Poker Rivals Coming to Facebook

British social games developer Playfish Limited has created a new poker game for the social networking site Facebook. The new application is called Poker Rivals and it is in its beta testing phase. (27/11)

Shaun Deeb Taking a Break From Poker

Poker pros are constantly on the go, arriving in different countries to compete in various poker tournaments or logging online at all times of the day to compete in tournaments or at the high limit tables. Many times poker pros can get burned out and feel the need to take a break. This is what has happened to Shaun Deeb. The poker pro recently announced he is going to take a break from the game for awhile. (24/11)

Virgin Poker to Stay with IPN

Virgin Poker has decided to stay with IPN, the International Poker Network, for the next three years. The online poker room recently cut a new deal with GTECH G2 which will see them continue on the IPN. (17/11)

PPA Congratulates New WSOP Winner

The Poker Players Alliance, a poker advocacy group, has given their congratulations to the newest World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Joe Cada. Cada won the 2009 WSOP Main Event after besting DArvin Moon in heads up play. (13/11)

Joe Sebok announces new Poker News Show

During a recent Bluff broadcast during the World Series of Poker Main Event, poker pro Joe Sebok announced he will be starring in a new poker show called Poker 2Nite. The new poker show will be a venture into the poker media industry and will offer viewers weekly poker news. (10/11)

Doyle Brunson’s Autobiography out Next Week

Doyle Brunson has written an autobiography and poker players can purchase the new book when it hits stores next Wednesday. The book will feature tales of Doyle’s life as well as photographs that have never been seen. (06/11)

PokerStars Starting up LAPT Satellites

PokerStars has announced the third installment of their Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) and they are now beginning to run satellites for the event. Players will find satellites start at only $2.22 so anyone is able to afford to compete. (03/11)

Poker Players Robbed in Ohio

Several poker robberies have taken place over the past few weeks in various areas across the United States. Some of the robberies seem to be a case of wrong place, wrong time, while some seem to have insiders working the job. The latest robbery happened this past Monday night in Ohio during a home poker game. (29/10)

Hungarians Next in Line to Tax Poker

It was recently reported that Hungarian lawmakers are planning on regulating clubs and tax poker winnings to generate more funds for the country. A newspaper in Germany has reported that the country is experiencing the worst economic crisis since the end of communism and desperately need the revenues the change would create. (27/10)

Live the Dream at Everest Poker

At Everest Poker you can ‘Live the Dream’, what exactly does this mean? Everest Poker is going to be awarding 10 players with the poker life., but winning isn’t going to be easy. (23/10)

Power Poker Offering Players a chance to compete against Poker Pro

Each month Power Poker hosts a set of Online Forum Challenge Events which consist of one free roll and one buy-in tournament with cash and prizes added. After three months all players who took part in the tournaments will have their shot at competing against Power Poker’s poker pro Ilari Sahamies. The first set of these tournaments starts this weekend. (20/10)

Italian Poker Tour Event Won by Marco Figuccia

The Nova Gorica event of the Italian Poker Tour finished up yesterday and it was Marco Figuccia who outlasted the field and earned the €160,000 first place prize. 332 players competed in the event and it took two hours of heads up play before the winner was decided. (16/10)

Another Poker Show in the Works

It seems every top online poker room has started their own poker reality television show. You have PokerStars new Million Dollar Challenge and Full Tilt’s Face The Ace. Now a new reality poker show is in the works that is supposedly more family friendly and can be enjoyed by the whole family. (13/10)

Microgaming adds more Poker Sites to online network

Microgaming Poker Network has added two new online poker sites to their network. Microgaming made the announcement recently that Mansion888 and 5050Poker are now on the Microgaming Poker Network. (09/10)

Absolute Poker Offering Students a Poker Challenge

Absolute Poker is offering students of United States colleges and universities the chance to win money to pay for their college tuition via a poker tournament. The Absolute Poker College Challenge is up and running and players have the opportunity to win $10,000 for college along with $30,000 in prize money during the Challenge. (06/10)

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