After Black Friday online poker sites where starting t get bad press with stories coming out like the Full Tilt scandal. However, where Full Tilt had been taking money from players, Lock Poker decided to give back this Christmas. Lock Poker heard about a small Christmas tournament gettingRead Full Article

Well before their attempt to break their own record for the largest online poker tournament in history PokerStars managed to hit the cap they placed on the $1 buy-in/$250k guaranteed tournament. In the end, the tournament saw an impressive field of 200,000 players compete in the historic event,Read Full Article

With the Full Tilt poker saga continuing to unfold, and the beleaguered site trying to deflect some of the blame onto the Aldernay Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) which revoked the site’s license last week, the AGCC decided to release a statement to help aid players looking with disputesRead Full Article

Hours after the first whispers of a deal to purchase the ailing online poker room Full Tilt poker hit the Internet, iGamingFrance.com landed an exclusive interview with the man heading the group of investors that have entered into an Acquisition Agreement with Full Tilt poker, Laurent Tapie. AccordingRead Full Article

I’ve been around the poker world for quite a while and have been witness to all forms of “life-tilt” in that time: I’ve seen tables flipped over; players punched; and on one occasion a player walk around the table, pull over the chair of another player, and proceedRead Full Article

Day 2 of the second Epic Poker League Main Event is now in the books with 23 players remaining in the hunt for the title, including some familiar names from the inaugural Epic Poker League Main Event as the first and second place finishers are both still alive:Read Full Article

For the first time in its history the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker will be played without players from the US market. The site is still running a full slate of tournaments, although the guaranteed prize-pool has been altered accordingly. The 62 tournaments have a total guaranteedRead Full Article

At the 2011 Legends of Poker Main Event, the World Poker Tour (WPT) continued to experiment with new structures, with their latest offering being a multi-entry tournament where players were even allowed to forfeit their stacks at the end of Day 1a if they so chose, giving themRead Full Article

After three starting days, each attracting roughly 40 players, the APPT Queenstown Snowfest tournament is ready to combine the remaining players for Day 2 of the Main Event. A total of 71 players are still in the hunt for the nearly $100k NZD that will be awarded toRead Full Article

On August 24, 2011 Party Poker will be moving from the “Dealt” method to the “Weighted” method when it comes to determining a player’s contribution to the rake. Although Party Poker does not offer a rakeback program –the most common use of these calculations, and most common reasonRead Full Article