Online Poker Rooms

In the first half of 2005, as the online poker boom was really kicking into high gear, PartyGaming generated $412 million in revenues from its poker operations.

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Pokerstars Releases Final 2010 WCOOP Schedule

On July 8th, 2010, Pokerstars released the preliminary schedule for the 2010 WCOOP (World Championship of Online Poker).

Certain information, such as the amoun...

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PokerTableRatings Issues Update on Cake Poker Security Situation

On July 26th, 2010, PokerTableRatings.com (link below) issued a security alert titled "Cake Poker Uses Weak Encryption".

According to PTR, Cake Poker was found...

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Cake Poker Releases Statement Re: Security Vulnerability

On July 27th, PokerTableRatings.com posted a security alert in which they claimed that Cake Poker was using a "weak" method of encryption.

Despite claiming tha...

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PokerTableRatings Issues Security Alert For the Cake Poker Network

PokerTableRatings.com (link below) issued a security alert earlier today for the Cake Poker Network titled "Cake Poker Uses Weak Encryption".

In the alert, PTR...

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Pokerstars Releases 2010 WCOOP Schedule

A few hours ago, Pokerstars released the schedule for the 2010 WCOOP (World Championship of Online Poker).

The first event will take place on Sunday, September...

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David Williams, Vanessa Selbst Ink Deals With Pokerstars

According to Pokerstars, David Williams and Vanessa Selbst have both agreed to become the newest members of "Team Pokerstars: Pro".

An official announcement fr...

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Lacey Jones Inks Full Tilt Poker Deal, Jason DeWitt Prevails And More

1. Lacey Jones Inks Full Tilt Poker Sponsorship Deal.

In late May, Lacey Jones announced that she was parting ways with Absolute Poker after spending a number ...

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Cereus Continues to Try To Plug Its Security Holes

The strange dance between PokerTableRatings.com and the Cereus poker network continues.

On May 6th, 2010, PokerTableRatings.com published an article titled "PT...

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Full Tilt Poker Signs Annette Obrestad

According to a Full Tilt Poker press release circulated earlier today, Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad is now a Full Tilt Poker Pro.

This is perfect timing for F...

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Pokerstars Makes Changes To 2010 SCOOP Schedule

The 2010 SCOOP (Spring Championship of Online Poker) on Pokerstars has just gotten even better.

Pokerstars released the preliminary schedule for the 2010 SCOOP...

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Pokerstars Releases 2010 SCOOP Schedule

Pokerstars released the schedule for the 2010 SCOOP (Spring Championship of Online Poker) earlier today.

The tournament series will run from May 3rd to May 16t...

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A Big Weekend Approaches For Both Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker

This is shaping up to be one of the biggest weekends of the year for the poker world, as both Full Tilt Poker and Pokerstars are hosting some very big tournaments.

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Clonie Gowen's Civil Suit Against Full Tilt Poker Dismissed

According to Pokernewsdaily.com (link below), Clonie Gowen has been denied in her civil suit against Full Tilt Poker (and its related companies) by a United States District Co...

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2010 Pokerstars SCOOP Schedule Should Be Released Soon

Pokerstars should be releasing the schedule for the 2010 SCOOP (Spring Championship of Online Poker) soon, most likely within the next week or so.

Many people ...

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Pokerstars To Launch The NAPT (North American Poker Tour)

Earlier today, Pokerstars officially announced the formation of the NAPT (North American Poker Tour).

The tour, as of now, officially has three events for 2010...

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Full Tilt Poker Releases FTOPS XV and MiniFTOPS XV Schedules

Full Tilt Poker recently announced that FTOPS XV will be taking place from February 10th - 23th, while MiniFTOPS XV will be running from March 10th - 21st.

FTO...

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Pokerstars Trying to Break The World Record For Largest Ever Online Poker Tournament - Again

On Sunday, December 27th, Pokerstars will be attempting to once again break the record for largest ever online poker tournament.

Pokerstars is currently listed...

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Players Flock to Full Tilt Poker and Pokerstars on Sunday

It was a big day for both Full Tilt Poker and Pokerstars on Sunday, as players flocked to both sites to participate in multiple mega-field tournaments.

Full Ti...

