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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.

Online Poker Traffic Up 2.7 Percent

Submitted by Ace King on, Wed, 10/06/2010 - 11:02

Brick and Mortar Casinos May Welcome Online Gambling

Submitted by on, Tue, 10/05/2010 - 12:40

Poker Player Murder Trial Set For November 1

Submitted by C Costigan on, Tue, 10/05/2010 - 12:06

Doyle Brunson Confirmed For Punta Cana Poker Classic

Submitted by on, Tue, 10/05/2010 - 11:31

Team UB’s Brandon Cantu to Host the October 10th Fundraiser

Submitted by on, Tue, 10/05/2010 - 11:20

Joran van der Sloot Confession Voted 2-1 to be Thrown Out

Submitted by Ace King on, Mon, 10/04/2010 - 18:35

Ernie Scherer III Murder Trial To Begin This Week

Submitted by C Costigan on, Mon, 10/04/2010 - 11:14

High Stakes Online Poker: Jungleman12 Takes $100K From Isildur1

In the fast-paced world of high stakes online poker, Jungleman12 has conquered Isildur1 in recent days to the tune of $100K.

Submitted by Ace King on, Sun, 10/03/2010 - 20:08

Young Norwegian CardRunners Pro Crushes

Submitted by C Costigan on, Fri, 10/01/2010 - 11:17

PokerStars Pulls Out of Washington State, Sportingbet Won’t Do France

Two online gambling firms in the news a lot last week, PokerStars and Sportingbet, announced they are pulling out of or otherewise not returning to certain markets.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Fri, 10/01/2010 - 11:10

Party Poker Officially a Poker Fish Tank

Submitted by C Costigan on, Thu, 09/30/2010 - 21:04

Phil Hellmuth Ratchets Up His Own Celebrity By Hanging Out With Others

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Thu, 09/30/2010 - 10:38

Online Poker Promotions: More Punta Cana Classic Satellites

As everyone knows, The Punta Cana Classic is shaping up to be one of this year’s biggest poker tournaments with DoylesRoom.com, Bookmaker.com and Cake Poker all offering satellites as part of their online poker promotions package during the month of October. More exciting is that Gambling911.com and its esteemed Senior International Correspondent, Jenny Woo, will be on hand to cover this massive event. Many celebrities and poker pros are expected to be on hand.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Thu, 09/30/2010 - 10:16

Online Poker Traffic Up Another 1.2% This Week

Submitted by C Costigan on, Wed, 09/29/2010 - 20:50

Poker Players Fear New International Electronic Funds Transfer Policy Proposal

Submitted by C Costigan on, Wed, 09/29/2010 - 12:05

Another Online Poker Payment Processor Jailed

Submitted by C Costigan on, Tue, 09/28/2010 - 22:02

UB.com Branded Anthrax Tour Bus Crisscrossing America With Free Tickets

Poker players can win free Anthrax tickets by following UB on Twitter and Facebook

Submitted by C Costigan on, Tue, 09/28/2010 - 21:20

James Bord Wins 2010 WSOPE

It was down to two heading past midnight at the 2010 WSOPE (World Series of Poker Europe) in London. Fabrizio Baldassari led with over 6 million chips. He is an Italian player currently residing in Monaco. The United Kingdom’s James Bord had just over 4 million chips. Ultimately it was the local guy, James Bord, who won the 2010 WSOPE around 4 am London time.

United States player Ronald Lee had been leading the pack much of the day but was eliminated at number 3.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Tue, 09/28/2010 - 18:55

Dan Fleyshman Gets Last Laugh at 2010 WSOPE

Dan Fleyshman is the CEO of Victory Poker, an online poker room that this month joined the Cake Poker network. He is also among the last 7 men standing at the 2010 WSOPE (World Series of Poker Europe). The move to Cake brought Fleyshman and his online poker room plenty of press coming into September, good press.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Tue, 09/28/2010 - 11:27

Online Gambling Processor Daniel Tzvetkoff Likely To Get Reduced Sentence

Submitted by C Costigan on, Tue, 09/28/2010 - 11:11

Victory Poker CEO Leads At 2010 World Series of Poker Europe Final Table

The 2010 World Series of Poker final table has been announced and here are your 9 players that will be vying for around $1 million US. Recognize any of these names?

Submitted by C Costigan on, Mon, 09/27/2010 - 22:35

Phil Ivey Out of WSOPE, Isildur1 Outed as Viktor Blom?

Submitted by C Costigan on, Mon, 09/27/2010 - 12:03

Treacherous Midterm for Democrats Says The Hill

The Hill.com is not optimistic in regard to Democrats holding onto their majority seats after this November’s midterm elections and this does not bode well for online poker supporters who are counting on the Democratic Chairman of the House Financial Committee Barney Frank to come through for them with legislation designed to license Web card rooms in the States.

Ironically it is the online oddsmakers who are predicting the sweep by Republicans.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Mon, 09/27/2010 - 11:46