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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.

Eastgate vs. Demidov Rematch in the Cards

World Series of Poker Main Event champion and Team PokerStars Pro Peter Eastgate is to take on his 2008 opponent - fellow team member Ivan Demidov, in a unique heads-up charity tournament held onli

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/23/2009

Vanessa Rousso to Shoot Steamy Poker Commercial

Everyone's favorite poker babe and one of this year's Sports Illustrated swimsuit models, Vanessa Rousso, filmed a commercial for the online poker room, PokerSt

Submitted by Jenny Woo on, Jun/22/2009

Daniel Negreanu Catches Phantom Crapper

Poker pro Daniel Negreanu is mad as Hell and not going to take it any more.  It seems u

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/22/2009

Mexico Poker Pro Angel Guillen Wins WSOP Bracelet

Team PokerStars Pro Mexico member Angel Guillen has secured a World Series of Poker bracelet only six months after playing in his first live poker tournamen

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/22/2009

Harrah’s Believes They Will Have Success in Online Gambling

MGM tried and failed to enter the online gambling market several years back.  Like MGM, Harrah's has planned to start offering its Internet gambling product in Europe where it will compete head on

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/22/2009

Jeff Lisandro Pulls a Triple Double at the Rio

Jeff Lisandro became the third double bracelet winner of this year's 2009 WSOP when he took down the $10,000 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 or Better World Championship a couple hours ago def

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/21/2009

Hygiene a Major Problem at This Year’s World Series of Poker

With Twitter, the popular social networking and micro-blogging service, us peons now get a glimpse of what players at the World Series of Poker are really thinking.  And what's the issue they are

Submitted by Ace King on, Jun/21/2009

Positive Thinking Helps Hellmuth at WSOP

11-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, Phil Hellmuth, admits that negativity has gotten in the way of his poker play.  The past few days, Hellmuth has posted positive thoughts on

Submitted by Ace King on, Jun/21/2009

Check Problems Continue at Online Poker Sites: Stars, Full Tilt

It's been over two weeks since news first broke on the Gambling911.com website that the US Government had froze funds belonging to online poker giants:  PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker.   The hea

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/20/2009

UltimateBet's WSOP 50 Package Guaranteed - June 21st @ 17:30ET

UltimateBet.com ("UB") is gearing up to hand out at least 50 Main Event seats tomorrow in their World Series of Poker ("WSOP") *50 Package Satellite, a $530 buy-in event schedul

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/20/2009

Poker Stars Hit Hardest by Asset Freeze

PokerStars is the poker site hit the hardest by US authorities' squeeze on payment channels, according to data provided by monitoring site PokerScout.com.

Traffic to PokerStars was down 7% since 1 June, as the effect of the asset freeze by federal prosecutors of US poker player accounts, reported on EGRmagazine.com, begins to reveal itself.  

The main beneficiaries of the drift of US players away from PokerStars since the start of the month would appear to be Full Tilt and Cake Poker, where traffic was up 3% for both.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/19/2009

Kentucky Asks for More Time in Online Gambling Case

The Commonwealth of Kentucky has asked an Appeals Court for more time to respond in a highly publicized case concerning its failed attempt to seize 141 online gambling domains.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/19/2009

Is Phil Hellmuth Cursed?

He has more World Series of Poker bracelets than any of his peers, but these days Phil Hellmuth is lucky if he can get his hands on a Cubic Zirconia ring....though he might be better off with a Cru

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/18/2009

iMEGA Chief: Abolishing UIGEA Could Take Years

Gambling911.com's Jenny Woo continues her interview with iMEGA.org founder, Joe Brennan, Jr., where he discusses the likelihood of a long drawn out process to ultimately abolish the Unlawful Intern

Submitted by Jenny Woo on, Jun/18/2009

Poker Affiliates Programs VP in Hot Water

The new VP of Marketing over at Poker Affiliate Programs has apparently gotten off on the wrong foot. 

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/18/2009

2009 Poker Hall of Fame: A Case for Tom McEvoy

Tom McEvoy, one of the longest standing members of Team PokerStars Pro, has stood the test of time in the poker industry and would be one of the most deserving players to be nominated to the 2009 P

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/18/2009

Microgaming and Unibet Announce Maria Poker

Microgaming (www.microgaming.com), the world's largest provider of online gaming software today announced it will power Maria Poker, Unibet's newest brand

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/18/2009

iMEGA Chief to be on XM Radio’s Me & Vinnie Friday

iMEGA chairman Joe Brennan Jr. will be on the "Me & Vinnie, with Vinnie Politan"  program, on the Sirius/XM satellite radio network, Friday June 19th @ 7 a.m. EST.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/18/2009

Doyle Brunson Says Peter Eastgate Can Kiss His Butt

Poker legend Doyle Brunson isn't exactly happy with last year's World Series of Poker main event winner, Peter Eastgate.

Submitted by Ace King on, Jun/17/2009

Seized Online Poker Funds Now Up To $40 Million

Gambling911.com can reveal that the total amount of seized monies from the two largest online poker rooms, PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, has now reached $40 million.

Gambling911 sources informed us that a few banks voluntarily froze another $10 million in funds over the past few days following news that the US Attorney out of New York froze $30 million transferring through payment processors on behalf of PokerStars and Full Tilt.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/17/2009

2009 WSOP Player of The Year Standings

The 2009 World Series of Poker Player of the Year race can be followed by visiting the WSOP official website here for la

Submitted by Ace King on, Jun/17/2009

Facebook, AlertPay Stop Illegal Gambling Through Apps

Just two weeks ago, Gambling911.com featured a report on the potential for Facebook applications to result in illegal online gambling transactions.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Jun/17/2009

Phil Hellmuth Downward Spiral Has Nearly 14,000 Followers

World Series of Poker bracelet record holder Phil Hellmuth is having a rough time of it at this year's WSOP - at least by his standards.  Hellmuth has won a mere $13,000, coming in 29th

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/16/2009

US Government Has No Strong Point in Online Gambling Case

Gambling911.com's Jenny Woo continued her sit down interview with iMEGA.org founder, Joe Brennan, Jr.

Submitted by Jenny Woo on, Jun/16/2009

Utah to Crack Down on Internet Porn, Gambling

The UTA, Utah's equivalent of New York's Metro Transit Agency, will begin cracking down on those accessing online porn websites via the free wi-fi provided.  Online poker is next, some speculate.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/16/2009

Two Plus Two Endorses iMEGA.org

We've been asked again why Two Plus Two does not openly support the PPA.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/16/2009

The Battle to Legalize Online Gambling: July 6 Approaches

Mark your calendars.  July 6 is an important date for the online gambling sector.  This is when a U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to render a decision in a case filed by The Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA.org) against the US Justice Department in an effort to have the controversial Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (UIGEA) repealed based on the concept that it is "Unconstitutional".

Submitted by Jenny Woo on, Jun/16/2009

Phil Hellmuth Thrown Out of Harrah’s

11 time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and UltimateBet.com spokesperson, Phil Hellmuth, was thrown out of the Harrah's Hotel this past weekend.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/15/2009

Phil Ivey Making Case As the Best Poker Player Ever

Among his peers, Phil Ivey has been considered the best all around poker player for quite a long time.  Ivey doesn't just win, he absolutely dominates in just about every game he plays.  Whether

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/15/2009

First Poker Player to be Fined for Twitter Usage at WSOP

We here at Gambling911.com thought it would be fun to offer up odds on the first poker player to get in trouble for using Twitter at this year's World Series of Poker (WSOP). 

Submitted by Ace King on, Jun/15/2009

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