Tuesday April 23rd, 2012 will likely soon have its own catchy name if the rumors circulating throughout the poker world are correct, and Full Tilt Poker is being bought by PokerStars. According to the earliest report which appeared on 2+2 Tuesday morning (by an anonymous first-time poster): PokerStarsRead Full Article

Last week saw a number of online gaming outlets posting stories about an imminent sale of Full Tilt Poker, possibly as soon as this past Friday. Well, Friday has come and gone, and there hasn’t been a single word of a deal or progress on a deal; whichRead Full Article

There seems to be some good news for distraught online poker players from around the globe, however, the key word here is seems. Both eGaming Review and Gaming Intelligence are reporting that “sources” are saying a deal between Full Tilt Poker and Groupe Bernard Tapie is imminent; likelyRead Full Article

This past week one of the most well-respected regulatory bodies in poker (the licensing body of PokerStars in fact) The Lotteries and Gaming Authority of Malta issued a statement saying they had sanctioned the Everleaf Poker Network for “irregularities”. From the LGA website: “The LGA Enforcement Unit issuedRead Full Article

It has been quite a busy week in the world of poker, considering another indictment was unsealed, this time against Bodog founder Calvin Ayre; the Epic Poker League’s parent company has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection; and all the while we have the typical poker news likeRead Full Article

I’ve been meaning to get to this article for a couple of weeks now, but with everything else going on in the poker world I simply kept putting it off, but I’ve finally gotten around to the topic of the end of the poker news website Subject: Poker.Read Full Article

After an interview by Groupe Bernard Tapie lawyer Behnam Dayanim to Gaming Intelligence the poker world was abuzz over the revelation that several high-profile members of Team Full Tilt Poker owed the company somewhere between $10 million and $20 million in unpaid loans. However, it was another playerRead Full Article

It may not be legalized and regulated online poker but the ruling by the US Department of Justice this past Friday does pave the way for a total shakeup of the way online poker (and all forms of online gambling) legislation is sought. On Friday the DOJ releasedRead Full Article

Brent Buckley accepted a plea bargain and pleaded guilty on Tuesday to Black Friday related charges.  As such, he became the first person to be convicted in connection with Black Friday.  While this may look like a minor conviction to some, it could mean more than many realize. Read Full Article

While it’s not the first domino to fall in the Black Friday scandal, the recent guilty plea by Absolute Poker co-founder Brent Beckley could very well prove to be one of the most important. According to an AP article that hit the Internet today, Beckley, who is 31Read Full Article