which is scheduled for sometime next year.  PKR is working with customer experience consultants, Foviance and are using the benefits [...]

ESPN has announced that beginning Sunday, February 1, it will start airing the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe main event.  The tournament which took place at the Casino at the Empire in the heart of London’s theater district and attracted an impressive 362 entrants, will be aired in eight one hour episodes.  Event play [...]

Today, Titan Poker has announced yet another reward for its loyal players.  Club Titan will offer something for poker players at all levels with various rewards and special tournaments for its members throughout the year.  VIP members also reap the benefit of faster points accumulation, special reload bonuses and loyalty cash bonuses.  Dedicated players could [...]

It’s a common myth that you can’t make good reads and/or spot a “tell” from an online poker player. For those that don’t know, a tell is an involuntary action from a poker player that indicates the relative strength or weakness of his or her hand. A common tell in a poker game would be [...]