European Commissioner for Internal Markets Charlie McCreevy has said he will push ahead with plans to prosecute member states who discriminate against competition from gambling firms in other states. Speaking yesterday in Brussels to news agency Bloomberg he said, "If member states wish to…
As construction of the World Poker Tour stage began in the ballroom of the Commerce Casino, the final 18 players regrouped in a small corner of the room, walled off to outside observers and the noise that accompanies a typical poker tournament. The tension was sky high as most of the players felt…
Tonight, DoylesRoom.com is holding a special celebrity bounty tournament featuring several stars other than Doyle Brunson and Mike Caro, both of whom already play in most of the site's bounty tournaments. The $27.50 tournament will also feature Nicky Hilton, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, and online…
Who is Dianna Donofrio? I asked this question a few years ago when I kept hearing her name. Then, when I was finally introduced to her, I recognized her as one of the many staff that runs around the World Series of Poker, frantically…
Three masked men fired shots and then burst into the back door of a San Antonio Texas home where a poker game was being held. In the course of robbing the game of approximately $3000 and the players’ wallets, a player was shot twice…
There are another €13,500 worth of PokerNews Cup Austria Packages to look forward to this week. All freerolls are exclusive to PokerNews players and cost next to nothing to qualify…
The final nine will get together later today to determine who will be the champion of the World Series of Poker Circuit event that took place at Horseshoe Council Bluffs in Iowa this week. Michael Martin, who has more than $600,000 in tournament winnings since August 2006, is the chip leader with…
The fourth day of the WPT L.A. Poker Classic began with a flury of eliminations. Eighteen players of the 58 who started the day were lost in the first level, as the chips were flying after a prolonged money bubble the day before. Here is a look at the notable eliminations amongst the early chaos:…
What would you do with $10,000? Buy into this year's main event at the World Series of Poker? Fix up an old car? Take your entire family on an unforgettable getaway? One SpadeClub user is about to find out firsthand what they could do with $10,000 in cash. This Sunday, March 2, is…
The first stop in the 2008 season of the Heartland Poker Tour was at the Grand Casino Mille Lacs in Onamia, Minnesota, and Dusty Hamers won the first-place prize of almost $75,000. The event began with 176 runners who all paid the $1,650 buy-in. Hamers, a 28-year-old machine operator from Waite…
