There was a good news/bad news ruling handed down by a French judge in Toulous this week concerning whether poker is a game of skill or of luck. The outcome saw defendant Jean-Pierre Gleizes, manager of St. Tropez and Les Coulisses convince the court that poker was indeedRead Full Article

After his name was linked to the now infamous Hollywood poker games that will see Tobey Maguire in court before the end of the year, Alex Rodriguez has run afoul of Major League Baseball for the second time in his career over illegal poker games. After rumors ofRead Full Article

It’s $10 Haircut time over at Titan Poker, as the site announced it would be running a huge promotion: Slashing its cash-game rake by 50% at most tables, while at the same time changing high-stakes cash-game rake collection to a fixed amount of just $.10 per hand. AccordingRead Full Article

Unlike previous attempts Congress has made in its efforts to pass legislation for the online gaming industry, the forthcoming legislation by Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) will focus solely on online poker, a game Barton himself has called “a game of skill”, instead of trying to legalize poker asRead Full Article

I recently had the opportunity to talk with online poker pro Niman “Samoleus” Kenkre and asked the Bluefire Poker coach and online poker grinder some questions about Black Friday, where he and Bluefire Poker go from here, and the WSOP. To take your poker game to the nextRead Full Article

The most crucial and life-threatening element of legalised online poker in the US is whether poker is can be considered a form of gambling or a game of skill. For years the PPA (Poker Players Association) and online poker players have argued that poker is a game ofRead Full Article

Poker players across the US have suddenly been put into the position of transitioning over to the live poker arena whether they want to or not.  Gone are the days of being able to 10 table cash games or grind Sunday tournaments to turn a profit.  Now, theRead Full Article

There was a major software update on Full Tilt Poker today, and after installing the latest update players were greeted with a surprising addition to the Full Tilt Poker lobby, a Draw Poker tab as well as the addition of a new 10-Game Mix! The Draw Poker gamesRead Full Article

How much revenue are casinos making from their poker tables? Well here is one instance where poker seems to be a bigger money maker for a casino than Slot Machines! The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board recently granted the Sands Casino in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania permission to add 11 tableRead Full Article

PokerStars created the first tiered VIP Program, Full Tilt Poker gave us the wildly popular Rush Poker tables, and now it’s Party Poker is making sure they’re not left out of the poker innovation category with its addition of Double Holdem. Double Holdem begins in the same wayRead Full Article