Archive for June, 2009

Jason Mercier, the 22 year old tournament specialist from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA is the newest recruit to the Team PokerStars Pros. Jason “treysfull21?” Mercier managed to earn over $3.3 million in tournament winnings in just one year and just a... 

Dan Martin, the 22 year old poker sensation from Oregon, USA will be free to resume play at the world’s biggest online Poker sites, Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker on August 6th. Martin was banned back in April from Pokerstars after it was discovered he had... 

In April a new casino tax was introduced in the UK and was designed to align the tax charged in casino poker rooms with taxes levied on other casino games. Prior to this, a 15 per cent VAT charge was placed on revenue made from casino poker rooms but the new tax... 

The hearing which was widely hoped in the Poker and online gaming community would pave the way for legalized and regulated Internet gambling in the US, has now been put back until September at the earliest. The PPA, who are working with Frank in paving the way... 

The problems of Australian company Intabill with online poker companies looks set to continue with reports that Kolyma Corporation AVV has brought a lawsuit of $52 million against the company. Tzvetkoff along with co-founder Sciacca, created Intabil, an online... 

The PPA has continued to take its fight to Washington by proclaiming July 19th -25th as National Poker Week. The announcement was made from the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Monday where the WSOP is taking place and included speeches from several... 

The charity fundraiser tournament known by the title ‘Ante Up for Africa’ continues to grow in size and stature and this year promises to be the biggest yet. The third annual competition is due to start on July 2, 2009 at the WSOP in the Rio All-Suite...