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Tom "durrrr" Dwan Becomes Member of "Team Full Tilt"

Tom "durrrr" Dwan is now officially a member of "Team Full Tilt" on Full Tilt Poker.

Prior to today, Tom Dwan, who is described by Full Tilt Poker as a "legend...

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FTOPS XIV, Phil Ivey Odds and More

1. FTOPS XIV. The 14th edition of the FTOPS (Full Tilt Online Poker Series) gets underway later today (November 4th).

The series will kick off at 21:00 ET with...

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Party Poker Revenues Falling Off a Cliff

PartyGaming, which is the parent company of Party Poker, recently released an "interim management statement" for the third quarter of 2009.

The company had tot...

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Yevgeniy "Jovial Gent" Timoshenko Wins WCOOP Main Event

Yevgeniy "Jovial Gent" Timoshenko, fresh off of his victory in the WPT Championship just a few months ago, took down another major poker championship early Tuesday morning aft...

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2,144 Players Turn Out for 2009 WCOOP Main Event

2,144 players of varying skill levels have registered for the 2009 WCOOP (World Championship of Online Poker) main event on Pokerstars, which means that the $10 million dollar...

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Weekend WCOOP Wrap-Up

There were a number of big WCOOP events this past weekend, including the $25,500 "High Roller" Match Play event and the $1,050 2-Day NLHE event.

Let's start wi...

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Europeans Dominate Weekend WCOOP Events on Pokerstars

It was a big "Labor Day" weekend on Pokerstars as the 2009 WCOOP kicked into high gear.

There were a total of eight WCOOP events this weekend, with most of the...

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Huge Turnout For First Two WCOOP Events

The 2009 WCOOP (World Championship of Online Poker) got off to a strong start on Thursday evening, as the prize pools of the first two events easily surpassed their guarantees...

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Poker Revenues Way Down at PartyGaming

I never thought that I would see the day when PartyGaming would rake nearly as much from their casino operations as their poker business.

There was a time when...

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FTOPS XIII Off To a Strong Start

Seven FTOPS XIII events have now been completed, and so far the turnout for the tournament series on Full Tilt Poker has been quite strong.

If you'll remember,...

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Two New Bonuses at Pokerstars

Pokerstars doesn't have many flaws - they are the largest online poker network in the world (by far) for good reason.

However, two of the biggest complaints th...

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Full Tilt Poker Unleashes Major New Update, Bonus Offer

Full Tilt Poker released another major software update early Thursday morning, just a few short weeks after a problem-plagued update that left many people unable to play on th...

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Pokerstars Sets New World Record for "Largest Online Poker Tournament"

Earlier today, Pokerstars once again broke the record for "Largest Online Poker Tournament".

65,000 players turned out for the $1 ($130k Guaranteed) tournament...

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"Tentative" 2009 WCOOP Schedule Released

The "tentative" schedule for the 2009 Pokerstars WCOOP (World Championship of Online Poker) was released on Pokerstarsblog.com (link below) earlier today.

Accor...

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Full Tilt Poker $25k Heads-Up Championship Field Taking Shape

The second edition of the $25k NLHE Heads-Up Championship on Full Tilt Poker will be taking place this weekend.

Defending champion David Singer is currently reg...

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210k Overlay in FTOPS Main Event

Bad news for Full Tilt Poker. Good news for the 4,581 entrants in the FTOPS main event.

The FTOPS (Full Tilt Poker Online Poker Series) main event had 4,581 to...

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$25k Heads-Up World Championship Returns To Full Tilt Poker on May 23rd

Many of the best poker players in the world will be squaring off against each other next weekend as the $25,000 Heads-Up Championship returns to Full Tilt Poker.


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PartyGaming Agrees to Non-Prosecution Agreement with U.S. Authorities

PartyGaming CEO Jim Ryan announced in a conference call that his company has entered into an agreement with U.S. authorities.

Under the terms of the agreement, ...

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The SCOOP Proving To Be a Huge Hit With Players So Far

The SCOOP (Spring Championship of Online Poker) series at Pokerstars has already proven to be a huge hit with players, with a number of the tournaments absolutely smashing the...

