While the Player of the Year races for live poker tournaments was one of the closest in history (at both Card Player and BLUFF Magazine) the title of Online Poker Player of the Year at Card Player Magazine was an absolute runaway victory for Jason “jdpc27” Wheeler. Wheeler tallied an impressive 8,076 OPOY Points on his way to the award, besting his nearest competitorRead Full Article

It’s been a busy year in the poker world, and with Black Friday and Full Tilt poker dominating the headlines we’ve decided to take a look at the 10 biggest stories of the year, some of which we almost forgot about ourselves with everything else going on in the poker world! Here is a look at the FIVE biggest stories of the year (readRead Full Article

It’s been a busy year in the poker world, and with Black Friday and Full Tilt poker dominating the headlines we’ve decided to take a look at the 10 biggest stories of the year, some of which we almost forgot about ourselves with everything else going on in the poker world! Here is a look at #10-#6 on our list of the biggest pokerRead Full Article

Since its inception, the BlueFire Poker training site has rarely been mentioned without the name of Phil Galfond being attached, and considering Galfond has been known to charge upwards of four-figures for an hour of coaching you can see why the site would want to focus on their preeminent coach and partial owner. However, on Monday Galfond released a lengthy blog post (which wasRead 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

Just days after Bodog announced all of their poker tables would now be anonymous, the Microgaming Poker Network has apparently decided to follow in their footsteps, announcing yesterday that all of their Heads-Up No Limit Holdem tables, and select other tables at all stakes would be anonymous. I’ve been giving a lot of credit to Bodog for their site-wide anonymous tables, but I shouldRead 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

Not long after announcing they had signed one of the best-known and highly respected online poker coaches in the industry in Dusty “Leatherass” Schmidt to their already impressive roster, BlueFire Poker has once again sent out a major announcement, announcing the formation of their Multi-Table Tournament Coaching Team. Blue Fire Poker is owned and operated by one of the biggest names in poker, PhilRead Full Article

A report last week by the website Subject: Poker regarding possible Department of Justice action against payment processors working in conjunction with the Merge Gaming Network saw the site take a tremendous hit in terms of overall traffic –with pokerscout.com detailing a 25% drop in traffic this past Monday evening, and a 10% drop in week-over-week traffic. However, after the initial panic caused byRead Full Article

On Wednesday Full Tilt Poker released their second statement in recent weeks, this time detailing the current financial plight of the company, and detailing some of the steps the company is taking in order to remedy the situation. The statement was issued to PokerStrategy.com –whereas the first statement was sent to PokerNews.com. The biggest revelation in the statement was the “cost optimization” strategy FullRead Full Article