The iPoker Network, the second largest online poker room(s) in online poker, is about to get even larger if the current rumors about them absorbing a fairly large independent online poker room, Everest Poker, are true. The move has not been made official at this point, and noRead Full Article

The final table of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona Main Event was a star-studded affair with representatives from the old school of poker and the new online poker generation in the form of John Juanda and Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies, but the two men would have vastly differentRead Full Article

The World Poker Tour Legends of Poker Main Event was once of the highlights of the WPT schedule, but over the years the tournament has lost its luster, and with shrinking attendance numbers the tournament has reduced its buy-in from $10,000, to $5,000, and last year down toRead Full Article

If you were to ask the poker world earlier in 2012 which was more likely to happen, Groupe Bernard Tapie purchasing and bailing out Full Tilt Poker, or the Laurent Tapie led International Stadiums Poker Tour (ISPT) ever holding an event, my guess is that most of theRead Full Article

This week Lock Poker announced its latest promotion called the Battle of the Knights. The contest will feature two separate leader-boards, one for ring-games, and one for tournaments, and will reward all Lock Poker players with cash-prizes based on the level they attain in the promotion. In all,Read Full Article

In this column PokerNewsBoy.com welcomes guest columnist Johnny Sep of www.podcastvegas.com who collaborated with me on this project. Johnny Sep’s initial thoughts on the Poker Hall of Fame: Every year the buzz begins over who will be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. The Hall of FameRead Full Article

Here is my response to the recent Christian Science Monitor article on poker Phil Hellmuth has blurted out some real doozies over the years, and one of the top lines to ever exit “The Poker Brat’s” mouth was his infamous, “You can’t even spell poker.” Well as itRead Full Article

In her most recent article for www.pokerplayernewspaper.com, Wendeen Eolis talked at length about the Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars deal, but it was one topic in particular that caught the eye of the poker community, which was Eolis’ thoughts and insights into Howard Lederer, citing unnamed friends andRead Full Article

On Tuesday a federal judge ruled that poker is mainly a game of skill and not of chance, potentially changing the legal landscape in the United States both in terms of live poker and online poker. The ruling by Federal District Court Judge Jack Weinstein, who ruled inRead Full Article

The cream rose to the top on Day 2 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event, as two of the biggest names in poker finished one and two on the leader-board at the end of the day. John Juanda will be the chip-leader heading into DayRead Full Article