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Pokerstars' SCOOP (Spring Championship of Online Poker) Begins This Week

The first ever Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) is getting underway at Pokerstars later this week.

The event is set to kick off on April 2nd (Thursd...

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"durrrr" Challenge Update - Patrik Antonius vs Tom Dwan Match Finally Starts

After months of build-up, the first "durrrr" Challenge finally got underway early Wednesday morning.

The first challenge pits Patrik Antonius against Tom "durr...

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Poker After Dark, Jamie Gold, Pokerstars 25 Billionth Hand and More

1. Poker After Dark: Nets vs Vets. "Team Cardrunners" will do battle with a trio of seasoned poker veterans this week on "Poker After Dark".

"Team Cardr...

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More Problems at Ultimatebet

I can't even believe this.

I mean, I believe it - but I still can't believe it.

Here is the story:

Sometime early Saturday morni...

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PartyGaming Soars on Settlement Talk

PartyGaming turned in one of its strongest days ever as a publicly traded company on Tuesday, soaring over 27% to close the session at 176.50.

This was an even...

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SCOOP (Spring Championship of Online Poker) Coming to Pokerstars in the Spring of 2009

Details are hard to come by at this point, but one thing is for sure - Pokerstars is planning on hosting a tournament series this spring.

The name of the event ...

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"Hearts13" Living the Dream on Ultimatebet; Wins Bad Beat Jackpot, Goes on Major Heater

When "Hearts13" logged onto Ultimatebet late Sunday night, he thought it was just going to be another regular session. Little did he know that his life was soon about to compl...

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Second Round of Refunds Underway at Ultimatebet

The second round of refunds to players "adversely affected" by the Ultimatebet "superuser" scandal are currently underway, according to multiple sources.

As par...

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Full Tilt Poker Unveils Matrix Tournaments

Full Tilt Poker introduced a new style of Sit and Go earlier today when they officially launched their "Matrix Tournaments." The new style is certainly interesting (and a bit ...

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Duplicate Poker Has Closed Its Doors

Duplicate Poker has suddenly shuttered their operations, blaming the "global financial situation" for their demise.

If you visit their web site, you will be gre...

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Report: Russ Hamilton Said to Be Main Figure Behind Multi-Million Dollar Ultimatebet Scam

The Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) released the initial findings of an audit being conducted by Frank Catania Sr. of Catania Gaming Consultants today. Russ Hamilton, former...

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Pokerstars Bans A Number of Players Linked to JJProdigy

Will the "JJProdigy" saga ever die?

Pokerstars recently took the step of banning a number of players with close ties to Josh "JJProdigy" Field, including "gbma...

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Huge Prize Pools So Far in the 2008 WCOOP

Some eyebrows were raised when Pokerstars announced its schedule for the 2008 WCOOP (World Championship of Online Poker). Some thought that the $30 million dollars in guarante...

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Mats Sundin Signs with Pokerstars

It's not the contract announcement that many hockey fans were expecting from Mats Sundin. Instead of signing with the Canucks or the Maple Leafs or the Islanders, the 37 year-...

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Year Over Year Poker Network Traffic Numbers

Pokerscout (link below) recently released their Weekly Online Poker Traffic Update. In their report, Pokerscout included data of the Year over Year change in traffic for the m...

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Some Interesting Information From PartyGaming's Interim 2008 Results

PartyGaming released their interim results from the first half of 2008 a few days ago. As always, there is plenty of interesting data and information buried deep within the pa...

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Chan Poker Shutting Its Doors

Chan Poker Customer Support issued a statement earlier today, informing their customers that the site will be shutting down on August 21st.

Effectively immediat...

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Natalie "TheV0id" Teltscher Drops Lawsuit Against Pokerstars

Natalie "TheV0id" Teltscher agreed to drop her lawsuit against Pokerstars after the company produced evidence that undeniably showed that Ms. Teltscher hadn't been playing on ...

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Ultimatebet Wraps Up Its "Superuser" Scandal Investigation

Tokwiro Enterprises ENRG issued a press release this past weekend, announcing that they had now concluded their "superuser" scandal investigation. The full press release can b...

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Ladbrokes Poker Million VII Details Released

Ladbrokes recently released details regarding their Poker Million VII television show, which features a mix of celebrities, professional poker players and amateurs, all gunnin...

