From UB.com UB.net Celebrates the Launch of Poker2Nite on European TV With a New Free Play Online Poker Promotion, and There’s Now Two WSOP Packages to Be Won Each Week MIAMI, FL–(Marketwire – December 22, 2009) – Last week, European audiences got their first taste of the UB.net sponsored Poker2Nite television show, fronted by Team… [more]

December 29, 2009 From 4flush.com Reverend Trapp of St Michael’s Church and School in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina entered a PokerStars tournament with the intention of winning the $5 Million cash prize for his church. The reverend says he would have donated the Five Million Dollars to the church so that the congregation could convene… [more]

Most of us who started playing poker online had little idea as to what the game was really about.  It is not having the best hand.  It is not betting the most chips.  It is not playing every hand. If you are like most of us when we started, you found that you were not… [more]

– Poker Player Daniel Alaei – Striped sweater – Red earphones – Gangster shades – Winner of Doyle Brunson’s Five Diamond World Poker Classic Tournament — Daniel Alaei outlasted 328 other entrants to take down the WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Championship earlier this evening, taking home $1,428,430, an entry into the $25k WPT Championship and… [more]

What are Outs? ‘Outs’ are the number of cards left that will make your hand.  Use the maximum number of outs, this assumes that no other player has one of the cards that will make your hand. Examples Assume you have (9,J), any suit, and the flop shows (2,10,8).  Here you have (8,9,10,J) or four… [more]

December 9, 2009 Filed Under Poker News Online poker giant PokerStars are trying to create the same friendly games as you have in your home games by starting something called Team Pro Tuesdays. During the Team Pro Tuesdays at PokerStars.com you will get a chance to play against some of the Team PokerStars Pro’s at… [more]

Let my start right off by saying that I feel slow playing a good hand is wrong.   JUST PLAY YOUR HAND! Slow playing a good pocket hand or flop had gotten me into much trouble in the early days of my play.  I’ll bet that you have had the same experience. YOU LEARNED NOTHING… [more]

IR-2007-173 WASHINGTON — Starting next year, casinos and other sponsors of poker tournaments will be required to report most winnings to winners and the Internal Revenue Service, according to the IRS. The new requirement, which goes into effect on March 4, 2008, was contained in guidance released Sept. 4 by the Treasury Department and the… [more]

From ub.com Miami, FL (Marketwire) Thursday, December 16, 2009 – The festive mood continues at UB.com with the return of UBOC 4, the leading online poker site’s Championship tournament series, from January 20th through 31st, 2010. In the spirit of giving, UB.com has put four shiny new competitions under the UBOC tree, including the Single… [more]

By: PokerListings.com The 2010 WSOP will offer 57 events including six $1,000 Hold’em events and a $50,000 Player’s Championship, according to a schedule released by Harrah’s today. The 41st edition of the prestigious series will run May 27-July 17, 2010, at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The number of events remains… [more]