As the only 3-D poker room online, it seemed inevitable the PKR Poker would eventually receive the acclaim it deserves. Over its three year history, the site showed a steady increase in its membership with the PKR Poker player pool jumping to 1 million around the 1 year anniversary, up to 2 million by its [...]

If you’re a fan of PokerTracker then you’re going to want to read this. If you use the leading online poker aiding software yourself, then you already know that it’s compatible with most of the major online poker rooms, including Full Tilt Poker, Poker Stars, Party Poker, Titan Poker, and Everest Poker (among a few [...]

When Team Poker Stars launched the Million Dollar Challenge t.v. show on FOX television October 11, they probably never imagined that one of the top winners of the televised heads-up poker tournament series’ inaugural season would be a preacher playing for charity.
The preacher is Father Andrew Trapp and the charity that he’s playing for is [...]

A big name in profession poker has just come out saying that he approves of poker bots being allowed at online poker tables. With a caveat, of course. But first, the poker pro: it is Barry Greenstein, the world-renowned philanthropist of poker who gives away his winnings to charity.
Now the caveat: What Barry Greenstein suggests [...]

The World Poker Tour put out a press release last Wednesday announcing that it has agreed to be bought out by Party Poker. That means that Party Poker will be the new owner of all WPT operating assets. It seems like a perfect match being that Mike Sexton is an element in both – he [...]

The Mini-FTOPS XIII is almost underway. It starts September 9, and offers up the same 25 events at a fraction of the buy-in (1/10th) for a total $3 million guaranteed prize pool, including a $500,000 main event.
That main event caps the Mini-FTOPS XIII series on September 20 at 5 pm ET for a $55 buy-in, [...]

A Judge in the Southern District of NY ruled today in favor of the request made by the online poker community (in the form of Costigan Media which owns, among other relevant properties, Gambling 911) that all of the warrants and related affidavits regarding the recent seizure of over $30 million in Full Tilt Poker [...]

There seems to be a lot of changing of hands in the online poker industry these days. For one, it was just announced (after rumors had been circulating for a little while now) that the World Poker Tour has been sold for $9 million to a company called Gamynia Limited. Players and fans can rest [...]

Full Tilt Poker has decided to increase the ante in its schedule of monthly guaranteed tournaments with the introduction of the Full Tilt Poker $1,000,000 Monthly Guarantee Tournament.
The tournament itself has a $535 buy-in, but players can satellite in throughout the month, with buy-ins for $1M Monthly Guarantee satellites at 50 Full Tilt Points or [...]

Full Tilt Poker issued its most currently updated lists of poker software programs banned from use on its site, and thankfully, the list also reveals some non-prohibited software too.
The list of prohibited software includes poker bots, table selection software, odds calculators, data mining programs, and hand history compilers (though Full Tilt does now offer its [...]