Over at FullTilt Poker on the table called Harlin, Matt “Hoss_TBF” Hawrilenko received an extremely pleasant early Christmas gift from another player called “gamble up77?”, a total of $20,000 to be precise. It was in an amazing 10 hands that “gamble up77?” managed to lose the $20,000 to his opponent, whom were both playing at the $1000/$2000 limit table. It will certainly be a happy time at the Hawrilenko household this Xmas, presents will be coming in bulk most likely with a win like that. Read the rest of this entry »

To all parents out there, a new and inventive replacement for the traditional dreidel may have just been created just in case your kids are getting a bit bored of the good old plain dreidel. And is very unlikely that a child’s attention span will fix upon a dreidel for longer than a few minutes before getting bored, the solution to this may be to give your kids the illusion that they are in fact simply playing poker. Read the rest of this entry »

I am pretty sure that most poker fans would have spotted the large publicity surrounding recent scams in the poker world relating to cheating and such forth.  The players involved in some of the recent online scams have all received lifetime bans from the particular sites that they scammed, the actions taken by the sites has sparked significant debate.The players obviously broke the rules of the online sites, but the main factor in question is whether or not the distributed punishment was too harsh or if it was suitable. Read the rest of this entry »

Carbon Poker is the latest addition to the Merge Gaming Network is rapidly expanding; with several well known brands in the final stages of development. Through continued partnerships like this, Merge is quickly becoming one of the fastest growing networks in the online gaming industry. Carbon Poker has decided to offer a string of Christmas related promotions this year in order to attract more players to the site and improve the development of their customer relationships. Read the rest of this entry »

This Xmas comes along as poker has carried on increasing in popularity over the past years and now it has never been a better time to spread the game by buying poker related gifts for relatives. With the popularity of the game at a high, I am sure that most poker fans out their also know at least one family member or friend who also enjoys the game. The purpose of this article is simply to discuss a number of good options that are available in terms of buying presents for poker fans! Read the rest of this entry »

The poker world was today engulfed with shock after the death of poker legend David ‘Chip’ Reese was announced this morning. Reese was found by his son early Tuesday morning at his home in Las Vegas after suffering from symptoms of pneumonia according to another one of the poker master’s Doyle Brunson, his long-time friend .Chip Reese has Read the rest of this entry »

The poker world is one that is of course full of its risks, with most players doing their best to narrow down the level of risk involved in their game. But sometimes risks have to be taken in order to progress anywhere in poker; it appears that two online players have taken the theory of ‘risk taking’ to a whole new level. Read the rest of this entry »

PokerStars.com lets you enter a marketing code during sign up. Following these steps when making a new player account on poker stars and you will receive 100% bonus up to $50 free with your first deposit. Read the rest of this entry »

The Future of live poker games in casinos across the world looks potentially uncertain due to recent investigations into developments of electronic dealers replacing human dealers. Poker in casinos has always been a favourite for gamblers, but inside the last decade the games popularity has increased beyond imagination. Casino executives have realised gradually over the years how unprofitable hosting live poker games with human dealers is in their casinos in comparison to such other games as roulette, and have began to investigate potential solutions to this lack of profit gaining. Read the rest of this entry »

CakePoker is a fairly new poker site to hit the market in comparison to the other big dogs; the site was only set up recently back in 2004. Despite the fact that CakePoker may not be at the same level at other well-established poker sites, they have announced a series of freeroll tournaments worth $100,000 each, and totalling an amazing $1 million over the course of the series. The owners of CakePoker were only a small group of poker enthusiasts Read the rest of this entry »

German born former tennis number one Boris Becker is no stranger to success in his sport, most famously whilst previously playing tennis in his glory days. But now Boris is looking for success in another area of sport, that being poker. Boris has decided to join the large team of professionals being sponsored to play on the PokerStars website, along with appearing in a new PokerStars advertising campaign that will be broadcasted on TV. Read the rest of this entry »

The Bodog Entertainment Group has taken it upon them to fight back in the case relating to the alleged copyright infringement of the company. The dispute previously ran for a total of seven weeks in front of a Nevada judge, with the result certainly not being good news for the Bodog Company, Bodog experienced a default charge of $49 million along with the loss of its domains. The company which Bodog had clashed with were 1st Technology, who then proceeded to Read the rest of this entry »

It has never been likely that a live and legal poker tournament would ever be broadcasted within China, but times have changed and the next generation is here as represented by China hosting its very first legal poker tournament starting on the 23rd of November 2007. The tournament was of a large scale, with a total of 352 players being prepared to pay the $2,500 fee to enter the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) and have the honour of being part of the historical event. Read the rest of this entry »

Doyle Brunson is no stranger to the world of high stakes poker, but has always tended to venture away from the extreme pots running into the high 3 figure regions. This all changed when Brunson ran into a regular of the High Stakes Poker table named Guy Laliberté and sparks flew to say the least. Laliberté has been very active at the High Stakes Poker recently, Read the rest of this entry »

Pokertube.com was set up back in 2005, as a runoff from the infamous YouTube website that hosts a huge variety of different videos. The idea behind PokerTube was to provide poker fans with a more concentrated selection of poker videos that can be found all on one website. The technology involved in poker on the whole has developed significantly since the older days of poker back in the 70’s/80’s, with fans being able to connect to the internet at the click of a mouse to discover whatever information they require about events and such. Read the rest of this entry »