Latest poker news

Sunday Million 6th Anniversary with $6 Million Guaranteed

February 23, 2012 at 6:22 PM |

On 11 March, 2012, the PokerStars Sunday Million turns 6. To celebrate the anniversary, the guaranteed prize pool of the tournament will be $6 million.

Poker Players

Betfair Signs Peter Eastgate in Team Pro

February 22, 2012 at 3:49 PM |

2008 World Series of Poker champion Peter Eastgate joins Team Betfair Poker.

Poker Players

Jungleman12 vs Andrew Feldman – New WSOP Fight on the Horizon?

February 22, 2012 at 1:59 PM |

Daniel ‘jungleman12’ Cates and Andrew Feldman might be the next couple of poker pros to fight in a WSOP prop bet.

Poker Tournaments

LAPT Grand Final - Nestola Wins, Negreanu 6th

February 21, 2012 at 12:41 PM |

Only the monogram is the same, instead of Daniel Negreanu, Daniele Nestola took down the R$289,300 main trophy of the PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) Grand Final's Main Event. Negreanu finished 6th.

Shuffle Master Nearing Ongame Acquisition

February 21, 2012 at 12:19 PM |

Shuffle Master, a casino game developer operating in Las Vegas is reportedly in "advanced talks" in acquiring the Ongame Network, according to pokerfuse.

Poker Tournaments

Daniel Negreanu at LAPT Grand Final Final Table

February 20, 2012 at 2:52 PM |

Daniel Negreanu will be there at the final table of the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) Grand Final. Daniele Nestola is the chipleader, 8 players remain.

Online Poker

Ziigmund Loses Half a Million at PokerStars High Stakes Tables

February 18, 2012 at 12:02 PM |

Ilari Sahamies (Ziigmund) ran his worst session of the year this Thursday at PokerStars high stakes tables, he left half a million dollars at the tables against players like 'Isildur1'.

Poker Tournaments

RakeRace Giga Satellite - Win Eureka Poker Tour and Sunday Million Tickets for only €1!

February 17, 2012 at 5:55 PM |

On the 27th February, we will be offering a fantastic opportunity for the registered players of RakeRace.com! Above the prize pool of our €1 buy-in tournament, we will be giving out tournament tickets worth $2500, thanks to PokerStars and RakeRace.com.

Lost & Found

Useful Micro Limit Poker Tips for Beginners - Part 9

February 17, 2012 at 3:43 PM |

We have come to the ninth part of the poker ebook written by kocka21 and mrj, in which we will emphasise the importance of thinking in the full hand range. And in comparing the strength of certain hand ranges vs other ones, the free software PokerStove can be our guide. We will illustrate its use through a few examples.

Poker Rake Races

Top 3 Exclusive Races in February - Highly +EV!

February 16, 2012 at 2:06 PM |

This month the team behind Rakerace.com brought you the best exclusive rake races again, and in our present article we will show you why. It's extremely worth it to partipate in our races in February!

Poker Rake Races

EuroPoker Exclusive $5,000 Cash Race - 20 February - 20 March

February 16, 2012 at 12:07 PM |

Our newest partner, EuroPoker offers a $5,000 cash race from 20 February to 20 March to players who registered to EuroPoker through our link. EuroPoker is a member of the Ongame Network. Besides the great exclusive first deposit bonus, you can now enjoy the room's great VIP system as well.

Poker Tournaments

WPT Seminole Hard Rock – Matt Juttelstad Wins, Gigi Gagne Makes It to HU

February 15, 2012 at 4:11 PM |

Although it was definitely an option, the World Poker Tour (WPT) remains without a female champion; Gigi Gagne finished 2nd in the Seminole Hard Rock main event.

Poker Players

Gus Hansen’s Expensive Miss of Flight

February 13, 2012 at 5:09 PM |

Gus Hansen chose to play on instead of flying home and paid the price.

Poker Rooms

PokerStars Acquires Malta License - PokerStars.eu Coming Soon

February 12, 2012 at 5:35 PM |

According to an official press release issued by PokerStars, they acquired a Malta license, and will soon launch their .eu site aimed at licensed European markets.

Poker Tournaments

Rinat Bogdanov Wins WPT Venice

February 11, 2012 at 12:28 PM |

Rinat Bogdanov took part in his first World Poker Tour (WPT) tournament ever in Venice and he was able to finish in the first place right away. Andrea Dato came in 3rd.