On Day 3 of the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event in Cannes, France the money-bubble was burst, some big names fell by the wayside, and some other big names managed to climb the leader-board, including the chip-leader heading into Day 4 of the tournament, Juan Maceiras of Spain.Read Full Article

Wednesday night the QuadJacks.com podcast Michael Divita was able to tell his side of the story regarding his disqualification from the Epic Poker League Main Event over a 1991 conviction that landed Divita on the Sex Offender Registry. Divita is not an Epic Poker League cardholder, and wonRead Full Article

Poker fans are rightly outraged with the recent news that the upcoming Aldernay Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) hearing regarding Full Tilt Poker will be held in private. Even the Executive Director of the AGCC had harsh words for the decision, which he expressed in a recent statement issuedRead Full Article

By the absolute slimmest of margins Erik Seidel was able to move to the top of the Global poker Index rankings, besting the previous #1, Jason Mercier, by less than a single point! Seidel ended the day with 2,604.55 points while Mercier’s total of 2,604.48 is now onlyRead Full Article

A report last week by the website Subject: Poker regarding possible Department of Justice action against payment processors working in conjunction with the Merge Gaming Network saw the site take a tremendous hit in terms of overall traffic –with pokerscout.com detailing a 25% drop in traffic this pastRead Full Article

On Wednesday Full Tilt Poker released their second statement in recent weeks, this time detailing the current financial plight of the company, and detailing some of the steps the company is taking in order to remedy the situation. The statement was issued to PokerStrategy.com –whereas the first statementRead Full Article

In an overwhelming vote on Wednesday the Massachusetts State Legislature passed a bill that would allow three mega-casinos to be licensed in the state as well as a single slots parlor. Even with 150 or so amendments to vote on, the legislature quickly passed the bill by anRead Full Article

A quick look at the leader-board at the end of Day 2 of the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event reveals an utter domination by European poker players thus far in the tournament, with zero American players in the Top 10 –although there are some major American names lurkingRead Full Article

On Tuesday, I published an article that was very critical of Subject:Poker and their report that the U.S. Department of Justice was going after Merge.  Some of you liked it, and some of you don’t.  However, the most interesting development from this came this morning in the formRead Full Article

Just days after parting ways with three long-time members of Team PokerStars –Tom McEvoy, Dennis Phillips, and Bill Chen—PokerStars has now added a fresher face on the poker scene, signing online poker tournament legend Mickey “Mement_Mori” Petersen to their Team Online roster. The signing comes just a dayRead Full Article