Most people probably didn’t think Faraz Jaka could play any better, or run any hotter at the PokerStars PCA after he jumped out to the Day 1a chip-lead, and then seemingly cruised along on Day 2 of the tournament to once again holding the chip-lead at the endRead Full Article

In addition to straight news websites, poker enthusiasts also like to know what is going on inside the poker world, following their favorite poker players, personalities, and poker insiders’ blogs, which is where the realmoneypoker.org list of the 65 most popular poker blogs comes in. This list ofRead Full Article

While few people have shown any interest in accepting the heads-up No Limit Holdem Challenge issued by Daniel “jungleman12” Cates, one player who has never shied away from any type of challenge, Tony G, had this to say when a PokerNews mic was thrust in his face: “Jungle,Read Full Article

One of the many charges added on Tuesday by the US Attorney’s office –sought after amendment in their civil case against Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker, and PokerStars— in addition to the already numerous charges leveled against Full Tilt Poker on Black Friday, was that Full Tilt PokerRead Full Article

This past Thursday, the website Subject:Poker put out a piece on where they claim that the US Department of Justice will take action against the Merge Gaming Network sometime during September.  I would like to take a few moments to address the assumptions made in the article andRead Full Article

Monday evening, PokerNews.com was able to procure an exclusive statement from Full Tilt Poker regarding the potential investors the site has been in talks with. Right away, when I saw this was an exclusive, I knew the news would not be good for Full Tilt’s players –since goodRead Full Article

It didn’t take long for the poker world to be both disappointed and outraged by the supposed-to-be public hearing between the Aldernay Gambling Control Commission and Full Tilt Poker, as the first order of business for Full Tilt Poker lawyer Martin Helsop was to request a private meetingRead Full Article

One of the more sinister prop bets in poker history occurred during the $1k No Limit Holdem on Sunday courtesy of Antonio Esfandiari –one of the more prolific pro bettors in poker to begin with—but unlike the usual side-bet between poker players this time around it was aRead Full Article

It’s always difficult to speculate on how a tournament will do attendance-wise from Day 1a results –Day 1b is usually produces the much higher attendance number—but with just 438 players registering for Day 1a of the EPT San Remo tournament it doesn’t look like any records will fallRead Full Article

Head on over to the PokerNewsBoy poker forums to cast your vote for the best Poker News Writer! Here is the list of nominees our crack research staff has chosen for the honor! Steve Ruddock (PokerNewsBoy.com) – I’ll refrain from posting anything about… MYSELF 🙂 Rebecca McAdam (CardPlayer.com)Read Full Article