The advocacy group Poker Players Alliance (PPA) has become the main lobbying group for the online poker industry. John Pappas is the new leader of this 760,000 member force and now that the organization is based in Washington, it is … Continued
Four years ago after amateur poker player Chris Moneymaker won $2.5 million in the televised World Series of Poker, the dreams of millions of players flourished. So when Chris Benton needed a summer job, he thought online Texas Hold’em. Now … Continued
2003 saw the first of 2 World Trade Organization complaints come against the United States pertaining to online gambling and the ban and build up there to by the United States Government. Both in 2004 and 2005 Antigua and Barbuda … Continued
This time what happened in Vegas didn’t stay in Vegas and for a yet unnamed poker professional and Pamela Anderson, this might be a good thing. Actress/model Pamela Anderson is in Las Vegas as the star attraction in the master … Continued
The World Series of Poker Europe is already setting records, milestones and making names. This inaugural event began on September 6th with the largest prize for any Live H.O.R.S.E. event in Europe. The final table competed for the 70,875 GBP … Continued
Learn to beat the pros, from the pros. That’s what some are doing at the WSOP Poker Academy and the WPT Boot Camp. Both offer similar criteria and are held at different cities through out the year.  They are … Continued
Less than a month ago we asked everyone to show their support for a Mac Pokerstars version. The turnout was great – I’d estimate that more then 100 people sent personalized emails to PokerStars. Just today PokerStars released a major … Continued
As many of you who follow this site know, PokerStars has been hard at work on a Mac version of their poker room. It seems like they’ve been working on it forever now (It has been about a year), but … Continued
Endorsements abound in sports of all kinds, but now they are reaching into Poker, more deeply than ever before. In a commercial created for ESPN, the American sports television network, Kentucky Fried Chicken (commonly known as KFC) has filmed professional … Continued