The Ashes

Deloitte have published a new report this week stating that the betting industry in UK is worth £6bn which employs nearly 100,000 people. These figures are equal to the 0.5% of UK’s GDP and 0.3% of UK’s total employment. Apart from that the retail betting industry has also revealed that fact that it alone generates [...]

The $1K Monday took place last night, and it’s easy to see that all the regulars returned from the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. 373 hungry poker players hit the $1K felt last night making the prize pool a healthy $373,000. Full Tilt Poker pro Isaac Baron fell short of the final table finishing in 14th place. [...]

As we all know the country and the people of Haiti suffered a devastating 7.0 earthquake on January 12th. The earthquake left the country in rubble, people fighting for their lives, and brought death to thousands of people. Like many online poker rooms Full Tilt Poker is trying to lend a hand in the relief [...]

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure High Rollers event heads into day 3.  Three Team PokerStars Pros are still alive, and two just happen to be WSOP main event champions.  Current champion Joe Cada, former champion Greg Raymer, and PokerStars pro Sandra Naujoks are still alive.  Sandra is currently in 5th place, Cada is right behind sitting [...]

The annual MBA Poker Championship is back and it has found a familiar home.  This year’s MBA Poker Championship, to be held January 15th through the 17th, will take place at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.  The MBA tournament draws in players from the top college academies in the country.  The events will include a [...]

After breaking the world record in December 2008, and once again in July 2009; PokerStars plans attempts to break the world record for the largest online poker tournament ever played. The Guinness World Record, which stands at 65,000 players, is scheduled to be broke once again on December 27th. The Tournament starts at 2:45 PM [...]