Poker News

The latest quarterly earnings report from PartyGaming showed slightly down numbers compared to a year prior, with a setback in poker earnings the primary culprit for the online giant. In its recently released numbers for the third quarter...more

Texas State Representative Jose Menendez (D-San Antonio) has reintroduced legislation designed to expand poker's availability in the state that gave poker's currently most popular variant its name. Menendez, who championed a similar bill th...more

The Montbleu Resort Casino and Spa has a swanky feel to it with its beautiful open layout, very high ceilings, soft lighting, and beautiful pastel colors. The six-table poker room itself is very large and relatively new, having just opened ...more

Efforts by Holland's Justice Ministry to move forward with UIGEA-style prohibitions against non-state-sanctioned online gambling businesses are running into opposition from the Dutch banking industry, which wants little part of a regulatory...more

The PokerStars European Poker Tour has confirmed the schedule for its upcoming stop in Deauville, France. The stop at the Casino Barriere Deauville, part of the EPT's fifth season, is formally called the EPT French Open and will run from Ja...more

This week marked the return of the G2E Global Gaming Expo to Las Vegas. The event, held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, has long been an important gathering of industry professionals across the globe. Arguably the most important event o...more

Roland de Wolfe is living (nearly) every poker writer's dream. After being educated in the written word and landing a reporting job at a gaming magazine, he successfully transitioned from a life spent behind the ropes scribbling on a notepa...more

iMEGA Files Response Brief in UIGEA Appeal The Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA) has filed its own response to that of US federal attorneys in iMEGA v. Keisler, et al., iMEGA's ongoing challenge to the US's Unla...more

On Saturday, November 15th, the Casino at the Hyatt Regency in Warsaw, Poland seated 217 players for the PokerStars European Poker Tour Polish Open to battle for the largest Polish prize pool to date. The €1,172,973 ($1,480,761 USD) was p...more

oao Barbosa became the second player in a month to make the final table of an EPT tournament on his birthday, but he bested Gino Alacqua's feat by a mile when he took down the title and the €367,141 top prize at the PokerStars European Po...more