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Ultimatebet "Superuser" Scandal Continues to Grow

If you thought that the Ultimatebet "superuser" scandal had been settled and forgotten about, think again.

Things have really picked up in intensity this weeken...

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Ultimatebet Reveals That Cheating On Its Site Began in January of 2005

Ultimatebet issued another statement today in regards to the NioNio "superuser" scandal.

First off, UB revealed more usernames that were used in the cheating of...

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Eric "Rizen" Lynch Pulls Out of His Deal with Ultimatebet

Eric "Rizen" Lynch recently announced on his blog that he had resigned from Ultimatebet and would no longer be playing on their site, or promoting their brand.

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2008 WCOOP (World Championship of Online Poker) Schedule Released by Pokerstars

Pokerstars released their 2008 WCOOP (World Championship of Online Poker) schedule earlier today. The schedule features 33 different events, $30 million dollars in total guara...

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Full Tilt Poker Unveils New High Stakes Tables

Full Tilt Poker unveiled four new high stakes cash game tables on Monday. All four of the tables were obviously suggested by newly signed Patrik Antonius, as he has a reserved...

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More Player Signings - Patrik Antonius to Full Tilt Poker, Kathy Liebert to Pokerstars

More Player Signings - Patrik Antonius to Full Tilt Poker, Kathy Liebert to Pokerstars

Two participants of the $10,000 Pot Limit Hold'em final table were offici...

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PartyGaming Reportedly On Verge of Huge Settlement with the Department of Justice

The New York Post reported on Saturday that PartyGaming PLC (parent company of Partypoker.com) may be close to a settlement with the United States DoJ.

Rumors s...

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Ultimatebet Releases Statement Regarding "Unfair Play" on Their Site

Tokwiro Enterprises ENRG, owners of Ultimatebet.com, released a statement today confirming that "superuser" accounts had been operating on the site between March 7, 2006 and D...

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Resolution of Ultimatebet Cheating Situation Coming Soon?

According to multiple sources within the industry, Ultimatebet will be releasing a statement shortly (most likely Thursday) regarding the allegations of cheating on their site...

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Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy Signs On To Become an Ultimatebet Pro

Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy has inked a deal with Ultimatebet.com to become an "UltimateBet Pro", joining the likes of Shawn Rice, Scott Ian, Gary "Debo34" DeBernardi and Mark "...

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Can Jim Ryan Turn Things Around for PartyGaming?

In case you didn't hear, PartyGaming announced yesterday that they had hired a new CEO. His name is Jim Ryan, and he has a wealth of experience in the industry. According to h...

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Pokerstars Issues Statement Regarding eCheck Problems

Pokerstars issued a statement today that dealt with the issue of delayed eCheck cashouts. Many Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker customers have been waiting weeks for their eChec...

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Echeck Situation Still Unresolved?

We promised last week that we would keep on top of this story.

From everyone that I have talked to, the Echeck situation for American residents is still unreso...

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"dhc2lovr" Wins Bad Beat Jackpot On Ultimatebet Twice in a Month and a Half?

I received an interesting email from a reader of this site tonight. It said:

"Google the current Bad Beat Jackpot winner on Ultimatebet," the email said. "Notic...

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Some Interesting Data From Partygaming's Annual Report

Most of Partygaming's 180-page plus, 2007 annual report was some pretty dry reading, as you can probably expect.

However there were extremely interesting nugget...

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Pokerstars To Hold a $1 Million Turbo Takedown on the Last Sunday of Each Month

In mid February, Pokerstars held a two million dollar Turbo Takedown event. The event featured two million dollars in total guaranteed prize money, with the top 4000 finishers...

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ECheck Problems Abound Right Now

After EPassporte quickly decided to stop processing poker transactions last month, many North American residents decided to switch to EChecks. The major poker rooms, including...

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Ultimatebet Trying To Win Back Old Customers

Ultimatebet is taking steps to try and win back some of the customers that have defected to other sites, especially over the past couple of years.

Ultimatebet h...

