By Zach Purgason
08/29/2008

 

Tampa Bay, Florida will be playing host to more than just the NFC and AFC champions this season.  The Par and Poker Challenge for Charity will be held there during Super Bowl Week with more than 30 celebrities attending.  This is the second annual running of this tournament and will be co-hosted by former NFL linebacker/safety Seth Joyner and NCAA Division 1 golfer Andy Walker.

By Zach Purgason
08/29/2008

Players have been battling it out at the World Poker Tour’s Legends of Poker tournament this past week at the Bicycle Casino in L.A. California.  They might have had a larger pool of players last year, but WPT event saw some serious competition.  The final table gathered yesterday to decide who would take home the almost $1.1 million top prize.

By Alexis Russell
08/29/2008

In April of 2006 65 people were arrested in South Carolina while playing poker.  ‘What kind of operation were they running?’ would be most people’s immediate reaction.  However, these people were arrested in separate occurrences and it really didn’t take much for the police to warrant the arrest.  They simply had to prove the individuals were playing poker.

By Zach Purgason
08/28/2008

 

PokerStars.com, the single largest online poker site in the world with over 120,000 players competing at its tables nearly all day long, released yesterday its latest September promotions.  Highlights included information regarding the PokerStars.com 2008 World Championship of Online Poker in September and how to win a seat via $2.20 or 100 Frequent Player Point (FPP) buy-in satellites.

By David Richardson
08/28/2008

There is another new kid on the online poker block.  To those who are part of the online poker community this is no surprise.  But this poker website is wanting to stand out from the rest, touting itself as a website promoting women in poker.  But how positively is it promoting them?

By Alexis Russell
08/28/2008

We’ve previously reported on the Republican Party’s platform which contains language that’s decided not in favor of online gambling, as we’ve seen legislative evidence of in the past.  It seems they thought the general public would agree with them, but quickly found that wasn’t the case when the Republican Party launched a website aimed at getting citizens’ opinions on their platform.  So they took the anti-gambling language out, for a single day.

By David Richardson
08/27/2008

Barak Obama recently announced his running mate in the 2008 Presidential campaign to the eager American public.  Some people have been pleased with his choice and some, like Doyle Brunson, aren’t so pleased.  With the Republican Party already taking a stance against online gambling, online poker players are asking what's Biden's stance on internet usage?

By Alexis Russell
08/27/2008

Connecticut wouldn’t be the first place to come to most people’s minds when they think of poker. However, this often snow covered north east state is home to one of the world’s largest gaming establishments, the Mohegan Sun.

By David Richardson
08/27/2008

It’s quite clear that poker has taken the world by storm thanks to online poker’s heavy influence and televised tournaments. This fact has been proven again in Cork, Ireland where the sixth annual €150,000 guaranteed Irish Poker Classic has been underway.

By Alexis Russell
08/26/2008

As a poker tournament is featured as a charity event at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, the Republican Party has made it clear their view of the sport is much different. The Republican Party Platform Committee is using the internet as a way to voice their opinion about online poker, which isn't a favorable one, and they're wanting others to do the same.

By Alexis Russell
08/26/2008

In Las Vegas they know a thing or two about throwing shin digs, catering to guests, good nightclubs and entertaining in general. Oh, and they also know a little something about poker. It’s only natural that someone would find a way to further marry the two, preferably in a little white chapel with Elvis presiding. The new Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Poker Lounge was designed with the male poker aficionado in mind to say the least.

By Alexis Russell
08/25/2008

The 2008 World Poker Tour Legends of Poker tournament kicked off this past weekend at the Bicycle Casino of Los Angeles, California. Like the World Series of Poker Main Event, the WPT Legends of Poker has a $10,000 price tag for the entry fee. However, unlike the WSOP the Legends of Poker saw a serious decline in entrants this year. After two days of registration the number of player is at 373, which is far below the number of 485 in 2007. That’s a decline of 23% which is quite a big change in a single year. The Legends of Poker tournament has had an unstable attendance record since it began in the 1990’s. The main factor that has played into the upswings and downswings in players has been the entry fee.

By Zach Purgason
08/26/2008

After seven years with the same online poker client, Party Poker – the flagship online poker site of parent company PartyGaming, PLC. – has announced that they are developing a new, more modern version of their software.

By Zach Purgason
08/25/2008

Since the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 we know how much politics can affect poker. However, it seems that using poker to attract interest isn’t too big a concern for the Democratic Party in an election year.