Hi Poker Enthusiasts.. My name is Mario, and I have been around the poker scene for the last 15 years, and is a dear passion of mine. I will be bringing you the best the poker world can offer in terms of news and offers

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GBT Out and PokerStars Jumps In

News came down early Tuesday that Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT) – the French investment group that had been heavily involved in negotiations with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to ...  Read more...

888 Poker Continues Strong Growth

While most of the online poker world has shrunk since Black Friday, 888 Holdings’ poker site, 888 Poker, has been bucking that trend. On Tuesday, the company issued an earnings statement that ...  Read more...

Obrestad Signs with Poker Royalty

Annette Obrestad has been one of the most successful female poker players in recent history – and one of the most successful young players of any gender, too. Now, she’s signed a deal with the ...  Read more...

Belgian Davidi Kitai wins EPT

Davidi Kitai won €712,000 and earned the second major victory of his career this weekend by winning the European Poker Tour Berlin Main Event. In the process, Kitai also became the first Belgian ...  Read more...

Merge Network Pulls Out of Utah

There is some bad news for residents of Utah who are still looking to play online poker. Earlier this week the Merge Gaming Network announced that they would no longer be accepting new sign-ups ...  Read more...

PTR Ends PokerStars Data Mining

Complying with a cease and desist action sent by PokerStars, popular data mining site PokerTableRatings.com has decided to end their data mining operations on the world’s largest online poker ...  Read more...

Switch Poker for Your Mobile Device

Switch Poker is something that is very different than most other real money poker sites out there. While on sites like Carbon Poker and 888 you must download their software on your computer to ...  Read more...

Signs Pointing to Full Tilt Poker Relaunch

If you’ve been patiently (or impatiently) waiting for Full Tilt Poker to resume operations, there have been some signs this week that a relaunch could be imminent. A new burst of activity in and ...  Read more...

New LOCKOPS Tournament Series

Update April 23rd, 2012: Unfortunately we bring sad news that the shameful Merge Gaming Network has decided to cancel this event. This is after they gave full approval to Lock management to run ...  Read more...

PokerStars threatens Legal Action

The world’s biggest poker site is stepping up their complaints against one of the most popular online hand tracking services. PokerStars has sent a cease and desist letter to ...  Read more...