Jimmy Somemerfeld, founder of Poker Tournament Consultants and storied tournament director, has announced his retirement after turning in a letter of resignation to Caesar’s Entertainment. Sommerfeld broke the story himself on TwoPlusTwo forums and explained the reason for the decision.  He said: I started in the poker business some 18 years ago, because I was a bad 1-5 seven card stud player. Yesterday ,Read Full Article

Dating back to October, and most recently In an article in Poker Players Magazine, gaming law expert I. Nelson Rose has been pointing out that the current darling of the poker world, Representative Joe Barton (R-TX), has somewhat of a history for being a political opportunist, with Rose basically concluding that he is not sold on Barton’s commitment to legalizing and regulating online poker.Read Full Article

It’s that time again; time to vote for the 2011 PokerNewsBoy.com Awards. For 2011 the categories have been streamlined to 10, with 5 Player of the Year Awards up for grabs, as well as five other awards ranging from Poker Moment of the Year to Best Poker Blog. Last year we opened up our voting for the 2010 PokerrnewsBoy.com awards on our forum andRead Full Article

Many people in the poker industry have decried the handling of Full Tilt Poker by their former regulatory agency the Aldernay Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) and it seems that there are some people at the AGCC that would like to get to the bottom of precisely how the AGCC was unable to spot the red flags that were popping-up in regards to Full TiltRead Full Article

One of the most coveted awards that can be bestowed upon a company in the online gaming industry is an EGR Award, presented by the eGaming publication EGaming Review Magazine. This past weekend, the EGR Awards were handed out in 28 separate categories, with the top honors going to William Hill (Operator of the Year) and 888 Poker (Online Poker Operator of the Year).Read Full Article

According to a report at egrmagazine.com (the subscription part of the site), Facebook is preparing to enter the online poker industry in the UK; well preparing to partner with existing online poker sites in the UK by offering to host up to eight online poker companies’ software on the Facebook website. According to the report, Facebook is already in talks with several gaming providersRead Full Article

With the announcement of a new software update that includes making every player on the site anonymous, Bodog has become the first online poker site to take a serious step in deterring data-mining and putting all online poker players on an equal playing field. Bodog has long been an advocate of doing away with data-mining (where professional players can collect data on their opponentsRead Full Article

Another online poker site is apparently running afoul of their regulator, as well as their poker network, as the MicroGaming Poker Network released a statement today stating that 24 Poker has had its license revoked by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission and that the site is now offline. Players looking for details about the revocation of 24 Poker’s license will have to wait, as MicroGamingRead Full Article

In addition to straight news websites, poker enthusiasts also like to know what is going on inside the poker world, following their favorite poker players, personalities, and poker insiders’ blogs, which is where the realmoneypoker.org list of the 65 most popular poker blogs comes in. This list of the 65 best poker blogs is a first of its kind, and a much needed listRead Full Article

It appears we may all have jumped the gun a bit after CNN Money posted an article (that was quickly taken down by the site). A new version of the article was posted on CNN Money on Friday, with some corrections made; corrections that will not sit well with poker players: The editor’s note that accompanies the article pretty much says it all: Editor’sRead Full Article