2012 European Poker Awards announced

The Aviation Club in Paris France will once again take on the role of host for the European Poker Awards ceremony which will be held on January 25, 2012, in the midst of the Euro Poker Finals tournament series. Handling the hosting duties for the evening will be the 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award winner and [...]

WPT gears up for 10th anniversary of the Five Diamonds Poker Classic

Some 10 years ago an upstart company decided that they could make poker on a television a reality. In fact, the World Poker Tour felt they could not only make televised poker a reality, but that they could make the previously niche sport appealing to a mainstream audience thanks to a new innovation known as [...]

PokerStars continues German push by sponsoring Football Stadium

With the German online poker market starting to open up little-by-little, and with the current World Series of Poker Main Event Champion hailing from Deutschland, PokerStars has been aggressively marketing their site in Germany in recent months, with the expectations of a major poker boom in the country. The first signal that PokerStars would be [...]

Bodog hopes Anonymous Tables are a game-changer

On Wednesday morning one of the top U.S. poker sites Bodog Poker released their latest software update that included a number of improvements that included everything from new tournaments, to a decrease in their rake structure, to a “Rabbit-Cam”, and the ability to play up to 20 tables at once… Oh Yeah, and they also [...]

Lock will host 2011 Bluff Pro Challange with help from PokerNewsBoy

Like last years Bluff Pro Challenge, Lock Poker will be hosting this years Bluff Pro Challenge again. However, this year it looks like its been flicked up a few gears compared to last years. This year with the help of PokerNewsBoy to increase coverage of the event, plus the restrictions on players, or should I [...]

Irish Open Live Updates

One of the largest and most prestegist Poker Tournaments in Europe has just kicked off, the Irish Open. And players from all over Europe have came to Dublin this weekend to try and win their share of the prize pool. The prize pool is expected to reach over 2,300,000 euro, with the winner taking home [...]

Irish Poker Open Satellites

The Irish Poker Open is due to start next month again. Players for years have flocked to this event from all over Europe and some from the world. Knowing that this might just be the best live tournaments to play in. This is largely due to the fact that it’s based in one of the [...]

MasterCard blocks online poker transactions

One of the last bastions for US poker players has apparently been closed off. MasterCard has decided to block all online poker transactions from US players. The move is likely spurred by UIGEA legislation being enacted in June –unless the government overturns the legislation before then—and other payment processors having been brought to court and [...]

Cake Poker Network Set to Lose Clients to Merge

The news that Cake Poker could soon be losing two of their sites that are homed within the networks branding could be confirmed by mid April this year. Rumours that the network is set to lose PlayersOnly and SportsBook.com to networking rivals Merge Gaming Network could see Cake Poker lose a couple of their power [...]