It was as if it was an eight-handed game that went on for 10 months and left everybody with the exact same number of chips. Now it’s time to settle the score. At the end of the European Poker Tour’s sixth season, there was a curious eight-way tie that included: Katja Thater, Benjamin Kang, Alex… [more]

* New Internet Gambling Legislation Would Benefit States, Foster Children * Congressional Committee to Examine Internet Gambling Wednesday * Study: Online Gambling Regulation Good for Ecomony The House of Representatives’ Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on Wednesday about internet poker and gambling, listening to proponents and an opponent of legalization, regulation, and taxation… [more]

Use whatever criteria that is important to you, but have some definite idea of when you should leave the game. You can set a time limit, leave when you have won or lost a certain amount of money or you can do what I do: leave when you are no longer a favorite to win… [more]

COO Paul Leggett Provides Update on the Recent Encryption Security Issue at UB.com and AbsolutePoker.com MONTREAL, CANADA (MONDAY, MAY 17, 2010) – Tokwiro Enterprises ENRG (“Tokwiro”) has announced that a new version of its CEREUS software was released yesterday, upgrading security at both of the Network’s online poker rooms, UB and Absolute Poker. The new… [more]

From Pokernewsdaily.com Every year, players eagerly await the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and 2010 is no exception. To a poker player, it’s an opportunity for fame and fortune. It really is a place where dreams come true. Although it was 26 years ago, I vividly remember my first trip to the WSOP back in… [more]

Struggling to keep up with its larger competitors, the Cereus Network suffered a ten percent drop in online poker traffic at its Absolute Poker and UB.com websites. According to industry observers, the decline in poker traffic moved the card room from sixth place, in terms of cash game traffic, to ninth place in the most… [more]

Women could follow in the footsteps of Annette Obrestad and play online poker. Online poker could prove to be an attractive option for an increasing number of women, following the success a number of females have achieved by playing the game in recent times. Poker News Team highlighted the example of Annette Obrestad, a self-confessed… [more]

European Poker Tour (EPT) officials this week released the schedule for the seventh season of their popular tournament series. A new event in Estonia with a buy-in of €4,250 will start things off on August 11th. There are 13 events on this year’s schedule including the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure which takes place in the Bahamas… [more]

You don’t have to look for to final that the world’s biggest poker tournament series accolade is granted to the World Series of Poker and with increasing numbers of players looking to win a share of the vast amount of money up for grabs each and every year, the brand has recorded a year upon… [more]

Recently party poker has launched a unique promotion in which they are offering an award for two players with lifetime access into the main event of the WSOP. While the WSOP site will award two packages worth $10,000 per year for the next 20 years to be used for entry into the Las Vegas tournament…. [more]