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Back in September 2011, a registered sex offender by the name of Michael DiVita was disqualified from the Epic Poker League after his background was discovered. At that time, DiVita had just qualified for a $20,000 EPL Main Event seat via an 8th place finish at... 

Recently, Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT) revealed that their $80 million deal to buy Full Tilt Poker was being held up, in part, by their need to recover $16.5 million in outstanding debts from 19 Full Tilt pros.  It was perhaps GBT’s frustration with the situation... 

One lucky player was celebrating his good fortune recently, after taking down the Bad Beat Jackpot at online site Americas Cardroom, which had risen to over $500,000. The action took place at a $0.25/$0.50 6-Max NL table where ‘Poohbah911′ had been... 

UK singer-songwriter Robbie Williams may have gambled both with his health and career over the years, but the 37 year old has now decided to well and truly embrace his gambling side by launching his own poker site called Robbie Williams Poker. The former member... 

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner on February 14th, It seems appropriate to give a mention to one of poker’s more recent couples; UK pro Liv Boeree and US pro Kevin MacPhee. Kevin “ImaLuckSac” MacPhee is a highly successful poker... 

The 2010 WSOP Champion Jonathan Duhamel received some good news yesterday when police revealed they were able to retrieve half of the $160,000 stolen from his home recently. On December 21, 2011, Duhamel opened his front door to a man holding a package, only then... 

A hacker enjoyed some high-stakes poker action at Daniel Negreanu‘s expense, after breaking into his e-mail and PokerStars account. The Canadian poker pro was on his way back from competing in the Aussie Millions, when he discovered the break-in, and tweeted: “Important:... 

UPDATE: It would appear that the WSOP hint that the November Nine would not be returning was, in fact, ambiguous. The WSOP have now confirmed that the 2012 Main Event will be held one week earlier on Sunday, October 28th, probably in order to accomodate for the... 

According to Canadian pro Daniel Negreanu, the modern dominance of the game by the internet generation means poker is now in danger of becoming too serious and boring. Negreanu cashed in at his first live tournament in 1997 and is currently ranked number three... 

Wealthy music executive Alan Meltzer (pictued right) died October last year , with an outpouring of sympathy then flooding in from the poker playing community, of which he was a big part. Known as a larger than life character, Alan Meltzer was a huge name throughout...