The Titan Poker website has recently been so interested in the Irish Open poker event that it has decided to take a particular selection of its finest online players to travel to Ireland and take part in the tournament. This decision is certainly a positive element for Ireland and the game, as the location will most likely now be put on the international map as a result of such high class players showing their faces. Read the rest of this entry »

It was reported not so long ago in the Finish newspaper called ‘Helsingin Sanomat’ that it has been suggested that a new government report is recommending that the current gambling laws be amended in order to allow poker players to retrieve previous online losses from the game. Read the rest of this entry »

It was announced today by Virgin that they are going to release a free online gaming application of Texas Hold’em poker to be played on Facebook, in partnership with Playzu. In order to actually play on Facebook, players are required to add the Playzu application to their profiles. Every time a player wins a hand it counts toward daily leader board that can be viewed on Facebook. These particular 25 players will in turn receive a unique signup code to play for exclusive Virgin prizes, including such things as air miles. Read the rest of this entry »

The official schedule for the 39th WSOP that will take place in 2008 has been released by Harrah’s Entertainment. The event will once again take place in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, USA. The 2008 WSOP will run from May 30 – July 16, 2008, and as in the previous year, will offer a total of 55 different events for players to participate in. The WSOP activity 2008 will begin on the 28th May (two days before the actually event itself is set to commence). Read the rest of this entry »

The mobile poker landscape is crowded with big names such as the World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour. Gameloft has already been this industry, bringing out their Midnight Poker series previously, but when the firm was preparing a new poker game to bring back its reputation, the company knew that it needed a big celebrity name to draw attention to the game. Poker legend Gus Hansen, who turned pro in 1997 and has since accumulated over $5 million in tournament winnings, was a natural selection for the place by Gameloft. Read the rest of this entry »

Phil Ivey’s Monday night at FullTilt online was bad to say the least, with the infamous pro player losing copious amounts in a few monster pots. Ivey lost most of his money in two gigantic pots during a game of Omaha against online the online legend that is the Finnish Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies, the pair were playing heads up in a $500/$1000 blinds cash game. The table that the players were playing at was actually Ivey’s own table that he created under the name of “Ivey Thunderdome,” but it seems that playing on home turf served as no advantage to Ivey. Read the rest of this entry »