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Jennifer Tilly Leads Women in Poker Hall of Fame Nominees

Jennifer Tilly and 888Poker Ambassador Kara Scott are among the 11 famous and not so famous faces in the running for a place in the 2018 Women in Poker Hall of Fame. Announced at the start of April, the latest crop of candidates...

Poker Players Alliance Could Fold After Fundraiser Flop

US online poker players could be about to lose one of their biggest advocates after the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) failed in its bid to raise $25,000 in public donations. When the PPA announced that it was experiencing...

PokerStars India to Go Live on April 17

PokerStars India will go live in April and to celebrate the launch a special one-off freeroll worth $15,300 will welcome all new players. A little over a week since it announced plans to launch a new poker site in India,...

Jaime Staples Wins $150K Weight Loss Bet

PokerStars Ambassador Jaime Staples has won $150,000 after losing enough weight to tip the scales at a lean 188.3 pounds. After agreeing the prop bet with businessman and poker player Bill Perkins last year, Staples had to weigh...

Super High Roller Bowl China Finishes with a Flourish

The first ever Super High Roller Bowl China has come to a conclusion and standing victorious at the end of play was US pro Justin Bonomo. After inviting the great and the good of the poker world to Macau’s Babylon Casino on...

Low Stakes Players to Face Rake Increase at PokerStars

PokerStars is increasing its rake for all MTTs with a buy-in below $20 as part of its ongoing effort to maintain “maximum flexibility” in a rapidly changing iGaming world. Announced on March 20, the changes will formally come...

Cash Game Festival and MPN Poker Tour to Offer Ring Game and Tournament Players Best of Both Worlds in Joint Bratislava Event

Next month, the Cash Game Festival and MPN Poker Tour are joining forces for the first time to offer players the best in both cash games and tournament poker. What’s more, they’re doing so in Bratislava, the capital city of...

‘Big Brother Canada’ Contestant Arlie Shaban Livestreams Online Poker Games for 125 Consecutive Days, 1k Total Hours

In November, Arlie Shaban of “Big Brother Canada” fame began chasing his goal of livestreaming 1,000 total hours of online poker over 125 consecutive days. The journey has ended as a success. Shaban, a Canadian reality TV...

Joe Mantegna and Lou Diamond Philips Join Forces for Upcoming 4th Annual Hollywood Cares Poker Invitational

Golden Globes nominee Lou Diamond Philips and Tony Award winner Joe Mantegna, who star in Longmire and Criminal Minds respectively, are giving up acting for an evening full of poker. Win a WSOP Seat On Sunday, March 18, the 4th...

Poker Players Alliance Calls for Help as Future Hangs in the Balance

The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) is calling on all players to help it continue the fight for online poker in the US by raising $25,000 before the end of March. Following a public notice at the end of February, the PPA has emailed...