Last night, PokerStars.com and the European Poker Tour (EPT) hosted a welcoming party at the famed Gravity Bar atop the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, Ireland to usher in the 4th Annual Dublin EPT…
Read more…

continue reading.....

Over 130 online poker players have assembled in Melbourne over the past week, and played their hearts out at the PokerNews Cup. Over 15 different countries were represented among the players, who enjoyed a week of activities and poker…
Read more…

continue reading.....

Annie Duke has lent her star power to many causes over the years, and this weekend, she added another. A Palo Alto non-profit organization called the Decision Education Fund (DEF) added Duke as its newest board member. The foundation is committed to help children learn how to make better…
Read more…

continue reading.....

PokerStars is now offering "steps" tournaments, wherein players can win entry and vacation packages for either the European Poker Tour's PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) or Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) events. The steps system gives players another path into these large buy-in…
Read more…

continue reading.....

Hands that qualify for a bad-beat jackpot are very uncommon, since quad eights are rarely beaten. Two bad-beat jackpots being hit within hours of each other is even rarer, but UltimateBet had just that happen earlier this week. The first jackpot hit at 6:29 a.m. ET on Oct. 25. With $612,393.75…
Read more…

continue reading.....

Online poker is finally seeing some encouraging trends. The reopening of Doyle’s Room is one positive step in the direction of reversing the UIGEA and, according to a notable pro, could be a foreshadowing of things to come…
Read more…

continue reading.....

The final eight players in the PokerNews Cup Main Event returned to the felt at the Crown Casino in Melbourne on Monday. The last six would set the TV final table, with the winner walking away with the $300,000 first-place prize money…
Read more…

continue reading.....

A rare occurrence took place in the online poker majors this weekend. Last week we saw Chris "BluffMagCV" Vaughn take down the Full Tilt $1 Million Guaranteed. This week, it was his turn to take on the PokerStars Sunday Million…
Read more…

continue reading.....

In poker, some players never learn from disaster. In real life, the same is often true. We’ll return to poker, but first, I want to share a true story that happened to me in Lake Tahoe, when I was manager of Yellow Cab in North Shore…
Read more…

continue reading.....

PokerNews continues to expand its global reach with the launch of our brand-new Ukrainian-language website. PokerNews Ukraine is now up and running at ua.pokernews.com and offers visitors a plethora of features in the country’s official…
Read more…

continue reading.....