Poker News

08th March, 2025 at 11:12:27

Another step on the road to intrastate online gambling

The US state of Delaware, which has already passed online gambling legalisation laws in common with New Jersey and Nevada, has taken another step along the road to implementation scheduled for later this year by adopting the recently released GLI-19 v2.0 'Interactive Gaming Systems' Technical Standard developed by Gaming Laboratories International.

Full Story: Delaware Accepts Gli Interactive Standards »

03rd March, 2025 at 00:33:06

Klann takes home over a million in World Poker Tour's LA Poker Classic

British Columbia amateur player Paul Klann (41) is $1,004,090 wealthier after taking down the $10,000 buy-in World Poker Tour LA Poker Classic over the weekend, besting 516 other entrants in the tournament's main event.

Full Story: Canadian Becomes Instant Millionaire At Poker Tournament »

02nd March, 2025 at 02:51:42

unibet now off the Ongame network

The departure of Unibet's French online poker site from its former ongame network home (see previous reports) was completed last Thursday, with the site migrating to Playtech's ipoker network.

Full Story: Unibet's French Site Completes Move To Ipoker Network »

11th December, 2025 at 04:26:14

Chicago poker pro takes home the $1.27 million main prize in the WPT Five Diamond

Ravi Raghaven, a 26-year-old poker pro from Chicago, became an instant millionaire this week when he took down the 2025 WPT Five Diamond tournament at the Bellagio after a hard-fought heads up against Canadian pro Shaun Buchanan (30).

Full Story: Instant Millionaire Status For Us Poker Pro Raghaven »

28th November, 2025 at 15:11:04

Canadian appropriately takes title

The World Poker Tour's first main event in Canada since 2025 and one of the largest in its 11-year history, had a fitting end culminating in a heads-up between Canadian's Jonathan Roy and Pascal Lefrancois.

Full Story: Jonathan Roy Wins Wpt Montreal »

25th November, 2025 at 13:58:25

Biggest buy-in tourney in Canadian poker history

The World Poker Tour's WPT Montreal leg has exceeded tour organisers expectations as well as set a record in the world of Canadian tournament poker with a field of 1 173 players, becoming the largest big buy-in tournament in the history of the country.

Full Story: Wpt Montreal Smashes Canadian Tourney Record »

08th November, 2025 at 03:10:51

Carbon Sports officially launched

Carbon Poker has reportedly expanded its offering to include a sportsbetting channel at Carbon ag covering wagering on NFL, NCAA (football, basketball), CFL (Canadian Football), NBA, NHL, Soccer, Boxing, Horse Racing, Car Racing, Tennis, Golf and others along with live betting functionality.

Full Story: Carbon Poker Expands Into Sports Betting »

05th November, 2025 at 00:31:29

Younger poker players find the Web a safer place.

The Canadian publication The National Post carried an interesting feature on the safety of physical vs. internet poker rooms in Toronto over the weekend, observing that poker players relocating to the city from the legally restrictive poker environment in the United States prefer the internet.

Full Story: Pros Prefer Internet To Risky Toronto Poker Rooms »

03rd November, 2025 at 03:23:29

Fearless Finn up over $1.6 million in October

Finnish online poker pro Ilari Sahamies' success on the high stakes Pokerstars tables throughout the month of October has positioned him at the top of the High Stakes Database leader board with a profit of $1.6 and he was not alone in winning serious amounts of money at the tables.

Full Story: Sahamies Tops October Poker Earners »

18th October, 2025 at 14:34:35

Mystery Canadian nosebleed player takes home another $554,000

A mystery Canadian player using the handle Barcode (1Il|1Il|1il|) and specialising in Pot Limit Omaha has been cleaning up again on the Pokerstars nosebleed tables, this week adding a further $554,000 to the million dollars he has already won this (October) month.

Full Story: Barcode Does It Again »

16th October, 2025 at 03:07:03

Independent online poker monitor now tracking an additional 15 sites

The respected independent online poker monitor Pokerscout has added another 15 sites to its long list of live-tracked online poker rooms.

Full Story: Pokerscout Extends Monitoring Services »

12th October, 2025 at 03:10:03

French poker pro Ludovic Lacay enjoyed his biggest yet pay day, taking home Euro 744,000

French poker pro Ludovic Lacay and his bank manager will be on cordial terms this week after the French ace scored his biggest win yet in taking down the Pokerstars European Poker Tour San Remo main event for a take-home of Euro 744,000 and his first EPT title.

Full Story: European Poker Tour San Remo Falls To French Ace »

04th October, 2025 at 11:30:21

Poker and sports betting will not feature when new bodog site relaunches

European online poker players looked likely to be short another internet destination this week as news surfaced that the UK Bodog brand franchise holder bodog will not include poker when it relaunches its revamped and re-targeted online and live dealer casino operation.

Full Story: Revamped Uk Bodog Website To Spurn Online Poker? »

19th September, 2025 at 14:43:51

Acknowledges Company knowingly misled U.S. financial institutions

Nelson Burtnick who headed up payment processing for Full Tilt Poker has admitted guilt in conspiring to deceive U.S. financial institutions by miscoding credit card transactions, fraudulently processing e-checks and attempting to corrupt U.S. banks during his tenure at both Full Tilt Poker and prior to that, PokerStars.

Full Story: Full Tilt Payment Processing Boss Pleads Guilty »

18th August, 2025 at 03:18:54

The delectable Trisha Canatella and Amanda Kimmel will star in new show

Trisha Canatella and Amanda Kimmel, reality show veterans and poker players of note, are to star in a new reality poker television show, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Full Story: New Poker Reality Television Show »