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Online Casino Sponsors Canadian Poker Tournament

Mansion, the popular online gaming operation, has made the announcement that they will be sponsoring the Third Annual British Columbia Poker Championship which will be taking place in Canada this week.The River Rock Casino Resort, near Vancouver, will be the place to find the Championships. And what will you find inside there and spread all  Read more »

Triple Header Mondays on Absolute Poker

Tournaments on Absolute Poker just got a little nicer on Mondays. The site announced today that they are starting a new weekly tournament that will place the winner into the best guaranteed events. The new tournament is called Absolute Poker Triple Header and takes will take place every Monday.The tournament is a single Texas Hold’em  Read more »

WSOP Circuit in Northern Nevada

November 9th was the starting date for this year’s WSOP Circuit tournament in Northern Nevada. The tournament will be a two week event and this will be the fourth consecutive year it has taken place. It is being held at the Harvey’s Hotel and Casino Resort on Lake Tahoe. The tournament will run until November  Read more »

FTOPS Kicks Off Their Sixth Edition With Over $9 Million Guaranteed Prize Pools

As always, the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) is getting a great start with their large prize pool. With their prize pools having at least a $9 million guarantee between the different events, it’s no wonder that everyone wants in on the action. The Main Event itself has a guaranteed prize pool of $2  Read more »

A Little High Stakes Poker Bluff and Luck

Jamie Gold who claims he wants to be the “best bluffer in the world,” tried once again to prove that point on an episode of High Stakes Poker.In these episodes, the nut in has been raised from $100,000 to $500,000 bringing the total cash at the table to an astounding $5 million dollars.In this hand,  Read more »

Annette Obrestad comes in Second at PokerStars EPT Dublin Final Table

Annette Obrestad has continued to show how great a player she is making the switch from online poker to live action play. She was in the chip lead during the final table at the PokerStars EPT Dublin tournament but came up short with a second place finish. The final table action happened quickly and it  Read more »

Get Ready For High Stakes Poker IV

The new 4th season of High Stakes Poker (HSN4) will soon air with seven episodes of some of the biggest poker pros to play for the biggest cash game on television in a private, no limit game of Texas Hold’em. This is the first poker based show that will feature cash games instead of tournaments.  Read more »

$180,000 Poker Prize Giveaway at Two Las Vegas Casinos

How cool would it be to be able to play poker for 10 minutes and have the opportunity to win expensive prizes! Well in Las Vegas, you can do just that! Two Station Casinos and Red Rock and Green Valley Ranch have teamed up to bring poker players the $180,000 Poker Giveaway.Here are the great  Read more »

Poker Meets Golf For High Stakes Action

Airing on ESPN Sunday, October 21st, 2007 is The Doyle Brunson and Dewey Tomko Invitational golf tournament. This tournament is the first in the High Stakes Entertainment (HSE) Golf Tour.  In this first telecast, nine professional poker players will each put up $1 Million of their own money to play.The participants in Part One of  Read more »

TonyG Will Hosts Two High Stakes Tournaments This Week

The 1st Annual PokerNewsCup begins Sunday, October 21st, 2007 and continues through October 29th, 2007 at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. This will be a live tournament with over 100 players from all over the world with an estimated 400 plus runners to turn out for the Main Event.  For the first six days  Read more »