Archive for December, 2009

PokerStars has officially announced the members of the Team PokerStars  Online after searching for just the right players for the last two months.  They received over 2,000 applications and had to narrow it down to just 23 players. The new Team PokerStars Online... 

Carbon Poker had so much success that they had to follow up the Boxing Day $500 Added Freezout with another great tournament so they’re hosting another on New Years Day. The New Years Day $500 Added Freezout is going to play on January 1st 2010 at 5:00pm server... 

When Doyle’s original work ‘Super Systems’ hit the book stores in the late ’70s, it caused quite a stir as poker enthusiasts gained invaluable insight and learnt in depth secrets from one of the games greatest professionals. In this update... 

Harold Howard (51), a Canadian mixed martial artist and former Ultimate Fighting Championship finalist, has been charged with a range of crimes, including attempted murder, after he drove his pickup truck through the front entrance of Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort,... 

A home poker game held in a garage was the scene of a violent robbery in Portland Monday morning, when three armed men took the 18 gathered players for all the money they had. The incident took place at 3.45am near Southeast 114th Avenue and HolgateStreet in Portland,... 

Full Tilt is kicking off the New Year by offering a low buyin into four $250,000 dollar guaranteed tournaments. This promotion is being called the Big Little Tournament and will actually consist of four different tourneys. You can buyin into the tourneys for only... 

Not to long ago we told you that PokerStars was trying to beat the current world record for the largest online tournament ever.  To attract players to the tourney PokerStars advertised the tourney but the big attraction was the low buyin of only $1 dollar and... 

PokerTableRatings.com found themselves having to introduce a second server recently, after the antics of Isildur1 on Full Tilt Poker saw the poker tracking site’s traffic increase from 40,000 to a whooping 80,000 over the last two months. All around the... 

Former golfer and online poker player Dusty Schmidt, has hit the headlines a few times this year, first with his attempt to overturn the U.S. Golf Association (USGA) decision to revoke his amateur status as a result of a poker prop bet. And most recently with the... 

John Juanda is one of the top poker professionals in the world today and has earned over $9,600,000 from live tournament cashes throughout his career. He has also cashed 49 times at WSOP events and picked up 4 WSOP bracelets, so when he describes his insights at...