Poker News - Top Stories



All News Stories
19 Sep 2011
In a crime termed “ridiculous” and “offensive” by the District Attorney, a mother has admitted to gambling with and losing her son’s cancer treatment fund. Ryan O’Donnell, 21. is currently battling leukemia and was relying on the $15,000 already  donated by well-wishers to pay for his treatment at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo.
19 Sep 2011
Factors not conducive for a happy poker playing experience include playing beyond your monetary means, competing against skilled players out of your league and having a tendency to go on tilt when things don’t end up going your way. However, these self-evident poker truths were obviously lost on one UK online poker player who ended
19 Sep 2011
While writing in his column at cardplayer.com, top US poker pro Dusty Schmidt has never shrunk from expressing his opinions, no matter how forthright they may be. Last week, the PokerStars Supernova elite turned his attention to the recent controversy surrounding registered sex offender Michael J. Divita, who was allegedly pressurised to ‘withdraw’ from the
18 Sep 2011
The 22 year-old US pro Dan “djk123” Kelly has just captured his third WCOOP bracelet, putting him in an exclusive group alongside Ryan “g0lfa” D’Angelo and Team Online’s Donald “Anders” Berg. Friday night, Dan “djk123” Kelly beat a field of 1,426 players to win WCOOP event 37: $109 8-Game for $23,529. Amazingly, at the same
16 Sep 2011
Louisiana’s licensed casinos consists of Harrah’s casino in New Orleans, 13 riverboat casinos and four slots operations located at horse tracks around the state.  In August, the majority of Louisiana’s  gaming businesses saw a decline in their revenues, which was down overall by 4% to $185.6 million compared to the same period in 2010 of
16 Sep 2011
Since the US shut down its online poker market in April, 2011, more and more  players have chosen to leave their country in search of the American Dream abroad. With online poker sites such as PokerStars and Full Tilt no longer operating in the US, other smaller sites such as the Netherlands-based Lock Poker and
16 Sep 2011
Following a deal struck last week, the Asian Poker Tour (APT) has now announced it is to hold a new official APT Accredited Event called The Manny Pacquiao World Poker Event on December 7th to 12th in the Philippines. The World Champion boxer Manny Pacquiao is a national hero in his native Philippine, and is
15 Sep 2011
Full Tilt Poker‘s licence hearing with the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) is set to resume on Monday, 19th September. Ahead of the upcoming meeting, Full Tilt has chosen to release a statement which has done nothing to allay the concerns of its thousands of customers with accounts frozen on the beleaguered poker room. Further
15 Sep 2011
Oleg Prokhorov has won the PokerStars.net Russian Poker Series Kiev, after overcoming a field of 322 players over four days to lift the trophy, and collect the $182,482 first place prize. As the $2,500 Main Event got underway at the Kreschatyk Poker Club in Kiev, the 322 strong field managed to create a prize pool
15 Sep 2011
Recently, Michael J. Divita made the poker headlines for all the wrong reasons when he apparently chose to “withdraw” from the  $20,000 Epic Poker League (EPL) Main Event, having qualified via a $1,500 buy-in satellite. Allegedly at the heart of the decision was the fact it was discovered he was a registered sex offender and the
14 Sep 2011
The German state of Schleswig-Holstein has become the first of the country’s 16 states to legalize and regulate online gaming, potentially paving the way for the other federated states or Länder to follow suit. Up until now, local German authorities with the power to regulate gambling in their regions have instead chosen to ban online
14 Sep 2011
Like many EU countries, Hungary has been suffering from slower than expected growth of late and so has been mulling a series of measures to fill a $483.5m gap in its 2011 central budget. Consequently, in order to help tackle some of the country’s monetary difficulties, Hungary is now in the process of introducing a
13 Sep 2011
The US’ biggest gambling market is beginning to show signs of improvement after the state  of Nevada posted an increase in its casino revenue for the third straight month. On Monday, the Nevada Gaming Control Board released their figures for July showing a 3.7% increase in win to $860 million, compared to the same month
13 Sep 2011
Dutch pro Joeri Zandvliet has won the UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) Dublin after defeating a field of 718 players over five days to lift the trophy, and collect the  €83,500 ($119,782) first place prize. Amazingly, Joeri Zandvliet’s win in Dublin represents his second UKIPT main event title, his first coming in 2010 at
13 Sep 2011
Full Tilt Poker used to be the home of high-stakes cash games, but since the site has been out of operations for the past few months PokerStars has been steadily growing as the new battle ground for the nose bleed stakes. This has been reflected in the recent frenetic action and ever increasing pot sizes
12 Sep 2011
A croupier and his two accomplices were handed down jail sentences after their $100,000 chip stealing con was eventually unearthed by a casino pit manager. In the scam, Resorts Worlds Sentosa dealer Kent Oh Zhi Xiang, 33, would overpay his accomplices an extra $100 chip every time they changed their $500 or $1,000 chips into