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Barring a last-minute breakthrough by the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), U.S. Treasury, or Federal Reserve, the regulations of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act(UIGEA) will go into effect on Tuesday, June 1st. In November, the Treasury and Federal Reserve granted a six-month delay in mandatory... Read More....

Last year, 6,012 players turned out for the $1,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Stimulus Special held during the World Series of Poker (WSOP). This year, the first of six open $1,000 events (#3) attracted 2,601 players on Day 1A and 1,742 on Day 1B for a total field of 4,343. The day was not without... Read More....

In 2003, a little-known Tennessee accountant named Chris Moneymaker took down the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Moneymaker is the reason you and I are here today and this week marks the seven-year anniversary of his win. Moneymaker joined Tuesday’s installment of the ESPN.com poker news... Read More....

On Wednesday, World Series of Poker (WSOP) officials released a media guide containing the details of the upcoming festivities in Las Vegas. Included in it was the rundown of the 2010 WSOP Europe. Five events are on tap this time around, one more than in 2009. The WSOP Europe schedule will once again... Read More....

As soon as the European Poker Tour Grand Final ended in Monte Carlo, all of the talk turned to the players’ upcoming trips to Las Vegas for the summer. But not everyone is Vegas-bound. PokerNews took a break from the World Series of Poker chatter to talk to Mike “Timex” McDonald,... Read More....

The fields were slightly smaller than usual this Sunday in online poker, but the downsized tournaments resulted in some compelling action nonetheless, including an absolutely stacked PokerStars Sunday 500 final table. The $500 buy-in event came up just shy of the 1,000 players needed to make its $500,000... Read More....