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Gambling Ban Will Hurt Emerging Russian Poker Scene

In recent years, Russians have made an impact on the world of poker. In particular there is Ivan Demidov, who made the final table of both the World Series of Poker and its European cousin the sa

Submitted by C Costigan on, Sun, 07/26/2009 - 21:06

Annette Obrestad Can Now Drink and Play US Poker Tournaments

The first ever World Series of Poker Europe winner, Annette Obrestad, is about to turn 21. For many a youngster, turning 21 means being able to drink legally in bars and finally being able to hav

Submitted by Ace King on, Sun, 07/26/2009 - 13:51

European Poker Tour Kiev Sports Poker Championship

The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour (EPT) is pleased to announce an alternate venue for its August event, now scheduled to be held in Kiev, the largest city and capital of Ukraine, at the Kiev

Submitted by on, Sat, 07/25/2009 - 09:52

PokerStars Macau Summer Poker Festival

PokerStars, the world's largest online poker site with over 25 million registered players, today announced the schedule of the ‘PokerStars.net APPT Macau Summer Festival of Poker.' This event m

Submitted by on, Wed, 07/22/2009 - 11:24

Largest Online Poker Tournament: Guinness Record Shattered

PokerStars.com, the world's largest online poker site, has smashed its own world record for hosting the ‘LARGEST ONLINE POKER TOURNAMENT', as officially certifie

Submitted by on, Tue, 07/21/2009 - 10:42

Play with Rock Stars at UltimateBet.com Online Poker

Get ready to rock the UltimateBet ("UB") poker tables in the encore performance of Scott Ian's Home Game, an online poker tournament, on August 19th at 21:00ET. Swap your guitar chips for poker chips to win one of 11 exclusive seats in Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian's Home Game where you could find yourself seated next to rock legends and poker pros, and shooting for the stars in the ultimate Rock ‘n Roll Sit-and-Go for a trip to the Aruba Poker Classic.

Submitted by on, Wed, 07/15/2009 - 21:01

Dream Team Poker WSOP Event Final Report

2009 World Series of Poker

Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino

Las Vegas, Nevada

Official Report

No-Limit Hold'em / Dream Team Poker Structure

Submitted by on, Tue, 07/14/2009 - 17:19

Doyle Brunson Goes Chinese After Bowing Out of WSOP Early

The Main Event is still going on at the WSOP. The pros are getting fewer and fewer but that's what makes a great tournament, anyone can get lucky and win.

Submitted by Doyle Brunson on, Mon, 07/13/2009 - 14:13

Dream Team Poker WSOP Event Day 1 Report

What follows is a breakdown of the Dream Team Poker World Series of Poker Event Day 1 including highlights.

2009 World Series of Poker

Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino

Submitted by on, Mon, 07/13/2009 - 13:43

WSOP Dream Team Poker Event Sunday July 12, 2009

The Dream Team Poker Event at the 40th Annual World Series of Poker will feature some of the biggest names in poker today.

Submitted by Jenny Woo on, Fri, 07/10/2009 - 21:37

Jose Canseco Enters Dream Team Poker Event

Perhaps Jose Canseco is trying to take this poker thing a bit more seriously. It seems that the former baseball star and admitted steroid cheat, who has spent much of his time in

Submitted by on, Thu, 07/09/2009 - 11:23

PokerStars Round-up 9 July 2009

Up The Ante in Vegas

Submitted by on, Thu, 07/09/2009 - 11:18

Sparky Collins Goes All In: Prepares for 2010 WSOP

Everybody's favorite transgender reporter, Sparky Collins, wanted so badly to take part in the 2009 World Series of Poker, but no one would sponsor him.

Submitted by on, Tue, 07/07/2009 - 20:48

PokerStars WCOOP 2009

The Main Event of the World Series of Poker is currently underway, so what better time for the world's largest online poker site,

Submitted by on, Tue, 07/07/2009 - 13:24

Eastgate vs. Demidov Rematch in the Cards

World Series of Poker Main Event champion and Team PokerStars Pro Peter Eastgate is to take on his 2008 opponent - fellow team member Ivan Demidov, in a unique heads-up charity tournament held onli

Submitted by on, Tue, 06/23/2009 - 12:52

UltimateBet's WSOP 50 Package Guaranteed - June 21st @ 17:30ET

UltimateBet.com ("UB") is gearing up to hand out at least 50 Main Event seats tomorrow in their World Series of Poker ("WSOP") *50 Package Satellite, a $530 buy-in event schedul

Submitted by on, Sat, 06/20/2009 - 21:01

Mike Matusow Personal Road to Redemption

Never a stranger to controversy or speaking his mind, poker pro, Mike Matusow was given the nickname "The Mouth" as a result of his verbose nature and willingness to brashly make statemen

Submitted by on, Wed, 06/10/2009 - 11:49

Italian Poker Tour Ends With 100K Plus Winner

The first PokerStars.it Italian Poker Tour (IPT) event in San Remo ended after a seven hour final table battle it was PokerStars.it qualifier Stefano Puccilli win

Submitted by on, Tue, 06/09/2009 - 11:16

PokerStars Weekly Roundup

Tom McEvoy wins Invitational

Submitted by on, Mon, 06/08/2009 - 11:26

Revamped 2009 Poker Tournament Leaderboard Competition Pays $1 Mil

Leading online poker sites UltimateBet and Absolute Poker today revealed a revamped Tournament Leaderboard competition for 2009, raising the stakes to give online poker players at both sites a mi

Submitted by on, Thu, 06/04/2009 - 12:41

2009 WSOP: Three Records in Three Days

Each of the first three open events of the 2009 World Series of Poker Presented By Jack Link's Beef Jerky has broken a record.

First, it was Event #2, which set the record for largest prize pool for a non-Main Event field, when 201 players anted up $40,000 each to create a massive $7,718,400 prize pool. The previous record prize pool was $7,104,000 (2007) - a solid $614,000 behind the new record.

Then, Event #3, the $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low, had 918 entrants, besting the old record of 833 and becoming the largest live Omaha tournament ever played.

Submitted by on, Sat, 05/30/2009 - 14:51