Earlier this week Calvin Ayre called out the online poker tracking site PokerScout.com, claiming that they were “stealing” Bodog data as part of their collection methods. While it remains unclear what precise methods pokerscout.com uses in their data collection (the site basically keeps statistics on the amount ofRead Full Article

Yes, we know the picture is bigger than usual, BUT IT’S AMANDA LEATHERMAN! Bodog has always been the nonconformist of the online poker world, and this is no more evident than in their choices of sponsored players. Bodog apparently dismisses the idea that signing the top players inRead Full Article

Chalk up yet another US online poker site to the after effects of Black Friday. On Tuesday Bodog announced it would allow its gaming license with Morris Mohawk Gaming to expire at the end of the year, signaling the end of US operations. Long known for thumbing theirRead Full Article

Coming into the 2011 World Series of Poker nobody questioned Eugene Katchalov’s poker playing skills, with millions in live tournament earnings and an excellent record in track record in cash games, Katchalov is considered one of the game’s preeminent players. The one thing that was missing from Katchalov’sRead Full Article

David Williams reignited his career at last year’s $25k World Poker Tour Championship, where he went on to win one of poker’s most coveted titles as well as $1.5 million in prize-money –not to mention landing a coveted Team PokerStars Pro deal soon thereafter—and with just 52 playersRead Full Article

In just a few days time the countries leading poker players, and a host of online qualifiers, will be gathering in London for the latest instalment of PKR Live. The prestigious event is taking place at the Fox Poker Club in London, starting this coming Thursday, and isRead Full Article

Black Friday may still be prominent on the lips of all online poker players in the United States, and the rest of the world for that matter,  and news that many may be jumping ship and thinking of emigrating has not dampened the spirits of the WSOP Officials.Read Full Article

The final table chip-leader at the 2011 PokerStars EPT Grand Finale was the self described poker pro from Venezuela, Ivan Freitez, who despite his solid chip-lead was not the betting-man’s choice to take home the €1.5 million first-place prize-money. But win he did, and Freitez did it onRead Full Article

In a recent Time article, a number of online poker players talked about the options they now face in a post-Black Friday poker world, a world in which the high-stakes action has dried up for US players. Amongst the players quoted in the article are good friends JustinRead Full Article

The final table of the World Series of Poker Circuit Series stop in Chester, PA saw quite a few big names battling it out for the nearly $100,000 in first-place prize-money (plus an entry into the WSOP Circuit Championship that will take place later this month in LasRead Full Article