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High Stakes Poker Coming Back to Television

February 14th is an important day and not for what you may be thinking. Of course it is Valentine’s Day but it is also the day that the sixth season of High Stakes Poker is back on the air. The new season kicks off on the 14th on the Game Show Network and it will feature poker pros and newcomers competing for large prizes. (05/02)

Has Isildur1 Changed Names?

Over the past few months the name Isildur1 has been in the news with various stories about how the mystery player is losing or winning at the high stakes games at Full Tilt Poker. The player has remained a mystery and no one knows who he is. Now it seems as though the mystery has taken on a new name. (02/02)

Titan Poker Working to help Haiti

Titan Poker is joining the many other online gambling operators to help bring relief to the earthquake stricken Haiti. Many online poker rooms have held special tournaments to raise money for the cause and Titan Poker will be holding a special tournament this Sunday. The tournament will raise money to be donated to the Red Cross. (28/01)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up Results

PokerStars hosts several poker tournaments each weekend with large guaranteed prize pools for players to enjoy. One of these tournaments is the Sunday Warm-Up. This tournament has a buy-in of $200 plus 15 and this past weekend 4,818 players registered which created a prize pool of $963,600. (26/01)

Bluff Europe Academy announces second season of Poker Academy

Bluff Europe recently announced that they are getting ready for the second season of their Poker Academy. Players will be able to participate in a series of live tutorial sessions. Several poker pros have confirmed their participation in the Academy. (22/01)

SEGA launches online casino and poker room

When you hear the name SEGA you automatically think of gaming, as in Sonic the Hedgehog or other SEGA Genesis games. The SEGA Company has been working to create a SEGA branded online gaming sites. SEGA recently announced they have launched SEGACasino and SEGAPoker. (19/01)

Full Tilt Suing Clonie Gowen

For a while now Full Tilt Poker has been on the receiving end of lawsuits filed by poker player Clonie Gowen. But now the tide has changed and Full Tilt has filed a suit against Gowen in federal court. (15/01)

First Ever Team World Poker Cup Begins

TheFreePokerRoom is a free online Texas hold’em multi-player website and they recently announced the launch of their first ever Team World Poker Cup. The event will offer teams from sixteen different nations the opportunity to compete for the title. (12/01)

LA Kings Hosting Poker Tournament This Weekend

The LA Kings are working together with the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians to host a special poker night this weekend. The tournament will take place before the Kings take on the Blues this Saturday night. (08/01)

DTD Deepstack won by Hassan Irfan

The first £300 monthly deepstack event of 2010 took place this past weekend at Dusk Till Dawn and for the first time ever the event had an overlay. Only 227 players registered to compete so the poker club had to add £11,900 to the prize pool. (05/01)

PokerStars New Online Poker Team Announced

PokerStars, the top online poker room, has been searching for online players to be a part of their Team PokerStars Online. The site has been searching for two months through applications of over 2,000 poker players to pick the right people for the team. PokerStars recently announced that twenty three players have been chosen for the poker team. (31/12)

PokerStars Sunday Million Tournament Results

This past Sunday the PokerStars Sunday Million saw a very good turnout of players which created an increased prize pool. The tournament had over nine thousand players competing and with the buy-in set at $200 plus 15, the prize pool was increased to $1,868,800. (29/12)

Allen Kessler Wins 2009 Bayou Poker Challenge

The Main Event of the 2009 Bayou Poker Challenge finished up recently and eighty players registered to compete this year. The tournament was a three day event with a $3,000 plus $120 buy-in. the prize pool up for grabs was $221,798 and it was Allen ‘Chainsaw’ Kessler who came out the victor. (22/12)

WSOP 2010 Details Released

Details of the 2010 World Series of Poker schedule have been released and it could not be soon enough for die hard poker players. The highly anticipated poker series is set to begin on May 27th and continue until July 17th. (18/12)

Victor Chandler Challenging Poker Players at Conference

Next month the London Affiliate Conference is set to take place and during the conference delegates will be able to take part in the Affiliate Series of Poker. Delegates will be able to compete against Victor Chandler for a chance to win cash prizes. (15/12)

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