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Daniel Negreanu Strikes Back at Victoria Coren PokerStars Exit

Daniel Negreanu took to his blog at Full Contact Poker to talk about his feelings on poker and gambling in a message that seemed like a direct response to Victoria Coren Mitchell‘s recent decision to leave PokerStars....

Albert Riera Sacked by Italian Soccer Club Over Poker Tournament

Albert Riera, a winger for Italian soccer club Udinese, has reportedly had his contract with the club terminated because of his decision to attend a poker tournament in Slovenia rather than attend the team’s match against...

Poker Player Receives $340,000 over Facebook Defamation

An Australian poker player wrongly accused on Facebook of stealing from his roommate during a trip to the WSOP has won AU$340,000 in damages from four of his fellow players. Nicholas Polias sued his former friends after they...

Alex Dreyfus Addresses PokerStars

The CEO of the Global Poker Index (GPI), Alex Dreyfus, might be in the middle of trying to “sportify” poker, but he recently found time to pen a letter to Santa Claus or, as he calls the man in red,...

Jason Somerville Builds Big Audiences on Twitch

Jason Somerville has long been a popular poker player, if not quite on the level of the biggest and most successful superstars of the game. But if the World Series of Poker bracelet winner only had a cult following before, his...

Phil Galfond Announces Engagement to Farah Fath

Phil Galfond, one of the world’s top high stakes poker players, has just announced that he’s getting married. Announcing the news to his legion of Twitter fans in typically witty fashion, the WSOP bracelet holder and...

GPI on time with Roger Dubuis deal

The Global Poker Index (GPI) has secured its first mainstream commercial partner in the form of Roger Dubuis. The Swiss luxury watchmaker is a major brand in the timepiece world and thanks to some stiff negotiations by the...

Victoria Coren Mitchell Leaves PokerStars Team Pro, Citing Casino Games

Victoria Coren Mitchell, the popular UK media personality and professional poker player has announced that she has ended her time as a member of PokerStars Team Pro. Coren, who recently became the first player to ever win two...

iPoker Network Changing Rake Calculations for 2015

The iPoker Network will be calculating rake distributions to member sites in a new way starting on January 1, a move that could help reconnect a network that is currently split into two tiers. The new way of awarding rake to...

Rafa Nadal Sweeps Ronaldo in Celebrity PokerStars Duel

Rafa Nadal and Ronaldo (the elder), those titans of clay and turf, clashed across the felt this week at the Hippodrome Casino in London, for a celebrity heads-up showdown organized by PokerStars. Dubbed the “The Duel” by the...