Category: Poker News

  • Annie Duke Releases Free Poker App For iPhone

    I’ve mentioned time and time again the playing free poker online is one of the best ways to practice and improve your poker skills. Annie Duke is taking free poker practice to the next level with her new iPhone app, Annie Duke Poker Tutor. Annie Duke’s iPhone application offers poker players the chance to be…

  • Poker Pro Jeff Madsen Moving To Israel On A Prop Bet

    As if the world of professional poker wasn’t exciting enough, many poker players have been known to up the ante with personal prop bets. Over the years, prop bets have resulted in vegan poker players eating meat, players golfing for $18,000 per hole, running marathons and more. However, for the first time in history a…

  • World Team Poker’s USA Roster Announced

    One of the poker world’s most exciting events, World Team Poker, is coming up and the roster for the USA team has been announced. For those of you that don’t know, World Team Poker is an international league for poker players. Each team is lead by a designated captain and the captain chooses four professional…

  • Poker Ruled a Game of Luck in Pennsylvania

    Over the years there has been a lot of debate about whether poker is a game of skill or a game of luck. The debate recently came to a head in Pennsylvania when two Pennsylvanians were arrested for hosting a game of no-limit poker in their garage. The Pennsylvania residents were charged under state laws…

  • Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act Back on the Scene

    For those of you who are following the introduction of various online poker and Internet gambling legslation in Congress, Representative Jim McDermott’s Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act was reintroduced last week. This act serves as a companion to Barney Frank’s bill to overturn the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) of 2006. The…

  • “The Nuts” of the Poker World: ESPN’s Top 10 Poker Stars

    There are certain names that are synonymous with poker greatness-Doyle Brunson, Stu Ungar, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Helmuth… but these are some of the best players of all time. Have you ever wondered who the best poker players of the moment are? The players that you should be following and watching right now for inspiration? ESPN…

  • WSOP Tournament of Champions is Back

    The Tournament of Champions, one of the most exciting all-star events hosted by the WSOP, is coming back this summer. The tournament was shelved in 2006, but is back due to popular demand. The tournament is a $1 million freeroll for the top 20 bracelet holders of WSOP tournaments past. It should be one of…

  • Playing Continues After Berlin Poker Heist

    Today in Berlin a group of robbers stormed a poker tournament, stealing up to $1.1 million in poker prize money. There were four robbers in total, all in disguise, and they were armed with handguns and machetes. The tournament was taking place at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in the center of Berlin. When the robbers…

  • Is Intrastate Online Poker the New Thing?

    Today in Florida a bill was filed that will potentially legalize online gambling within the state. The bill, named the Internet Poker Consumer Protection and Revenue Generation Act of 2010 (HB 1441), would ensure the protection of consumers while recognizing and regulating intrastate Internet poker sites. The bill was filed by Florida’s democratic State Representative…

  • Are More Senators Jumping on the Online Poker Bandwagon?

    It’s no surprise that House Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts supports online poker, with his very public work to overturn the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) over the past couple of years. By the same token, other congressmen such as New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez have also publicly supporting online gambling. However, in recent…