Full Tilt Poker made its long-awaited return to the online poker world in early November, and by December the site was already hosting its popular online tournament series, the Full Tilt Online Poker Series, or FTOPS for short. The series, the 21st running of the quarterly event, wasRead Full Article

On Thursday myself and hundreds of thousands of US poker players with Full Tilt Poker accounts found out that we would soon be able to access our Full Tilt accounts. Unfortunately this access only gives us the chance to view our accounts (which will let players see andRead Full Article

On Thursday PokerStars sent the US Department of Justice (DOJ) the first payment of their $547 million settlement agreement that saw the civil charges dismissed against the site and also lead to PokerStars acquiring the assets of Full Tilt poker, allowing them to repay non-US players while theRead Full Article

On Tuesday the poker world received the news it had been patiently awaiting when PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and the US Department of Justice announced they had come to terms on a deal that would see Full Tilt Poker forfeit its assets to the DOJ who in turnRead Full Article

Chalk up yet another tournament victory for the German’s, as Martin Finger outlasted a very strong field to capture the European Poker Tour Prague Main Event title. The win caps an impressive run for German poker; in early November it was 22 year-old Pius Heinz taking home poker’sRead Full Article

Apparently ESPN felt the ratings for their “live” coverage of the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event this summer were strong enough to warrant the network to adopt the “near-live” format for the Final Table of the WSOP Main Event set to air in early November. ESPNRead Full Article