Poker

90-Year-Old Georgia Woman Arrested for Illegal Poker Game

A 90-year-old Georgia woman was charged this week with running an illegal poker game in her hometown of Albany. Police swooped in on the home of nonagenarian Mary Morgan on Saturday night at around 8.30 pm, breaking up the game...

Ron Paul Decries Adelson Online Poker Ban

Ron Paul has come out strongly against a federal online poker ban, saying that the legislation is only being considered because it would please prominent Republican donor Sheldon Adelson. Paul, a former Republican Representative...

UKGC Improves Player Protections with New Guidelines

The UK Gambling Commission’s (UKGC) efforts to make all regulated sites in the UK as player-friendly as possible took another step forward recently after it published new guidelines on fund segregation. Published on the...

Jose Canseco Finger Fallout More Hand Information Than Wanted in Poker Tournament

Jose Canseco might be a good poker player, or he may be a total fish; we’re not really sure. But one thing is certain: you’ll never want to lose a hand in the same way he has. Canseco told the world that he lost a...

Mark Newhouse Makes His Peace with Back-to-Back WSOP Ninth Place Finishes

Pity poor Mark Newhouse: not once, but twice, he’s gotten so close but yet so far to winning the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, only to be pushed out in ninth place both times. To be honest, finishing ninth would...

Peeved PokerStars Players Push Back Against Rake Increases

Players protested PokerStars’ recent rake increases on multiple occasions early this month, hoping to show that customers were dissatisfied with the new policies. However, it seems as though those efforts varied in their...

Daniel Colman Rails on Phil Hellmuth, Calls Him “Cancer”

Poker pro Daniel Colman might not like talking to the media, but put him in front of a forum audience and he doesn’t hold back. The 2014 winningest tournament pro in the world is grumpy and he knows it, but that...

Ultimate Poker Calls it Quits in Nevada for Online Operations

Ultimate Poker was the first poker room to make a home in the regulated Nevada online poker market, getting its product out to gamblers months before the competition. Now, Ultimate is also the first company to call it quits in...

California Online Poker Coalition Sees San Manuel Join PokerStars and Morongo

The prospects for California online poker were bolstered this week, following the defection of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians from a coalition of tribal gaming operators fighting to prevent online poker giant PokerStars...

Amaya Could Purchase bwin.party as Rumors Swirl

Bwin.party, the popular online poker and casino provider, may be taken over soon by an as-yet-unnamed company, according to a recent statement by the board of directors. Following mounting speculation that the head honchos at...