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What are some of the hottest headlines in the world of poker? Here you will find all the latest juicy stories along with other important news and tournament results. A must read for the poker enthusiast with articles published throughout the day.

UBOC 2010 – Day 4

Congratulations to MIGUEL_PRADO who won yesterday's UBOC 5 - $128K Guaranteed Heads Up NLH event hosted by Team UB's Eric "Basebaldy" Baldwin, taking out the title against 170 other regis

Submitted by Guest on, Jan/22/2010

Spitting Incident at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

As was previously reported, PokerStars got the poker year rolling with one of the biggest live sponsored tournament series, the

Submitted by Guest on, Jan/22/2010

Poker News: Gus Hansen Way Up in 2010

It seemed like just yesterday that we here at Gambling911.com were talking about how Danish poker pro Gus Hansen was

Submitted by Ace King on, Jan/22/2010

PartyPoker Signing Lots of Big Names Lately

Our bad here at Gambling911.com for not really reporting much about Kara Scott joining team PartyPoker last week.  It appears this is going to become a trend as Party looks to compete with a numbe

Submitted by Ace King on, Jan/21/2010

Online Gambling: Kentucky v. iMEGA Wait Continues

Though the Kentucky Supreme Court today released a number of opinions for cases on its docket, the anticipated decision in Commonwealth of Kentucky v. iMEGA, et al, was not among them.

Submitted by Guest on, Jan/21/2010

Aussie Millions 2010 Has Annette Obrestad a Winner

The youngest person to ever win a World Series of Poker championship and the first to receive a World Series of Poker Europe main event win, Annette Obrestad, is doing quite well at the Aussie Mill

Submitted by Ace King on, Jan/20/2010

Topless Poker Bust Takes Center Stage

What happened at a Michigan Ramada Inn the other night might otherwise have gone down as "just another illegal poker game bust".  But this one is getting plenty more attention.  It was

Submitted by Ace King on, Jan/20/2010

Poker News Bulletin: Daniel Negreanu Takes a Shot?

Doyle Brunson made some intriguing remarks concerning poker pro Daniel Negreanu "taking a shot" at a recent poker tourna

Submitted by Ace King on, Jan/20/2010

Jon Kyl Blockade in Senate Blamed on Internet Gambling

Senator Jon Kyl is standing in the way of appointing a key nominee to the Treasury Department.  Many observers believe Kyl is "throwing a tantrum" to

Submitted by Patrick Flanigan on, Jan/20/2010

UBOC Kicks Off With Sniper NL Hold ‘em Event

UB's Online Championship Tournament Series launches today, with UBOC 1 to be hosted by UB Pro Annie Duke.   Wednesday, January 20th is shaping up to be a hectic night at the felt for players at t

Submitted by Guest on, Jan/20/2010

Barney Frank Online Poker Bill Up For Vote Next Month

"We expect within a few short weeks, most likely in the month of February, there will be a committee vote on this legislation," said John Pappas, President of the Poker Players Alliance. "This is a very critical and important for vote for the Poker Players Alliance, as well as the poker community, and we need everyone to step up and make sure that their voices are heard."

What Pappas expects and what will actually happen are two different things, however, though we trust that the PPA is in tight enough with Congressman Frank to know his future intentions.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Jan/19/2010

Doyle Brunson Speaks on Haiti Crisis

All you see on the TV news channels are about the earthquakes in Haiti. It is a real disaster area and America is trying to help and the online poker sites are no exception.

Submitted by Doyle Brunson on, Jan/19/2010

Tweets Allowed at 2010 World Series of Poker

The start of the new year signals the official preparations for the new poker tournament season.

Submitted by Guest on, Jan/19/2010

Doyle Deserves Good Karma

Not only is Doyle donating proceeds of the weekly bounty to the Haiti efforts, but he's already breaking a New Year's Resolution in order to support his company.

