Poker News

New Stop Added to WPT Poker Season X

February 21, 2012

A new stop has been added to the WPT Season X schedule. The latest addition is the Marbella stop. The first WPT National Marbella Poker Festival will be hosted on the Puerto Banos shores. The destination is expected to draw a large number of holidaymakers and poker enthusiasts. The event will be held between April 10th and 27th. The buy-in … Continue reading →

Party Poker Gladiator Promotion

February 20, 2012

Party Poker has released details on the next Gladiator promotion and it will take place throughout the month of March. This time the Gladiator promotion is going to have some exclusive prizes available that we’re going to talk about below. Players that want to play in this promotional event will need to opt-in starting March 1st at 00:00 ET. Once … Continue reading →

Jake Cody Appears in the Top 20 in Global Poker Index this Week

February 19, 2012

Jake Cody appears in the top 20 in the Global Poker Index (GPI) rankings this week. The youngest Triple Crown winner climbed up 4 places in the rankings. He has been out of the GPI top 20 for the past 2 weeks. Currently, the player holds the 20th rank with just 5.24 points more than the American poker pro, John … Continue reading →

Bwin.Party Responds to Indictment by DOJ

February 18, 2012

The DOJ issued an indictment against Megaupload.com, the file uploading site on which Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment, a poker site operator, had advertised. Bwin.Party, formed from a recent merger between Bwin and Party Gaming, responded to this indictment recently. According to the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Bwin.Party Gaming has been actively involved in marketing campaigns. Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment is one … Continue reading →

Good Old Step Tournaments at Las Vegas Tropicana Casino

February 17, 2012

Tropicana Las Vegas, a land-based casino in Vegas, is offering the once popular step poker tournaments in a slightly modernized version this February. Starting February 24, 2012, the casino in Las Vegas will be hosting step tournaments with the buy-ins starting at just $7. That’s right. Just spend less than $10 to buy-in, play your way through all the steps … Continue reading →

Sky Poker Turns 5, Offers Big Bonuses to Celebrate

February 12, 2012

Players at Sky Poker have a reason to celebrate. The British Sky Broadcasting’s online poker room turned 5 on February 6 of this year and is giving away big player bonuses as a part of the celebration. The online poker site is also offering a variety of other rewards in the form of jackpots and freebies to celebrate its 5 … Continue reading →

Pedro Maia – The New Addition to the Lock Poker Team

February 11, 2012

Pedro Maia is the latest addition to the Lock Poker team. The poker room made a statement recently regarding Pedro joining its team. The CEO of Lock Poker, Jennifer Larson is delighted with the inclusion of the new team member. She stated that Lock Poker aims at becoming the number one poker site in the industry. It is not a … Continue reading →

WSOP 2012 Schedule Released by Caesars Entertainment Corporation

February 7, 2012

The schedule for WSOP 2012 has been released by Caesars Entertainment Corporation. 61 events will be hosted over a span of 50 days. The tournaments will commence from May 27th. The opening day will have a No Limit Hold’em tournament with a $500 buy-in. On the following day, the first WSOP bracelet event will take place. It will be a … Continue reading →

Party Poker Card Rush Promotion is Back

February 5, 2012

Party Poker will be running the popular Card Rush promotion again this month. The promotion started today (Feb 1st) and will run until Feb 28th or until the 1.8 million cards have been given away. If you’ve never participated in the Card Rush promotion at Party Poker you definitely need to give it a try this time around. The promotion … Continue reading →

Kevin Calenzo Bags WSOPC 2012 Event