After three starting days, each attracting roughly 40 players, the APPT Queenstown Snowfest tournament is ready to combine the remaining players for Day 2 of the Main Event. A total of 71 players are still in the hunt for the nearly $100k NZD that will be awarded toRead Full Article

Prior to Black Friday, PokerStars controlled an estimated 50% of the online poker traffic in the world, with Full Tilt poker a distant second with a further 25% of the online poker traffic. That left a 25% piece of the pie for the hundreds of other online pokerRead Full Article

The hype behind the legalization of online poker in the U.S. continues as many companies stand at the ready in hopes of entering the U.S. market.  I’ve been one that has said since April 15th that legalization is a lot farther off than anyone is anticipating.  Here areRead Full Article

On August 24, 2011 Party Poker will be moving from the “Dealt” method to the “Weighted” method when it comes to determining a player’s contribution to the rake. Although Party Poker does not offer a rakeback program –the most common use of these calculations, and most common reasonRead Full Article

Monday evening, PokerNews.com was able to procure an exclusive statement from Full Tilt Poker regarding the potential investors the site has been in talks with. Right away, when I saw this was an exclusive, I knew the news would not be good for Full Tilt’s players –since goodRead Full Article

After the efforts to pass an online poker bill in California were declared “dead” for the current legislative session by state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, the groups fighting for California residents’ right to play online poker quickly took to the Internet. Steinberg is an online pokerRead Full Article

This past week Full Tilt Poker continued to make headlines for all the wrong reasons. The site that once controlled 25% of the online poker player pool has seen its reputation and standing in the poker world systematically dismantled since Black Friday, with the latest issues affecting theRead Full Article

On August 17th, the world’s leading 3-D online poker room, PKR Poker, celebrated its fifth birthday. The site started out in 2006 with the goal of creating a realistic, fun, and functional online poker experience for its players, and in just five years has managed to become aRead Full Article

With the Epic Poker League’s debut now come and gone I thought I’d take a look at the pros and cons that I’ve noticed about the league from two different perspectives: The League and The Players. In Part 1 I examined the pros and cons for the EPL,Read Full Article

After Chino Rheem’s $1,000,000 win at the inaugural Epic Poker League Main Event you would expect him to be followed to the cashier’s cage by friends and well-wishers, which was in fact the case. However, in addition to Rheem’s friends and family, there was also another group ofRead Full Article