Submitted by Payton on, Jan/19/2010

‘PLAY FOR HAITI' at Popular Online Poker Rooms UB and Absolute

This week, the Tokwiro-owned online poker sites UB and Absolute Poker join their industry peers in support of the people of the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean nation

Submitted by Payton on, Jan/19/2010

Jim Perskie: Lesniak Bill About Helping NJ Racetracks

Online gambling legalized in New Jersey?

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Jan/18/2010

Doyle Brunson Looks to Add 6 More Pros

Following the departure of Alec "traheho" Torelli, the coveted "Brunson 10" is now down to 4 players.  Torelli left Doyles to pursue another project, quite possibly starting a

Submitted by Ace King on, Jan/18/2010

Novice Poker Players Don't Know When to Walk Away

(HealthDay News) -- Play more online poker and you'll get better and win, right?

Submitted by Guest on, Jan/17/2010

Internet Gambling Bill Would Allow Poker Online

As Gambling911.com first reported exclusively early this week, a new bill has been introduced that would allow legalized

Submitted by Guest on, Jan/15/2010

Pick Off a Poker Pro: Doyle Brunson Goes Down Monday!

Tired of Tweet's about dumb blondes and Joan Rivers?  The blondes who run Gambling911.com want to take down poker icon Doyle Brunson by any means necessary.....

Submitted by Guest on, Jan/15/2010

Doyles Room Online Poker Tournament for Haiti Relief

DoylesRoom.com is going all in to send relief to Haiti.  The online poker destination is diverting all tournament fees collected from this Wednesday's $50,000 Bounty Tournament to a relief organization, matching all bounty money won and adding additional funds to help aid organizations respond to the catastrophe that has devastated so many in Haiti. A number of Hollywood celebrities are expected to play in the tournament along with Doyle Brunson and members of The Brunson 10.

Submitted by Guest on, Jan/15/2010

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure ends on a high

ATLANTIS, PARADISE ISLAND, THE BAHAMAS, January 14, 2010 - An extraordinary ten days of poker at the seventh annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) at Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas drew to a

Submitted by Guest on, Jan/14/2010

Full Tilt Poker Suing Clonie Gowen

Full Tilt Poker is entangled in another lawsuit, but this time, it is doing the suing. The online poker giant is suing Clonie Gowen in a federal court.

Submitted by Guest on, Jan/14/2010

Reflecting on Phil Ivey’s 2009

Poker players from all over the world generally believe that Phil Ivey is one of the, if not the best poker player in the world, both live and online at

Submitted by Guest on, Jan/14/2010

New Jersey vs. Pennsylvania in Gambling War

The state of New Jersey has put the gloves on in its fight with neighboring state, Pennsylvania, to protect its troubled gambling industry. 

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jan/14/2010

New Jersey Introduces Online Gambling, Sports Betting Bill

Breaking News from Gambling911.com as New Jersey Senator Raymond Lesniak has authored a bill that would make sports betting legal in the state.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jan/14/2010

Indian Tribes Oppose Online Gambling in California

PALM SPRINGS - After the California Nations Indian Gaming Association chairman called for unity at the Western Indian Gaming Conference on Wednesday, tribes began to tackle the complicated issue of

Submitted by Guest on, Jan/14/2010

Poker Host Expands Into Latin American Market

As poker grows worldwide, so does www.pokerhost.com.  Now stronger than ever and growing rapidly, this poker room on cake software is making a strong push i

Submitted by Guest on, Jan/14/2010

Doyle Brunson to Join Food Network?

I'm sitting at my desk at 8:30 at night wondering if I should go to bed, watch a movie and go to sleep.

Submitted by Doyle Brunson on, Jan/13/2010

Online Poker Room Plans Major European Expansion

He's known and loved throughout the world and now Doyle Brunson is looking to capitalize on his image by expanding into the European market during 2010 via his popular

Submitted by Patrick Flanigan on, Jan/13/2010

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