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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: Who Are The Biggest Losers?

The folks from Two Plus Two posed an interesting question this weekend:  Who are the biggest losers in online poker?

Submitted by Ace King on, May/23/2010

Poker2Nite Not Being Renewed for a 3rd Season

Season one started off sluggishly as the hosts struggled to find their feet and comfort levels. Season two was a marked improvement from the first.

Submitted by Guest on, May/22/2010

Full Tilt Poker Pro Phil Ivey Will Have Card Room in Vegas

The Aria Resort & Casino at CityCenter will be opening a high stakes room named in honor of Team Full Tilt Poker pro Phil Ivey. 

Submitted by Patrick Flanigan on, May/21/2010

Sex.com, Poker.org Up For Sale

Two of the hottest domain names are up for sale:  Sex.com and Poker.org.

Bankrupt company Escom LLC is putting Sex.com on the auction block. According to bankruptcy law, Escom is able to sell off its assets free of liens and other burdens.  Sedo.com is conducting the auction.   Escom bought the Sex.com domain name for a whopping $14 million, the highest amount ever paid for an Interet domain name.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, May/21/2010

National Heads Up Poker Championship Season Finale

The season finale for the 6th Annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship presented by GoDaddy.com is this Sunday, May 23 Noon - 3PM ET/9:00-Noon AM PT on NBC.

Submitted by Guest on, May/21/2010

CTXM Partners with Cake Network

Curacao, Netherlands Antilles - May 20, 2010 - In a deal that creates a robust, new alliance in online gaming, European based online casino software and white label platform provider CTXM has partn

Submitted by Guest on, May/21/2010

iPoker Network and PartyGaming in Battle Royale

This past week, iPoker Network regained the third place ranking from PartyPoker for the first time since early January.

Submitted by C Costigan on, May/20/2010

Online Poker: Double Points for Ring Games This Sunday

Get ready online poker fanatics.  This Sunday (May 23, 2010) the very popular UB.com and

Submitted by Ace King on, May/20/2010

Unabomber to Break Record for 78 Straight Hours of Poker Play?

Poker pro Phil Laak, whose affectionately known as "The Unabomber", is looking to set a new world record for most hours played consecutively at a poker table. 

Taking place at the luxurious Bellagio Poker Room in Las Vegas, starting on June 2, Laak will be looking to break the world record of 78 straight hours of playing poker which was set by Paul Zimbler in the fall of 2009, PR reps for the pro announced late Wednesday. 

Submitted by Ace King on, May/19/2010

Accused Criminal Daniel Tzvetkoff: Poker is Not Gambling

In a New York District Court this week, Australian online poker payment processor Daniel Tzvetkoff has plead not guilty to processing millions of dollars in transactions for the Internet gambling s

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, May/19/2010

Lawmakers Push to Regulate, Tax Online Gambling

By KEVIN FREKING (AP)

Submitted by Guest on, May/19/2010

Gambling911 Trending Topics – May 19, 2010

What's hot, What's not in the world of Gambling911.com news.  You can catch all the latest at our newly revamped

Submitted by Payton on, May/19/2010

Annie Duke to Host Charity Poker Tournament

In her continuing quest to save the world with a deck of cards, Team UB pro Annie Duke will be hosting a celebrity poker tournament on Thursday night in support of After-School All-Stars, a charity

Submitted by Guest on, May/19/2010

Online Poker: 2010 SCOOP Player of the Series, George Lind

Making the money in a poker tournament, be it online or live is a strong accomplishment. Outlasting a large field of players takes the right mix of luck and skill.

Submitted by Guest on, May/19/2010

PokerStars Acquisitions a Death Knell to Affiliates?

Neil Mitchell of eGaming Review Online this week wrote an interesting piece regarding the number one online poker room, PokerStars, recent purchase of various poker news portals.

Submitted by C Costigan on, May/19/2010

Hearings on Internet Gambling Tax Enforcement Conclude

John Pappas, Executive Director of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group, with more than one million members nationwide, today released the following stateme

Submitted by Guest on, May/19/2010

Bachus: “Internet Poker Is The Crack Cocaine of Online Gambling”

In an interview with ABC News, Rep.