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Full Tilt Poker Announces New "Plan" To Solve Cardrunners / FTP Partnership Issue

In case you haven't been following this story, here is what has taken place so far:

1. FTP and Cardrunners sign a deal that will see members of "Team Cardrunner...

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"Team Cardrunners" Signs Deal with Full Tilt Poker

Full Tilt Poker and Cardrunners.com have inked a deal that will see a number of the top young poker players in the world join the Full Tilt Poker pro roster.

A...

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Can Partygaming Pull Out of Its Tailspin?

These are not happy times for Partygaming (Party Poker, Party Casino) right now.

Bad news continues to pile up for the company that was once on top of the onli...

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Jonathan "Fieryjustice" Little Fired by Full Tilt Poker

Just a few short months after signing a sponsorship deal with Full Tilt Poker, Jonathan "Fieryjustice" Little has been let go by the company for "violating their terms and con...

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Full Tilt Poker Launches Their 2008 World Series of Poker Promotions and Satellite Events

Full Tilt Poker have announced their promotions for this year's World Series of Poker. Starting this week, you will be able to qualify for a number of different WSOP events th...

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Full Tilt Poker Announces Tournament Dollars (T$), Auto Top-Up for Cash Games and More

Full Tilt Poker have unleashed two major changes to their poker room today: the addition of Tournament Dollars (T$) and an Auto Top-Up feature for cash games. There were also ...

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Betfair Signs Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi To Sponsorship Deal

Betfair announced today that they had signed another piece of their "New World Order in Poker" by inking Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi to a sponsorship deal. Betfair now has two of p...

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Full Tilt Poker and Other Gambling Properties the Target of DDoS Attacks

For the past couple of days, many online poker and casino properties have suffered outages. Full Tilt Poker was probably the most visible of these outages, as their web site w...

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A Huge Sunday Approaches on Both Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker

Sunday, February 17th will be one of the busiest days EVER in the history of online tournament poker. There are so many big events taking place on Sunday that I don't even kno...

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Pokerstars to Run "$2 Million Dollar Turbo Takedown" on February 17th

Do you have some spare FPP's lying around in your Pokerstars account, and you aren't quite sure what to do with them?

If so, Pokerstars has a tournament just fo...

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Superbowl? What Superbowl? Traffic on Pokerstars Still Extremely Strong on Superbowl Sunday

Many people were speculating that some events on Pokerstars, especially the Sunday Million, would have an overlay today due to many people choosing to watch the Superbowl inst...

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Pokerstars Offering One Lucky American Player The Chance to Play in the National Heads-Up Poker Championship

Is it your dream to play poker heads-up against the likes of Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu? Do you dream of the day that you can play on national TV against som...

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Partypoker's Grip on the Online Poker Market Continues to Weaken

There was a time, not too long ago, when Party Poker seemingly had a stranglehold on the global online poker market. There was a time, believe it or not, when other rooms such...

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Full Tilt Poker Releases FTOPS 7 Schedule

Full Tilt Poker has released the schedule for FTOPS VII. According to their site, there will be twenty events and $10 million dollars in guaranteed money. The main event will ...

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Pokerstars Gives the Middle Finger to UIGEA and Online Poker Scandals, Sets Player Record

What a year 2007 has been. 2007 started out with nothing but doom and gloom as many people fretted about the future of the online poker industry post-UIGEA. Go back and read s...

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Full Tilt Poker Makes Another Major Bot Bust

A few months ago Full Tilt Poker busted a number of "bots" operating in their mid limit Heads Up Limit games. A substantial amount of money was confiscated from the "bot" acco...

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Sorel "Zangbezan24" Mizzi Takes Down Another High Stakes Showdown on Pokerstars; Full Tilt Poker Signs Scott Fischman to Deal

Sorel "Zangbezan24" Mizzi took down yet another High Stakes Showdown on Pokerstars Sunday afternoon, besting "Dariominieri" to take down the $25k first prize. Other competitor...

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Online Poker Rooms Need to Drastically Change the Way that they Deal with Cheaters

Online poker rooms need to realize that there just isn't enough currently done to deter people from cheating. We are living in a very materialistic society where money is ever...

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Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi Banned from Full Tilt Poker?

The online poker world tonight is buzzing about the revelation that there has been another cheater caught in a high profile online poker event.

Let's rewind ab...

