If you think that cheating in poker is limited to online poker, and elaborate schemes like the current “Girah”, “junglemna12”, “DogisHead” scandal unfolding on 2+2, think again; marked cards, collusion, chip-dumping, and all manner of nefarious dealings are still a problem on the live poker scene –just lookRead Full Article

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

Before we get into the meat of the reporting, let’s keep in mind that this story is coming from Page Six of the New York Post, which amounts to the same type of fact-checking as the National Enquirer. With that “warning” out of the way let’s take aRead Full Article

Cross another big-time poker pro off of the list of “Best poker player without a bracelet” as Bertrand “ElkY” Grosspellier took home his first WSOP bracelet in the $10k Seven-Card-Stud Championship at the 2011 World Series of Poker. In the process ElkY became the fourth member of poker’sRead 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

Can you hear the collective sigh of relief coming from card-rooms and home office “balla setups” around the United States? It was announced today that both PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker have reached an agreement with the US Attorney Office for the Southern District of New York thatRead Full Article

As the fallout from Friday’s news that the DOJ and FBI had shutdown and seized the domain names of the four largest online poker rooms in the United States continued to roll throughout the night, both Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars both made the decision to leave 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

In the past month or so there have been a number of new screen-names taking their shot at the best poker players in the world, playing at the nosebleed table on Full Tilt Poker. Seats in the highest stakes games are usually reserved for players with well-known monikersRead Full Article