The massive field of 1,529 players battled down to the final table the remaining players were seething to get their hands on the massive $2.2 million first-place prize. One of the players seated among the final eight players –which included some of online poker’s biggest stars—was a familiarRead Full Article

In one of the most infamous online gaming cases in history, David Carruthers,  the former CEO of betOnSports, was sentenced to 33 months in prison for his role in running an illegal gambling operation. Carruther expressed remorse in court, and admitted to violating US laws concerning online wagers.Read Full Article

Longtime poker pro Amir Vahedi, best known for his final table appearance in the 2003 World Series of Poker, where he finished in 6th place after coming to the final table as one of the odds-on favorites, passed away on January 8th from complications with diabetes. Vahedi, oneRead Full Article

TIPS (The International Poker School) launched in autumn 2009 and is operated by some of poker’s most respected names, TIPS enables you to improve your poker skills in a relaxed atmosphere where you can learn from, listen to, talk with and play against a collection of Europe’s most accomplishedRead Full Article

Ilari ‘Ziigmund’ Sahamies Finnish high-stakes poker legend Ilari Sahamies, better known by his Full Tilt Poker alias ‘Ziigmund’, was born in Helsinki in 1983. As a youngster he excelled in sports, particularly soccer and wrestling. As he grew older and became a teenager his interest shifted to theRead Full Article

Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan Tom Dwan is one of the most popular poker players in the world and is best known by his Full Tilt Poker alias ‘durrrr’, under which he has won and lost millions. In this article we take a look at how the young poker proRead Full Article

PokerStars has turned into the master of the regional poker tour: Already sponsoring the Latin American Poker Tour, The European Poker Tour, and the Asian Pacific Poker Tour, the #1 online poker site has now announced the launch of the North American Poker Tour. The initial schedule hasRead Full Article

At a recent awards ceremony held in London, England, the popular online gaming magazine, EGR, handed out 18 awards to the top players in the online gaming world. It was Party Poker who took home the most coveted as Poker Operator of the Year. Party Poker had aRead Full Article

The popular late-night television show which pits high-profile poker players and personalities against each other in theme-based matchups will begin airing soon. Season 6 will have a total of 13 episodes –seven episodes will be 6-handed, winner-take-all, tournaments: and six episodes will be played in cash-game format. ThemesRead Full Article

The Microgaming Poker Network confirmed yesterday that it would be moving away from their “Contributed Rakeback” method to a “Weighted Contributed Rakeback” method. In order to be eligible for rakeback from the weighted method, a player must contribute to the pot in some way: AND the more theyRead Full Article