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Partygaming's CEO Forecasting a Brighter Future for the Company?

If you read the title of this article, you may think that the CEO of Partygaming, Mitch Garber, had spoken about his company at an investment conference. However, Garber seems...

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Full Tilt Poker Introduces the "Knockout" Tournaments

I have to say, Full Tilt Poker does a pretty good job when it comes to introducing new and interesting tournament formats to their site. Full Tilt realizes that you always nee...

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Full Tilt Poker Signs Scott "BigRiskky" Clements and Jon "FieryJustice" Little to Sponsorship Deals

Full Tilt Poker continues to sign some of the brightest young poker talent to sponsorship deals, this time inking Jon "Fieryjustice" Little and Scott "BigRiskky" Clements to d...

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Online Poker Takes a Licking But Keeps on Ticking

In terms of news flow, the last year or so has been absolutely disastrous for online poker.

First you had the UIGEA being snuck into the SAFE Port Act.
...

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So Party Poker Might Be Returning to the United States?

When you read the title of this article, you probably said to yourself, "Yeah right, stop teasing me."

When the first person that I trust in this industry told...

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Absolute Poker News and Notes

There has been a lot of new activity in regards to the Absolute Poker story since we last wrote an article. The story is breaking fast and new pieces of the puzzle seem to be ...

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Absolute Poker to Submit to Third Party Audit; Former CEO to Be Investigated

Absolute Poker has issued a statement tonight in regards to the many new allegations that have been made against their site over the past 48 hours.

Absolute Po...

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Absolute Poker: Going, Going..

The Absolute Poker controversy keeps getting more wild by the day.

So when we last left you, Absolute Poker had issued a statement denying that anyone had acce...

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Pokerstars WCOOP Champ "TheV0id" Is Disqualified and Banned

Pokerstars has officially brought down the judgment regarding the WCOOP cheating scandal and it is not good news for "TheV0id." "TheV0id" has now officially been disqualified ...

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The Absolute Poker Situation Heats Up Once Again

Actually, the situation with Absolute Poker hasn't just heated up - it has exploded.

So when we left the story earlier today, Absolute Poker had posted an offi...

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Absolute Poker's Response to the "Superuser" Account Controversy: The Aftermath

In case you didn't hear, Absolute Poker finally released an official response to the entire "superuser" account matter. For those who don't know, there are many people who bel...

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Absolute Poker Releases Official Statement

Through Mark Seif's blog on Bluff Magazine, Absolute Poker has finally released an official statement. What do you think? Are you satisfied with their responses? First, here i...

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The Latest Email From Pokerstars in the "TheV0id" / WCOOP Matter

We said that we would keep everyone right up to date, and that we would post anytime we heard anything. Well here is the latest email that we received from the Pokerstars Supp...

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The Pokerstars WCOOP Investigation Continues

I wasn't going to write about the Pokerstars WCOOP investigation tonight, but there are a lot of rumors going around so I thought that I would write this article to let every...

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Party Poker: We're For Sale

In an interview at the EIG 2007 I-gaming conference, PartyGaming CEO Mitch Garber said that he would be interested in pursuing talks with Las Vegas based casinos regarding a p...

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The Latest on the Absolute Poker and Pokerstars Investigations

Many people are extremely curious as to how the Absolute Poker and Pokerstars investigations are progressing. Neither situation has been resolved as of yet, so we can only tel...

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Again, Why Do Poker Sites Protect the Privacy of Cheaters?

We wrote an article about this a few months back, but it bothers me so much, I'm writing another one.

Why do poker sites insist on protecting the privacy of pe...

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Pokerstars Investigation into Winner of WCOOP Main Event Continues

Pokerstars continues to investigate the winner of the WCOOP main event, "TheV0id", after suspicions of multi-accounting surfaced following the conclusion of the WCOOP main eve...

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Pokerstars Investigating the WCOOP Main Event Champion?

Another scandal in the online poker world?

Or simply a false alarm?

When "TheV0id" took down the main event of the WCOOP for $1.2 million dollars...

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Who Should Full Tilt Poker Sign Next?

As we have said in previous articles, there seems to be a shift occurring in terms of who poker rooms are looking to sign to contracts.

