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The 2012 World Series of Poker is beginning to take shape, and it appears that the 2012 series could b e one of the most interesting in recent years. In addition to five new bracelet events (including the $1,000,000buy-in tournament) the WSOP has announced a number of major changes including the end of the November [...]

After a week of rumor and speculation that Chris “Jesus” Ferguson was singlehandedly holding up the potential sale of Full Tilt Poker to Groupe Bernard Tapie, the poker world let out a collective sigh of relief on Tuesday when it was announced that Full Tilt Poker and the Department of Justice had agreed to a [...]

It’s been a fairly successful start to the 2012 tournament schedule, with the PokerStars PCA and the Aussie Millions showing why both events are among the most prestigious tournaments in poker. The Aussie Millions featured dozens of tournaments spread across the two-week tournament series, with highlights like the $100k Challenge, the $250k Challenge, and of [...]

The winners of the 2011 European Poker Awards were announced on Wednesday night at a ceremony in Paris, France hosted by 2010 European Poker Award Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Nic Szeremeta, and over the course of the awards’ ceremony the winners were announced in 10 separate categories ranging from Poker Player of the year to [...]

After three starting flights we have the final attendance numbers for the 2012 Aussie Millions, and even though attendance is down from last year, the Aussie Millions fared much better than the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) in the first running since Black Friday. The PCA saw a dramatic drop in attendance, down some 30% [...]

The $100k and up buy-in poker tournaments that have become all the rage over the past two years had, up until the recently concluded $100k Challenge tournament at the 2012 Aussie Millions, been dominated by poker’s biggest names as the elitist of the elites in the world of poker battled their peers for seven-figure paydays.
However, [...]

While all eyes in the poker world are squarely focused on Australia, with the Aussie Millions in full swing and the Australia Poker Hall of Fame inductees announced earlier this week, yet another reason to turn to Australia was announced on Saturday, as 2005 World Series of Poker Champion Joe Hachem revealed he will be [...]

Eight of the biggest high-stakes online Poker Pros from the mid 2000’s have just filed a RICO lawsuit against Excapsa Software (the parent company of Ultimate Bet Poker) in the US District Court of Central California, claiming that during the Super-User scandal that took place from 2003-2008 the site stole roughly $20 million from players, [...]

Despite a 30% decrease in attendance for the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event the tournament series as a whole was quite a success, with Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom capturing his first major tournament title, 2010 WSOP Main Event Champion Jonathan Duhamel overcoming some personal hardships to book over $1 million in prize-money over the [...]

Besides causing utter upheaval in the online poker world, Black Friday has also caused a number of online poker sites and networks to rebrand themselves -whether to thwart the authorities or simply for a fresh start remains to be seen. The latest sites to change their brand were longtime UK bookmaker Victor Chandler, now known [...]