Share prices in UK gaming companies including 888 Holdings, Playtech and Bwin.Party have soared after the recent “Black Friday” illegal crackdown on US poker sites. Bwin.Party shares have shot up 30%, 888 Holdings (owned of 888 Poker) up 19% and Playtech 8%. The reasons for the share priceRead Full Article

Two weeks after the online poker world was rocked by the seizure of PokerStars’, Full Tilt Pokers’, and Absolute/UB Pokers’ domain names, as well as the indictments of several founders and owners of these sites the online poker industry is starting to get a glimpse of just howRead Full Article

The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) is keeping the pressure on Congress thanks to their 1 million plus members sending Congress a blitz of E-Mails, letters and phone calls. To make sure that the poker community does not become complacent, the PPA has just sent out another E-Mail urgingRead Full Article

Despite over a week having passed since online poker in the US met its match in the form of the US Attorney Office from the Southern District of New York, poker players and poker fans are still finding ways to make me laugh. What started on Black FridayRead Full Article

With all of the poker programming that has been pulled from the airwaves over the past week it’s good to see that some shows will remain for all of us die-hard poker enthusiasts. With PokerStars NAPT being pulled from ESPN, as well as FOX pulling the PokerStars.net BigRead Full Article

A week on from online poker’s Black Friday we are starting to see the industry resettle and as the situation becomes less, and less, murky there are some clear-cut winners and losers coming to light. In this article I want to take a look at one of theRead Full Article

On the heels of PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker officially leaving the US market on Wednesday, former players at those sites can no longer take a wait and see approach to see what happens –regardless of how the specifics play out in the cases against PokerStars, Full TiltRead Full Article

US poker players are feeling left out in the cold on Monday morning, European poker players are likely looking at a significant decrease in traffic, and more than likely the top three US online poker rooms are busy putting together a team of expensive defense attorneys, but thereRead Full Article

Since 2007 the online poker community Pokerspace.com has been pitting teams of poker players against one another for a shot at getting a free trip to Las Vegas in their unique poker team competition, the Crew Cup competition. The poker social network just released information on its newestRead Full Article