Leading US facing online poker room pokerstars.com has announced that it will be once again hosting Americas Cup of Poker and therefore giving players the opportunity to secure a position on their country’s online poker team and compete on the final which this year will be hosted at Iguazu Falls with a $150,000 prize pool… [more]

Team UB pro conquers another land-based tournament in Las Vegas If Brandon Cantu’s performance at a major Las Vegas event this week is any indication, the Team UB poker pro better make room on his arm for a third WSOP bracelet. Cantu took the top spot in Event #17 of the 2010 Wynn Classic, a… [more]

The Durrrr Challenge might be two-thirds completed, but at this point, a lot of players are beginning to think that Patrik Antonius is fully cooked. According to our good friends at DurrrrChallenge.com, there have been 33,303 hands played out of the 50,000 total, with Tom “durrrr” Dwan up over $1.9 million. Over the course of… [more]

The Kentucky Supreme Court Thursday ruled against the owners of 141 seized online gambling domain names, overturning an earlier decision by the Court of Appeals that said the domain names aren’t gambling devices under Kentucky law. The Court said that the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA) and the Interactive Gaming Council (IGC), the… [more]

The good natured ribbing began when Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth were seated at the same table on Day 2 of the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament. Negreanu, never one to hold back on a Phil Hellmuth needle, stated, “Hellmuth is probably 800-to-1 to win the Player’s Championship at the World Series of Poker.”… [more]

According to Cake Poker, what happens in Vegas…Is entirely up to you. The site kicked off a series of no-strings-attached World Series of Poker satellites today. While many online poker sites require their satellite winners to wear logo-covered gear, stay at certain hotels and use their winnings for certain events, Cake Poker’s winners have no… [more]

After being on hiatus for three years, Harrah’s Entertainment announced the Tournament of Champions will be returning to the World Series of Poker. The Tournament will be changed into an ‘All-Star’ format and will have a $1 million prize pool up for grabs. ESPN will be filming the event and then air it on August… [more]

Kevin MacPhee, who plays as ‘ImaLuckSac’ online, gave credence to his online screenname this week by winning the first EPT event held in Berlin. MacPhee was all-in on day three of the tournament with pocket Nines against pocket Queens and hit a Nine on the river to stay alive. Two days later, he finished of… [more]

Braveheart star Mel Gibson uses an ointment made from cow brains to keep him ahead in poker games with his pals. Gibson, 54, rubs the cream called Selegiline on his arms before a game to “clean the neurotransmitters”, he reveals in an American magazine. But it’s just one of the many supplements and potions he… [more]

The Horseshoe Casino was the setting for the 2010 Chicago Poker Championships last week, and a new champion for this year has been crowned. 235 players paid the $3125 to enter the Main Event, and organizers added on another $60K, bringing the prize pool to more than $743K. In the end it was local players… [more]