One of the few assets held by the failed Federated Sports + Gaming that people assigned any value to was the Global Poker Index, a patent-pending formula for ranking the best tournament poker players in the world. The Global poker Index (GPI), along with the Heartland Poker TourRead Full Article

World Series of Poker aside there was A LOT of news coming out of the poker world this past week, with everything from the International Stadium Poker Tour (ISPT), the Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars deal, and even an auction for the assets of the Federated Sports +Read Full Article

Pinnacle Entertainment, which happened to be one of the Epic Poker League’s largest creditors, put in the winning bids for both the heartland Poker Tour (at $4.2 million) as well as for the remaining assets of Federated Sports + Gaming including the Epic Poker League, the Global PokerRead Full Article

It would appear that people may have jumped the gun in saying that the Heartland Poker Tour’s original ownership, All-In Productions, got the short-end of the stick after selling their prized possession to the Epic Poker League’s parent company Federated Sports + Gaming, which later went belly-up, owingRead Full Article

In our most recent Friday Wrap, one of the stories we touched on was the Epic Poker League’s Chapter 11 Bankruptcy filing, which Cardplayer Magazine pored over for a hard-hitting expose on how the EPL (controlled by Federated Sports + Gaming) was operating before and after the filing.Read Full Article

Our new weekly article is designed to get everyone caught up on the weekend’s action in the poker world. So whether you’ve been putting in 18-hour sessions at the local card-room, or simply don’t keep tabs on the poker world on the weekends, fear not, we have youRead Full Article

On Tuesday the parent company of the Epic Poker league, Federated Sports + Gaming, filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. The move was announced on the company’s website by one of the principles involved in the Epic Poker League, Jeffrey Pollack. While not a shock to most of theRead Full Article

Bluff Magazine and Card Player Magazine now have some company when it comes to doling out an award for the tournament poker Player of the Year. On Wednesday, PokerNews.com and Federated Sports + Gaming announced they would be creating their own Player of the Year award based onRead Full Article

Another week in the poker world means another Epic Poker League press release; this time the press release has to do with the upcoming TV schedule for the inaugural season of the exclusive poker tour. The Epic Poker League can be seen on two networks, CBS and theRead Full Article

In a press release on Wednesday the Annie Duke and Jeffrey Pollack led Epic Poker League added the final piece of the puzzle as the long awaited debut of the exclusive poker league is just days away, announcing that they have signed a television deal with CBS andRead Full Article