Submitted by Alejandro Botticelli on, May/19/2010

Supreme Court Nom Elena Kagan Could be Online Poker Asset

For the past several years, the online poker landscape has been in a perpetual state of flux.

Submitted by Guest on, May/18/2010

UFC 15 Package Giveaway at UB.com

When tickets were released for sale earlier this month for the Ultimate Fighting Championship® ("UFC") 115 event in Vancouver, mixed martial arts ("MMA") fans set a new record

Submitted by Guest on, May/17/2010

Cereus Poker Completes Security Upgrade

Tokwiro Enterprises ENRG ("Tokwiro") has announced that a new version of its CEREUS software was released yesterday, upgrading security at both of the Network's online poker rooms, UB and

Submitted by Guest on, May/17/2010

Hearing on Internet Gambling Taxation Bill Set for Wednesday

What:                          The House of Representatives' Ways and Means Commi

Submitted by Guest on, May/17/2010

Busted Exec Has Poker Ties

The owner of an American radio network that aired the country's first nationally broadcast radio show about poker has been arrested on fraud-related charges.

According to media reports, Michael Metter of Greenwich, Connecticut, USA, was arrested last week by the FBI and charged with obstruction of justice and conspiracy to commit securities fraud--both felonies--in connection with activities surrounding another company, Spongetech Delivery Systems Inc., of which Metter is CEO.

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, May/17/2010

Pappas on UIGEA: “We Haven’t Had Much Success Legislatively”

With June 1 looming, the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) has been busy trying to understand what will become of current online poker prohibition in regard to its enforcement.

Submitted by Alejandro Botticelli on, May/17/2010

Brunson: “I’d Hide In The Bushes With My Shotgun”

After my fifteen game winning streak on TV cash games was broken on Friday the 13th (shudder), I've been getting lots of calls and e-mails about it. I don't watch that stuff much. Why?

Submitted by Doyle Brunson on, May/17/2010

Australian Mark Webber Leads Monaco Grand Prix

It's hard to dispute that in the world of professional sports (and pseudo sports), there's brands and individuals that have a tendency to dominate the headlines (and grab the best sponsorship deals

Submitted by Greg Tingle on, May/16/2010

Despite Wild Swings, Tom Durrrr Dwan Still up $3.1 Mil in 2010

Just because Tom "Durrrr" Dwan has made millions upon millions playing online poker does not make him immune from the swings that are part of the game. Although he remains 2010's top money earner, Dwan has been taking a relative beating as of late and it has him searching for answers or merely hoping that the natural downswing of this round of negative variance will simply run its course so he can begin dominating once again.

Submitted by Guest on, May/14/2010

Joe Sebok Gets Hot and Sweaty With Sarah Underwood

UB.net's Poker2Nite returned last night at 11pm EDT on VERSUS with talk of Phil Ivey's star status in the game, and Jason Mercier's take on the Big Game.

Submitted by Guest on, May/14/2010

Doyle Brunson Breeds Another Poker Powerhouse

The Brunson 10 aren't the only DoylesRoom.com players to do well on the international poker tournament scene. Pam Brunson and a group of non-pros showed the world that DoylesRoom breeds some of the top poker talent by finishing second out of 43 teams in the Throw Down Poker Championship on May 7th and 8th.

Submitted by Guest on, May/14/2010

Feds Investigate Las Vegas Online Poker Business Deals

What started off as a Washington State investigation has now turned into a full US federal probe. 

Submitted by Guest on, May/14/2010

EveryMatrix Partners With Cake Poker

In a deal that will create a strong new alliance in online gaming, Malta based sports betting white label service EveryMatrix has partnered with the

Submitted by Guest on, May/13/2010

Breaking News

Kalshi Election Betting Full Speed Ahead

The financial reform advocacy group Better Markets blasted the CFTC’s decision to drop the appeal, calling it “a stark betrayal of the public interest.”