Even as poker, and online poker in particular, has garnered a lot of mainstream media attention since Black Friday, for the first time (to my knowledge) a major network has decided to look at the fallout from the US shutdown of online poker sites and the subsequent problemsRead Full Article

While few people have shown any interest in accepting the heads-up No Limit Holdem Challenge issued by Daniel “jungleman12” Cates, one player who has never shied away from any type of challenge, Tony G, had this to say when a PokerNews mic was thrust in his face: “Jungle,Read Full Article

Monday was a very long day of poker in Florida (where players can now bet on virtually anything thanks to the 2010 law expanding gambling to everything but volleyball betting it seems), as the 42 players that started Day 3 of the World Poker Tour Jacksonville Main EventRead Full Article

When the 335th player was eliminated from the PokerStars EPT Loutraki tournament only one man remained, the UK’s Zimnan Ziyard. Ziyard entered the final day of the tournament with a solid chip-lead over the rest of the field, and the young UK poker pro managed to use hisRead Full Article

When a single female participant makes the final table of a major tournament it’s usually enough of a story to receive a mention in the wrap-ups, so when three females landed at the final table of the International Poker Federations World Championship, unless President Obama was the winnerRead Full Article

Apparently having signed 2011 World Series of Poker champion Pius Heinz has given PokerStars a little wiggle room when it comes to the worth of their other Team PokerStars from Europe, and two of those players have seemingly been let go by the site: JP Kelly from theRead Full Article

As a new stop on the World Poker Tour –not to mention having the dubious honor of being the first WPT Main Event in the US that will not air on TV—the WPT treated the Jacksonville Championship with very low expectations, pinning a mere $500k guarantee to theRead Full Article

The PokerStars European Poker Tour’s first stop in Greece will not end with the tour crowning its first repeat champion as the final table features a number of anonymous poker players. There is no telling what an EPT title could do for any of the remaining eight players’Read Full Article

Las Vegas Company BBL Enterprises, LLC introduces an innovative online poker tool that will protect an online poker player’s tournament buy-in and entry fee. BubbleProtection.com uses revolutionary technology that creates a new bubble, encompassing an additional 10% of the field.  This radical technology created by Poker Pro LabsRead Full Article

It appears we may all have jumped the gun a bit after CNN Money posted an article (that was quickly taken down by the site). A new version of the article was posted on CNN Money on Friday, with some corrections made; corrections that will not sit wellRead Full Article