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Nevada is the first state in the US to start the licensing process for online poker operators, and the rush by some two-dozen current online poker providers to secure a Nevada license gives the poker world a clear indication of how lucrative the US market will likely be. The latest company to apply for an [...]

The World Series of Poker Circuit Series hosted its first national Championship last year, where players qualified for the Championship through the WSOPC tournaments throughout the year. Overall the WSOPC National Championship was a success, but the WSOP is looking to make the tournament even more prestigious by allowing players in the Top 100 earners [...]

One of the biggest events on the poker calendar over the past four years has been the Party Poker Premier League, an invitation-only Main Event where some of the biggest names in poker take part in a high-stakes buy-in event. This year marks the fifth anniversary of the Party Poker Premier League, and fittingly the [...]

We are now two months through the 2012 tournament poker season, and the Player of the Year races (there are now three of them thanks to the partnership between PokerNews and the Global Poker Index) are starting to heat-up. Jonathan Duhamel is still maintaining his early lead in two of the three races, but there [...]

PokerStars version of Rush Poker (first launched by Full Tilt Poker and up until recently was considered a patented product; a view that is now being widely challenged) is still in its Beta Testing phase, but all things considered, so far so good for the fast-paced ZOOM Poker that allows players to get in up [...]

WPT Magazine recently announced the winners for their 2011 Reader’s Choice Awards, which gave their audience a chance to vote for their favorite players and tournaments. There were six categories in the voting ranging from Best British Player and Best International Player, to Best UK Card-Room and Best Poker Forum. As with all Reader’s Choice [...]

From March 15, 2012 to March 25, 2012 PokerStars will be running a brand new tournament series geared towards the site’s lowest-limit players, called the MicroMillions. Over the 11 days of the MicroMillions tournament series PokerStars will be hosting 100 separate events, with buy-ins ranging from a mere $.10 + $.01 (yes that’s 11 cents) [...]

Since the outset the Epic Poker League has been about as polarizing as their Commissioner, Annie Duke. While Duke stated over-and-over in every interview where the host questioned the solvency of the Epic Poker League that the league has enough initial capital and investors to last into Season 3, it appears what she meant was [...]

I’m sure you’ve heard by now that Calvin Ayre has been indicted, but if you haven’t you can find the story at www.CalvinAyre.com. The Us Attorney’s office in Maryland must have won the office pool for the jurisdiction that can indict Calvin Ayre, considering the Billionaire Internet sports-betting mogul has been thumbing his nose at [...]

On Thursday the World Poker Tour (WPT) announced the creation of the WPT Foundation, “an organization dedicated to utilizing WPT’s unmatched platform to influence positive change in the world.” Initially the WPT Foundation will focus on working with non-profit organizations in the areas of environment, human rights, hunger, and poverty. In a press release the [...]