Most of the well-known ...

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It's the Superbowl Weekend for Online Poker as the Pokerstars WCOOP Draws to a Close

The pros are out in full force today on Pokerstars as the WCOOP is drawing to a close.

Today we have the $5k H.O.R.S.E. event taking place as well as the $1k L...

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Full Tilt Poker Continues to Stack Their Roster with Talent, Adds Kaibuxxe to their Team

Full Tilt Poker has added yet another poker phenom to their roster, signing Nikolaus "Kaibuxxe" Jedlicka to a deal.

Jedlicka has burst onto the scene in the pa...

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Full Tilt Poker Adds Some Young Superstars to Their Roster

A few weeks ago, we said that Full Tilt Poker had inked some of the best and brightest talent in the world of poker today to new sponsorship deals.

Full Tilt h...

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Absolute Poker's Response to "Holecard-Gate" Has Been Sorely Lacking

Remember when Curt Schilling, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, was accused of putting fake blood on his sock during the 2004 World Series to play up his injury? He took to the ...

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Full Tilt Poker Makes Major "Bot" Bust

Many Full Tilt Poker players woke up today to find out that they have received emails from Full Tilt Poker, informing them that they would be receiving money after FTP managem...

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Bodog Life (www.bodoglife.com) - Picking up Where the Old Bodog Left Off

I have to give credit where credit is due.

I thought that Bodog was in huge trouble when they lost some of their top domains a few weeks ago in a patent disput...

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Online Poker Rooms Looking to Recruit Young Poker Superstars for Their Rosters

The pool of "live" poker pros that don't have a sponsorship deal with one of the online poker rooms is pretty small. Basically, every big name poker player has some kind of af...

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Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad Signs Sponsorship Deal with Betfair

Betfair won the "Annette_15" sweepstakes, signing the young poker phenom to a sponsorship deal. Their timing couldn't be better, as Annette is currently one of the chipleaders...

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Pokerstars E-Checks No Longer Working

Just in time for the WCOOP, Pokerstars has (at least temporarily) removed the option of depositing onto Pokerstars using E-checks.

Over the past few days, we ...

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What Happened to the Big No Limit Hold'em Games on Full Tilt Poker?

For a few month period, anytime you logged in to Full Tilt Poker, you were almost assured that there would be a big No Limit Hold'em game going.

However, recen...

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Full Tilt Poker Adds UFC Fighter Matt Hughes to their Roster

Full Tilt Poker has made an interesting addition to their roster, adding UFC star Matt Hughes as a "Friend of Full Tilt."

I am not sure exactly how deep this re...

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Bodog Has a Really Bad Day

When Bodog started experiencing problems yesterday, most people (myself included) just figured that they were having some temporary website difficulties. When the problem pers...

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Pokerstars to Multi-Accounters: This is War

We have been told by several sources high up in Pokerstars that they are going to be devoting "substantially more" resources towards locating and eliminating multi-accounters ...

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Is There a Double Standard When It Comes to Having More Than One Account at a Poker Room?

I was reading Brian "sbrugby" Townsend's blog the other day and a passage jumped out at me. Townsend is currently in the process of rebuilding his confidence after a big downs...

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Flyndra Identified as Pokerstars Millions Cheater; Ambi Also Banned

A few days ago, we told you about how Pokerstars had banned a player that had final tabled their 8/12 Sunday Millions tournament, and confiscated his winnings. At the time we ...

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Cheaters Caught in the Most Recent Pokerstars Millions

With all of the recent talk about strong players taking over accounts for other players late in a tournament, we found it interesting that Pokerstars has busted an account for...

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GBMantis in the Center of a Multi-Accounting Storm

Now, it is important to note before we begin this article that nothing has been proven as of yet, and I am sure that Pokerstars is investigating the matter right now. However,...

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Neverwin Banned Permanently From Pokerstars

It's the end of an era on Pokerstars. Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf has been permanently banned from the site. Woolf first rose to prominence in the high level Limit hold'em games o...

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Full Tilt Poker Needs to Make the FTOPS An Annual Event

I understand why Full Tilt Poker runs the FTOPS 4-5 times per year. Money. However, by running the FTOPS so often, they run the risk of cheapening the event, and making it not...

