Poker is a game that is often favored by the weirdest of players. This is where you’ll find players who wear sunglasses indoors, who have beards that rival those of the Norse Gods, who take a stuffed toy along with them while they play. Really, there’s no limit to the absurdity of some of the characters you […]

William Hill Poker is serious about the World Series of Poker, with a bevy of 2012 main event satellites as well as Jackpot Sit ‘n’ Gos, Side Event Satellites, Experience Package Satellites, and more. All to get you to Vegas to play live against the world’s finest in the game. The 2012 World Series of […]

America’s Cardroom is gearing up for its upcoming Online Super Series of Poker this year with a warm-up tournament taking place Thanksgiving night that boasts a $25,000 guaranteed prize pool. Thanksgiving guests at America’s Cardroom this year may find themselves stuffed with more than turkey. They may round out the holiday sharing in a $25,000 […]

Emotional side of Poker     Jumping for joy, you really shouldn’t be! Whenever you find yourself jumping for joy, fist pumping or cursing your bad luck, insulting your opponents via the chat box, slamming your mouse, firing a pen across the room or any other such show of exuberance or frustration with events, then […]

Poker players are leaving the U.S. in such droves after the federal government cut off their connection to online poker sites that even financial watchdog Bloomberg Business Week is taking notice. The U.S. is losing a lot of money from many of its wealthy and/or spend-thrifty citizens abandoning ship, and all at a time when […]

Thomas Austin Preston, aka Amarillo Slim, winner of the 1972 World Series of Poker Main Event, passed away yesterday, Sunday, April 29, 2012, while in hospice in Amarillo, TX. Amarillo Slim was already a living poker legend early in his life, but now, as of Sunday, April 29, 2012, he passes into true legend, as […]

Smart Live Poker hosts several ongoing Sit and Go promotions, including Double or Nothing Sit and Go’s, Mad All In Sit and Go’s, Sit and Go Qualifiers, Shootout Double Heads Up Sit and Go’s, Standard Sit and Go’s. Smart Live Poker’s sit and go tournament players can enjoy several ongoing promotions at the site namely […]

  There are not a lot of strategies or techniques that you can use when playing Pai Gow, since the game is more based on chance and luck than anything else. It has been said time and again that when you play Pai Gow, you should pray to high heavens that your lucky stars are with […]

UB.com holds Pro Bounty Madness tournaments five times each week, giving 5 players a chances to win special bonus prizes independently of how well they finish in the tournament. Five times each week at Ultimate Bet (better known these days as UB.com) players can take their shot at some of online poker’s best, and win […]

When playing poker, it is important that you study your opponents and classify them so that you have a rough idea on how you will play against them and how they will react to your moves. Studying one’s opponents doesn’t have to be so difficult, especially since you can do it when you’re not doing anything […]

As of April 2012, every Wednesday, William Hill Poker is holding a free bet freeroll tournament with a £500 guaranteed prize pool in the form of free sports bets at William Hill Sportsbook. Every Wednesday, starting April of 2012, William Hill Poker will be holding a £500 Free Bet Freeroll tourney. All you have to […]

Meet William Hill Mobile: the mobile client for all of the online casino, sports betting, poker, bingo and other real money gaming enjoyment from the William Hill Gaming enterprise. Now you don’t have to sit at home on your PC or lug your laptop around with you everywhere you go when you want to play […]

This January 2013, William Hill Poker is holding a $50,000 January Kick Start promotion, made up of a number of rewarding promos, including a Cash Battle that offers cash game players at William Hill Poker the chance to win a share of $16,000 in the site’s Cash Battle, on throughout this month of January 2013. […]

The Ultimate Bet Mini-UBOC 2011 is on now, running April 10 – 17 and promising 27 events for a total guaranteed prize pool of $650,000, including a $100,000 guaranteed main event. UB.com’s Mini-UBOC 2011 is happening now, from April 10th through 17th, offering cash and prizes totaling $650K guaranteed, including a main event with a […]

Smart Live Poker now has a new Sit and Go leaderboard with prizes this October 2012 of up $10,000 in tournament tickets. Sit and Go players can now win up to $10,000 in tournament tickets with Smart Live Poker new Sit and Go Leaderboard promotion. Running from 00:01 GMT on October 12 through 23:59 GMT […]

