Washington State Senator Margarita Prentice didn’t hold back in a recent interview with ESPN poker columnist Gary Wise when she unleashed some of the most ignorant and inciting comments regarding online poker players. Prentice, who helped lead the way for legislation that turned playing online poker in WashingtonRead Full Article

When Tony G puts his mind to something it’s usually very difficult to deter the poker pro and media mogul. Tony’s latest quest is to own the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event Championship bracelet that Peter Eastgate is auctioning off on EBay to raise money forRead Full Article

German 20-year-old Michael Eiler became the first German to win the EPT since Team PokerStars Pro Sandra Naujoks won EPT Dortmund in season 5 in March 2009. The bolsty young German pushed aside hopes of Negreanu clinching his way back in the All-Time Money List, who fails toRead Full Article

Las Vegas professional poker player Joe Tehan won the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) $5,000 buy-in No Limit Holdem Main Event last night, eliminating the final 7 opponents for a 1st place prize of $725,000. Joe Tehan is an experienced professional poker tournament player with more thanRead Full Article

With less than seven days remaining the bidding for a major piece of poker history is heating up. The 2008 World Series of Poker bracelet Peter Eastgate was awarded for winning the WSOP Main Event is currently up for sale on EBay with the high bid at $45,100Read Full Article

Although the United Kingdom has some of the best laws and taxation policies for online poker players, when it comes to the online gaming sites there are definitely greener pastures than the UK to setup shop. So, the longtime UK sportsbook Betfair is discovering as it toys withRead Full Article

In what appears to be far from concrete data, two psychologists by the names of Paul Fayngersh and Mark Kizelsteyhn asked 73 volunteers from online poker forums to answer a questionnaire covering a number of different topics. At the heart of the research the two were trying toRead Full Article

The World Poker Tour announced via a press release sent on Wednesday that they have signed a 5-year extension with the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California that will keep the Legends of Poker tournament series on the WPT roster through 2015. The Legends of Poker is oneRead Full Article

For anyone unfamiliar with what happened at the Partouche Poker Tour Grand Finale, Ali Tekintamgak was disqualified from the final table of the major tournament when it was uncovered that he was cheating. Tekintamgak would have “fake” bloggers signal him another player’s hole-cards thanks to their unlimited accessRead Full Article

The French online poker site Chili Poker has announced the creation of a US-friendly online poker room that will launch within the next year. The US arm of the Chili Poker gaming empire will feature a subscription-based poker room to conform to current US regulations concerning online gamingRead Full Article