Poker News

A College Student’s Look at Poker

I woke up at 1:30 p.m. My mouth was dry, my room was a mess, and my head was pounding. When I looked into my wallet, I noticed there was significantly less money in it than I’d had the night before. As I stumbled over […]

Bodog Founder Won’t Risk Visit to States

Calvin Ayre bristles at the notion that he’s in “exile” from the United States.
The Canadian-born founder and chief executive officer of Bodog Entertainment Group, owner of top online poker programs such as bodogpoker and one of the top global players in on-line gambling, knows it […]

Doyle’s Room Celebrates 50th Bounty Tourney

Right from Doyle’s Room: 
In honor of DoylesRoom.com’s 50th Bounty Tournament they are giving the winner a special DoylesRoom Gold ‘Super Bowl Style’ Ring in addition to the prize money.  Plus, who knows how many unannounced guest bounties will drop by the celebration and play offering you […]

BodogFight Aims to Take Down Competition

The groundbreaking mixed martial arts reality TV series BodogFight premiers tonight online and in millions of homes across America. The series, created and produced by entertainment mogul Calvin Ayre and his Bodog.com Entertainment Group, will be aired on Men’s Outdoor and Recreation and on DISH […]

A New Winner at World Poker Open

One of only two women in the field of over 70 UK, American and European poker stars gathering for the PartyPoker World Open II, Pippa Flanders, a UK mother of two who began playing poker professionally in 2002, was considered a non-factor - deadmoney in the […]

Jamie Gold Leads TCI International Tournament

Jamie Gold, the Main Event Champion of the 2006 World Series of Poker, is the current chip leader at the TCI International Poker Tournament Featuring Johnny Chan.� The tournament is�being played on the Turks & Caicos Islands. Gold has not participated in a poker tournament […]

Partygaming Profits Continue to Soar

Partygaming has reported a surge in half-year profits, boosted by demand for its Online Poker games and Online Casinos.
Operating profit climbed 67% to $319.3m in the six months to 30 June, compared with $190.8m a year earlier. Sales jumped 51% to $661.9m.? Partygaming said that […]

Jamie Gold Gets $6M, Wants Rest

World Series of Poker champion Jamie Gold has been awarded half the prize pool for beating out more than 8,000 players in poker’s premier event last month, but he continues to challenge a lawsuit filed against him for the remaining prize money.� Gold’s legal team […]

Online Poker is Multi-Billion Dollar Industry

In case you’ve been under a rock for the past five years or so, online poker has grown exponentially.� The estimates now are $3.3 Billion and the House of Representatives have just voted to Ban Internet Gambling.
As increasing numbers of U.S. adults head to virtual […]

Lawyers agree to freeze $6M in Gold Leyser Case

LAS VEGAS �– Lawyers for World Series of Poker winner Jamie Gold and a Los Angeles-based TV development executive agreed to a court injunction freezing $6 million, half of the top prize, in a dispute about a deal to split the winnings.
U.S. District Court Judge […]