The Poker Player’s Alliance has posted its newest petition to urge U.S. legislators to pass legalization and regulation of online poker in the country. At the spearhead of U.S. online poker legalization is the Poker Player’s Alliance (PPA) and U.S.-based lobbying organization that is responsible for many successful intrastate online gambling law passages and for […]

According to a recent story reported in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the battle to legalize and regulate online poker in the United States may be a dead subject until 2013. The issue of legalizing online poker in the United States may not see the light of day until at least next year, according to a […]

Smart Live Poker has now added two monthly $5,000 Points Races and one monthly $1,000 Freeroll tournament to its calendar. At the end of last year, Smart Live Poker added $1,000 monthly freeroll tournaments to its regular calendar. As of January 2013, the site now also offers two $5,000 points races each month. Earn you […]

Bodog Poker is sending players to the 2011 WSOP with three different ways to qualify depending on whether you’d rather get there fast or on the cheap. Many sites are starting their 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event satellites, but only Bodog Poker has three different ways to get there, depending on whether your […]

Poker is a game that plays on the emotions, strengths, and weaknesses of a person. The type of poker player you are is influenced by your personality outside of the game. Risk takers, for example, are more inclined towards aggressive play whenever they’re on the felt. Cunning players with a high level of self-confidence are also prone to […]

William Hill Poker has two promotions going on this month that both offer a $10,000 guaranteed prize pool: a $10,000 Double Up SNG Race and a February Frenzy $10,000 Freeroll Tournament. William Hill Poker players can take part in two $10,000 promotions this February 2013, with the February Frenzy $10,000 Freeroll Tournament and the $10,000 […]

William Hill Poker’s $50,000 January Kick Start promotion features two big races: the Double Up SNG Race and Speed Poker Races. Earlier in the week we brought you word of William Hill Poker’s $50,000 January Kick Start promotion, which includes the $16,000 Cash Battle for cash game players. It also includes 2 big races: Speed […]

William Hill offers several special tournaments on an ongoing basis, including: Steps Tournaments and Super Stacks Tournaments. Besides the usual gamut of limited time tournament series’ and satellites, William Hill Poker has several special online poker tournaments ongoing, including the following three worthy of note: Super Stacks Tournaments and Steps Tournaments. WilliamHill’s Super Stacks Tournaments […]

Starting this past Monday, September 3, 2012, William Hill Poker is running its September rake race with a $10,000 guaranteed prize pool. But as a VIP Rake Race, it’s only open to the most elite players. Head to William Hill Poker in September and get a chance at a share of an extra $10,000 in […]

A new poker tour has been announced and this one doesn’t take after the myriad of poker tours like the World Poker Tour (WPT) already in existence but rather is to more resemble the PGA Tour of golf, and its first Commissioner will be Annie Duke. In an era of online poker satellite tournament filling […]

Keeping it simple in poker   When starting to play poker, you will most likely play low-limit games. Beating these games does not involve you to develop into a master in poker. It means that you are able to beat poor opponents. It gets rather difficult when playing with good players at high limits. Nevertheless […]

Doyles Room Poker is hosting the Punta Cana Online Extravaganza, a chance this June for 30 players to win prize packages to the Punta Cana Poker Classic in the Dominican Republic in November. From June 15 – 19, 2011, Doyles Room Poker will be hosting the Punta Cana Online Extravaganza, an online poker promotion with […]

If you’re a new player at William Hill Poker, then you’ll receive a New Players Experience Package that includes a New Player Bonus, Weekly Races, New Player Tournaments, First Deposit Freerolls and Poker School. Plus a whole lot more! If you’re not already a player at William Hill Poker, now would be a really good […]

William Hill Poker is now holding satellite tournaments awarding free seats in the upcoming Irish Winter Festival of poker in Dublin, Ireland this October. Head to the Emerald Isle for this year’s 2012 Irish Winter Festival of Poker to compete live for a share of an estimated €600k prize pool, courtesy of William Hill Poker […]

Every week at Intertops Poker are two ongoing promotions, each with a $250 Guaranteed prize pool: one on Fridays–the Friday $250 Guaranteed Bounty tournament–and one on Saturdays–the Just One Dollar $250 Guaranteed. Most of the weekend action at most poker sites seems to center around Sundays, and indeed Intertops Poker has its share of big […]