Schoolteacher, poker columnist, and poker aficionado Ian Simpson had a pretty good Sunday this past weekend. Not only did Simpson make the final table of the Irish Poker Open for the second straight year, he went on to win what is one of the most prestigious tournaments inRead Full Article

Legalized online poker is ready to launch any day now in Nevada, and one of the licensed online poker rooms, Ultimate Poker, has just made a bit of history, inking poker superstar Antonio Esfandiari to a sponsorship deal; making him the first poker player to represent a USRead Full Article

Every day the poker world is inundated with more news, reports, and gossip, than any of us can read. At PokerNewsBoy.com we understand that there are only so many hours in the day, and only so much time you can set aside to follow all of the storiesRead Full Article

Every day the poker world is inundated with more news, reports, and gossip, than any of us can read. At PokerNewsBoy.com we understand that there are only so many hours in the day, and only so much time you can set aside to follow all of the storiesRead Full Article

In 2012 a district court in New York dismissed a case against Lawrence DiCristina, who hosted a home poker tournament at his business. DiCristina was originally charged with violating the 1955 Illegal Gambling Business Act (IGBA) but was found not guilty when judge Weinstein’s decision was rendered inRead Full Article

From April 12th through the 15th, 2013 the Anthony Holden-led International Federation of Poker (IFP), an organization looking to put poker on the same “mind-sport” footing as Go, Bridge, and Chess, will host their second major Duplicate/Match Poker tournament. In 2011 the IFP hosted the Nations Cup (wonRead Full Article