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Ultimatebet Dying a Slow Death

You know, there was a time where Ultimatebet was by far my favorite site. They had a good mix of tournaments that weren't so overflowing with players that it wasn't a complete...

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Multi-Accounting Brings Down Another Online Poker Player

Just last week, we posted an article that said that multi-accounting was still a huge problem in the online poker world, and some of the biggest and brightest names in the ind...

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Full Tilt Poker Releases Schedule for FTOPS V

It seems as though every day, Full Tilt Poker and Pokerstars go back and forth. First, Full Tilt Poker has a weekly $1k tournament, then Pokerstars follows suit. Then, Pokerst...

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Multi-Accounting Still a Big Problem in Online Poker

After hanging out in Vegas for over a month and talking to just about everyone in the online and live poker world, I came to a number of realizations:


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Pokerstars Makes Two Very Interesting Additions to Their Sunday Line-Up

Pokerstars continues to lead the way in terms of unleashing interesting new tournaments on the public. They have done it again, adding two tournaments to their Sunday line-up ...

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Daniel Negreanu Signs with PokerStars

As we predicted about a month ago, Daniel Negreanu has signed on with Pokerstars.com to become one of their new spokespeople. Any players at Negreanu's current site, FullConta...

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Party Poker Lays the Smackdown on a Number of Its Affiliates

Party Poker has been actively trying to snuff out any affiliates who offer rakeback to their clients over the past year or so, and have taken their battle to new heights over ...

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Pokerstars Introduces the "Super Tuesday"

Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker are certainly battling it out r...

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Party Poker to Sponsor 2007 World Series of Poker

Everyone had just assumed that when the UIGEA was passed, that there would be no poker room advertising at all at the 2007 World Series of Poker. The fact that Party Poker jus...

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Are There Bots on Full Tilt Poker?

There has been quite a deal made over the past week about a post that was made on Two Plus Two. In the post, a frequent player on Full Tilt Poker outlined a pretty solid case ...

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The Five Steps That Full Tilt Poker Can Take to Catch Pokerstars

Ever since Party Poker exited the US market and Ultimatebet faded into oblivion, there has been no doubt as to who the big two are in the online poker market: Full Tilt Poker ...

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Elky First Pokerstars Player to Hit Supernova Elite Status

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, a fixture at the tables on Pokerstars, has become the first player to reach Supernova Elite status.


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How Actionjeff Won the Sunday Millions And Forced Poker Stars to Change Their Terms and Conditions

If you follow the world of online poker fairly closely, you probably read this article and said "Wait, Actionjeff hasn't won the Sunday Millions on Pokerstars!" In actuality, ...

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Why Are Some Pokerstars Checks Bouncing?

These are nervous times for online poker players after the passing of UIGEA. It seems that after American funds were frozen at Neteller, players are always expecting the other...

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The Full Tilt Daily Double: A Fun Way to Play Daily Tournaments

Full Tilt Poker has recently introduced a really cool idea called the Daily Double tournament. If you are in the mood to play something a bit different, then this would probab...

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Is Party Poker Starting to Fade?

You just knew that eventually the robust growth that online poker has been showing in the last few years would start to slow. Being that Party Poker is the industry leader, it...

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Is Party Poker Set to Buy Empire Poker?

Empire Poker's publicly traded shares, which just listed a few months ago, have been going wild the last two days. The reason? Apparently somebody has made a pitch to purchase...

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Party Poker IPO: A Sound Investment?

It appears, barring any last minute regulatory snags, that Party Poker (PartyGaming) is set to go public within the next month on the London Stock exchange. Party Poker, upon ...

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Online Poker: Is it Rigged?

You've probably heard it somewhere before, or thought it yourself after taking an especially bad beat. Is online poker rigged? Are the poker rooms intentionally creating "acti...

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Poker Bots: How Bad of a Problem are they?

Recently MSNBC (link provided at the bottom of this article) had a story regarding poker bots, and how they are "infiltrating" online poker games.

After this a...

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Party Poker Million III: How to Enter for Free

You may have been watching the World Series of Poker being played out on ESPN, or the World Poker Tour on the Travel Channel, and wondering how you can take part in some tourn...

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