At the beginning of August a thread appeared on the 2+2 poker forum alleging that Party Poker had abruptly changed its withdrawal policy and was levying a heavy fee on a number of popular withdrawal methods on Russian players. The charges later extended to players in other countries,Read Full Article

The World Series of Poker is in the rearview mirror which means we are now officially back on the tournament grind and all of the hustle and bustle that goes with it. In this week’s edition of the PNB Tournament Report we’ll take a look at some ofRead Full Article

On the official website, www.fulltiltpokerclaims.com, the Garden City Group (GCG) has announced that the claims process will begin on September 16, 2013, with players having 60 days to file their claims. The deadline for filing a submission will be November 15, 2013. Important Update About the Start ofRead Full Article

PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker had high hopes for the recently concluded UKIPT stop in Galway. The Main Event featured an ambitious €1 million guarantee and Full Tilt Poker unveiled their four brand ambassadors for the UKIPT tour at the tournament series. Even the big names from FullRead Full Article

According to a report on Pokerfuse.com a spokesman for the Garden City Group (GCG) has stated that it expects to make an announcement regarding the timetable for Full Tilt Poker payments to US players by the end of this week; very welcome news for US players waiting forRead Full Article

Online streams of live poker tournaments have become a major part of tournament coverage over the past few years, but the poker world has never seen a live stream that can compare to the one currently on display at the Full Tilt Poker website for the UKIPT GalwayRead Full Article

Over at the 2+2 poker forums David Sklansky has been hard at work trying to tinker with some variations on the tried and tested Texas Hold Em, while at my preferred poker forum, pokerforums.org, our resident board game designer has been doing the same. Here are some links to the threads:Read Full Article

Form September 8th through the 29th the focus of the entire online poker world will be squarely on PokerStars, as the world’s largest online poker room hosts the world’s largest online tournament series, the 2013 WCOOP. The 2013 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCCOP) schedule is nowRead Full Article

Either this is a really new feature on the PokerStars website or I fall into a Rip Van Winkleesque slumber and just missed it, but apparently PokerStars has a VIP Club Hall of Fame. If it wasn’t for this article about the newest member of the 5,000,000 VPPRead Full Article

Online Rummy players can take advantage of an exciting new promotion at RummyRoyal.com for the entire month of August, as the site is giving away a free $5, deposited directly into your player account, to anyone who registers a new account. As one of the largest online RummyRead Full Article