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It was quite a weekend at Ultimate Poker as the site hosted the Main Event of its inaugural online tournament series, the Ultimate Poker Championship, and on Monday we learned that two Team Ultimate Poker members have decided to leave the site after just a few months.  Ultimate Poker Championship Main Event The first major […]

We are now halfway through the 2013 World Series of poker Europe (WSOPE) tournament series and we’ve already seen two fairly big names claim WSOP gold in the first four events: Jackie Glazier and Jeremy Ausmus. Event #1: €1,100 Ladies Championship – 65 entries It was a small field, but the cream still rose to […]

2013 has been a big year for UK poker pro Chris Moorman and the past couple of weeks have been filled with incredible milestones and mind-boggling records, including his 16th and 17th career PocketFives.com Triple Crowns as well as becoming the first online poker tournament player to eclipse the $10 million mark in career tournament […]

November 25, 2013 at The Roundhouse in Camden, London the 9th annual EGaming Review (eGR) awards ceremony will take place. The eGR Awards are among the most prestigious in online gaming, and this year the ceremony will see some 25 awards handed out in a variety of categories ranging from Operator of the Year to […]

In two weeks the WSOP.com website will host their first online tournament series with $500k in added prize-money: The WSOP.com Online Championships. The Online Championship will feature nine events, including a $100k Freeroll on October 25 that will kick-off the tournament series, with buy-ins ranging from $25 up to $200 for the Main Event. Each […]

According to an article in Bloomberg, Wynn Resorts will get around the requirement in New Jersey that all online gaming providers must have a physical casino in Atlantic City by housing their computers in a Caesars Entertainment property. With the article quoting an unnamed source you might think the idea of a casino essentially leasing […]

He didn’t make the final table of the latest Heartland Poker Tour stop at the HPT Club One Casino Main Event, but with a 13th place showing, and yet another cash on the HPT, Allen Kessler is positioning himself for a shot at the HPT Player of the Year award. Kessler’s 13th place showing is […]

The latest online poker traffic numbers from www.pokerscout.com show a continuation of the trend that has developed over the past few months, with Bodog slowly and steadily putting distance between themselves and the rest of the US-facing online poker providers, while the Revolution Gaming Network’s downward spiral continues. Revolution, which was the #1 ranked site/network […]

After their failure to purchase the Atlantic Club Casino PokerStars set their sights on another New Jersey property, but this time they decided to simply enter into a partnership agreement to offer online gaming through Resorts Casino. However, today we learned that PokerStars plans run far deeper than reentering the online poker market in the […]

In less than two weeks the poker world will descend on Paris, France for the start of the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe. The tournament series will play out over two weeks, with eight WSOP bracelets on the line, including the inaugural Ladies Championship at the WSOPE series. This will be the first year […]