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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.

Vote Is In: Poker Players Are Not Athletes

So much for the "sport" of poker.

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Fri, 02/04/2011 - 21:36

Online Poker Forum TwoPlusTwo.com Finds Itself Center Stage of National Crime Story

Submitted by C Costigan on, Fri, 02/04/2011 - 11:59

Lock Poker New Manager Writes Letter to Customers

Submitted by on, Fri, 02/04/2011 - 10:40

Bellagio Chip Bandit Arrested After Sending Private Messages on TwoPlusTwo Forum

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Thu, 02/03/2011 - 22:05

FBI Surveillance Expert Testifies in Ernie Scherer III Murder Trial

Submitted by C Costigan on, Thu, 02/03/2011 - 21:21

Can a Chimp Win The World Series of Poker?

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Tue, 02/01/2011 - 21:04

Formaldehyde in Poker Cards Could Kill

Chinese poker players have been warned in recent days that they could face death by continuing to play poker.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Tue, 02/01/2011 - 20:29

Eric Baldwin Says I Do to UB.com

Submitted by Payton on, Tue, 02/01/2011 - 20:05

Online Poker Traffic Falls Off 2.5 Percent This Week: Could Get Worse

With the troubles at the world’s two largest online poker rooms, PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, continuing this week, traffic across the board has dropped 2.5 percent.

Submitted by Ace King on, Tue, 02/01/2011 - 19:48

Poker Pro Accused of Killing Parents Enjoyed Success Pre-2007

The California man accused of killing his parents owed substantial amounts of money to his financier who helped secure him seats at various poker tournaments.

Ernie Scherer III is standing trial for the murder of his parents. Ernie Scherer Jr., a poker player himself, and his wife, Charlene Abendroth, were found brutally murdered in their Castlewood Country Club home in 2008. Both had been beaten and stabbed.

Submitted by Ace King on, Tue, 02/01/2011 - 19:34

Is Greg "Fossilman" Raymer Extinct From PokerStars?

Submitted by Ace King on, Tue, 02/01/2011 - 19:21

Annie Duke Definitely Will Not Be on Dancing With The Stars: Talks Cheating

While her former colleague at UB.com is widely rumored to be appearing on the next installment of Dancing With The Stars, Annie Duke is no Phil Hellmuth.

Submitted by Ace King on, Tue, 02/01/2011 - 15:24

Viktor “Isildur1” Blom, Dan “Jungleman12” Cates Smackdown

Submitted by Ace King on, Tue, 02/01/2011 - 14:37

PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker Wires Tough to Process

Submitted by C Costigan on, Tue, 02/01/2011 - 01:55

Phil Ivey, Jason Mercier Lead “Best Poker Players” in Month of January 2011

Phil Ivey was named “Best Poker Player” for the month of January 2011 by ESPN.com followed by Jason Mercier, Tom Marchese and Tom Dwan.

Submitted by Ace King on, Mon, 01/31/2011 - 20:07

Lock Promotes Eric Rizen Lynch to Poker Room Manager

Submitted by Payton on, Mon, 01/31/2011 - 13:29

UBOC6 Day 14 Recap: NLH Turbo with Rebuys $100K GTD

Submitted by Payton on, Mon, 01/31/2011 - 11:45

Online Poker Promotions February 2011

Submitted by on, Mon, 01/31/2011 - 04:21

Aussie Poker Pro In Major Coke Bust

Submitted by on, Sun, 01/30/2011 - 19:03

What The DoylesRoom.com Move to Yahatay Means for Poker Players

Submitted by C Costigan on, Sat, 01/29/2011 - 13:31

David Gorr Wins 2011 Aussie Millions Main Event: Title Stays Down Under

David Gorr has won the 2011 Aussie Millions main event, ensuring the title stays down under for a third consecutive year.

Submitted by Ace King on, Sat, 01/29/2011 - 13:05

2011 Aussie Millions Final Will Feature Patrik Antonius, Chris Moorman

The 2011 Aussie Millions main even final has been determined with two big names among the remaining eight.

Noted Finnish poker pro Patrik Antonius was the 5^th largest chip holder coming into the final while DoylesRoom.com player Chris Moorman also crept into the final on the same day that the online poker room he represents announced it has moved to another network.

Submitted by Ace King on, Fri, 01/28/2011 - 15:01

Breaking News: DoylesRoom.com Moves to Yatahay Poker Network

DoylesRoom.com announced Friday afternoon it will be moving off the Cake Network to the Yatahay Poker Network effective immediately.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Fri, 01/28/2011 - 14:38

Grandfather Testifies: Ernest Scherer Odd Behavior Described During Trial

Submitted by C Costigan on, Fri, 01/28/2011 - 13:37

Bwin Investors Approve PartyGaming Tie-Up

Submitted by C Costigan on, Fri, 01/28/2011 - 12:40

Crown Aussie Million's Poker $250,000 - Greg Tingle Australia Report

Submitted by Greg Tingle on, Fri, 01/28/2011 - 07:39

UB.com’s UBOC6 Monster Stack Championship: $1 Million on the Line

The spotlight shifts squarely to UB.com this Sunday as the leading online poker site puts $1 Million on the line.

UB’S Online Championship poker tournament series, tagged UBOC6, has been smashing guarantees and drawing scores of online poker players to the UB cardroom day after day since it kicked off on January 16th. It’s all been leading to the big drawcard of the UBOC6tournament schedule’s 29 events - this Sunday’s $1 Million Guaranteed UBOC Championship Monster Stack Main Event at 16:00 ET.

Submitted by on, Fri, 01/28/2011 - 07:21

Doyles Room Pro Chris Moorman Leads at Aussie Millions 2011

Submitted by Patrick Flanigan on, Thu, 01/27/2011 - 22:39

Erik Seidel Poker Winnings Close to $14 Million Following Aussie Millions Victory

Submitted by Ace King on, Thu, 01/27/2011 - 22:00

Legalized Online Poker in Florida: New Bill Proposed

A bill has been proposed by Rep. Joseph Abruzzo, D-Wellington, that would ultimately legalize online poker in the state of Florida.

Submitted by Ace King on, Thu, 01/27/2011 - 16:16

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How to Interpret and Better Understand the Recent New Jersey and Nevada Kalshi Rulings

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This Alabama Senate Candidate Has Received Another $100K From Chumba Casino Parent Company

Republican Alabama Governor candidate and current sitting Senator Tommy Tubberville had previously received $30,000 from one of the country's largest sweepstakes casinos back in March.

From Concept to Launch: Why Turnkey Platforms Matter in Case Opening

Every case-opening site has two invoices. The first one pays for the build: engine, animations, payments, the works. The second one never stops arriving. It covers maintenance, liquidity, compliance and every rule change a platform, a processor or a regulator ships after launch day.