Poker News

The poker news section features topics within professional poker such as the WPT tour results, upcoming events, TV schedules, announcements of winners, event summaries, statistics, final table showdowns, WSOP news, plus articles and information from online poker rooms across the world. We also regularly feature in-depth interviews with the top professional poker players who actively compete on the world circuits. If you're an avid poker player, you don't wanna miss the information here.

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Latest Poker News

1. Spring Tournament Poker Season in Full Swing
   By Paul Black on February 26, 2011
   The spring poker season is in full-swing as several major tournaments are underway....
2. Ohio Poker Game Defended Against Raid as Legal
   By Brian Chan on July 21, 2010
   A lawyer for a restaurateur says his client was operating a legal poker game when police raided the place, seizing a million dollars in cash....
3. Internet Poker Bill Would Regulate Florida Online Gambling
   By Lance Burkhart on March 1, 2010
   A new Florida bill proposes regulation and licensing of an online poker network, using existing card rooms to identify players and fund accounts....
4. Online Poker Operator Expands to Bingo Market
   By Brian Chan on January 20, 2010
   Devilfish Gaming, an operator known for online poker, has expanded into the UK'S bingo market....
5. South Carolina Says Poker Illegal Gambling, Skill or Not
   By Lance Burkhart on December 31, 2009
   The head law enforcement officer in South Carolina says chance and skill play no part in determining whether poker is illegal gambling, as long as money is at stake....
6. Online Poker Study Shows Florida Could Cash In
   By Lance Burkhart on November 16, 2009
   A study on the potential for intrastate online poker in Florida found the state could make as much as $#100 million by regulating the Internet gambling game....
7. Palms Casino Fined Over Poker Event Violations
   By Lance Burkhart on November 11, 2009
   Allowing two poker tournaments in 2007 to be operated by outside parties is costing the Palms Casino Resort a $100,000 fine....
8. Kansas Court Says Poker Game Illegal Gambling
   By Lance Burkhart on October 10, 2009
   A Kansas judge sided with state prosecutors, who say a poker variant played at a Wichita card room is an illegal gambling game decided by luck....
9. Police Profit From South Carolina Poker Seizure
   By Lance Burkhart on September 30, 2009
   A case against a gambling operator illegally running a video poker network in South Carolina resulted in the forfeiture of millions of dollars, which the police divided amongst departments....
10. Poker Wins This Hand in South Carolina
    By Brian Chan on September 19, 2009
    Five men convicted of illegal gambling for participating in a home poker game had their verdict reversed as an appeals judge in South Carolina found poker's skill aspect dominant....
11. News Site Gambling 911 Manufactures Controversy
    By Lance Burkhart on August 14, 2009
    Internet new site Gambling 911 is in the center of a controversy for publishing an article that carelessly ruminates on whether poker professional Daniel Negreanu is a racist....
12. WSOP Turns Away Hundreds as Last Day Fills with Poker Players
    By Lance Burkhart on July 7, 2009
    The WSOP Main Event drew its biggest crowd of entrants by far on Monday, as the fourth and final day sold out, forcing many players to sit out the year's premier poker event....
13. World Series of Poker Increases Strategy by Adding Chips
    By Brian Chan on July 5, 2009
    Taking advantage of a slight decline in players, the World Series of Poker is giving players extra chips to start, allowing them more patience as the gambling progresses....
14. Barney Frank Supports Online Casino Bill at WSOP
    By Brian Chan on July 3, 2009
    Barney Frank will be a special guest this weekend at the World Series of Poker, as he celebrates Independence Day and all it stands for by rallying support for his online casino bill....
15. World Poker Tour Releases Q1 Earnings Data
    By Lee Rockwell on May 4, 2009
    The World Poker Tour (NASDAQ: WPTE) announced Q1 earnings this afternoon and shareholders were surprised to hear the good news....
16. Confusing South Carolina Poker Decision Appealed
    By Brian Chan on March 3, 2009
    Five poker players convicted of gambling by a judge who said poker doesn't meet gambling definitions have appealed the verdict....
17. Poker Court Cases Finding Game Skill, Not Gambling
    By Brian Chan on January 31, 2009
    A jury in Colorado decided that evidence that poker is a game of skill precludes including the game among illegal gambling activities....
18. Texas Sees Legalizing Poker as Step to Consumer Protection
    By Lance Burkhart on January 26, 2009
    Increasing numbers of violent robberies of poker rooms has led to talk of legalization of the gambling sport in Texas....
19. Police Shrug Off Beating of Poker Legend
    By Brian Chan on January 24, 2009
    Poker star Amarillo Slim was put in the hospital by thugs who beat and robbed him, but local police shrugged it off....
20. Borgata Winter Poker Open Set for January 09'
    By Paul Black on December 2, 2008
    The Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City announced today they will offer a $2 million dollar prize-pool in their upcoming poker championships....