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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2012 WSOP Europe Schedule Announced

The 2012 World Series of Poker Europe will see the tournament series once again return to Cannes, France, awarding seven bracelets over the course of two weeks this autumn. All events will be ...  Read more...

ESPN Releases Poker Players Rankings

ESPN calls themselves, “the world-wide leader in sports” and that would not be true if poker was not thrown in there somewhere. Poker is prominent on ESPN and every month they release who, in ...  Read more...

Zoom Poker to Launch Soon at PokerStars

PokerStars appears nearly ready to begin real money play in their Zoom Poker format, a fast-based version of normal poker games that many players have speculated would be coming to the poker ...  Read more...

The Fate of Canadian Poker

The Fate of Canadian Poker

March 8, 2012  /   Mario Alfonsi

Over the past year we have seen a lot of turbulent times in the online poker industry. For the tough times we primarily have the US government to thank and now some of the top online poker rooms ...  Read more...

Bwin.Party Applies for Poker License in Nevada

Bwin.Party, the parent company of Party Poker, has formalized their efforts to return to the USA online poker market by applying for a Nevada online gaming license. The license would allow ...  Read more...

Poker Maximus Doing Well Early

This past Sunday marked the beginning of Merge Gaming’s tournament series known as Poker Maximus. The series is being played across all of the different online poker skins owned and operated by ...  Read more...

Top WSOP Players Invited to National Championship

Last year, the World Series of Poker debuted a new event: the WSOP National Championship. The $1 million freeroll tournament was designed to be the highlight of the WSOP Circuit season by ...  Read more...

More Nations Move to PokerStars.eu

Three more countries have been switched to the .eu version of the PokerStars site, a trend that is likely to continue throughout 2012. The latest move has brought players from Poland, Slovenia ...  Read more...

Dutch Supreme Court Ousts Foreign Online Poker Companies

A decade-long legal battle was settled for the time being this week, as the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that foreign online poker operators must block players from the Netherlands from ...  Read more...

Poker Maximus at Merge Gaming

Merge Gaming, which is home to popular poker skins such as Carbon and Lock Poker will be hosting its first large-scale tournament series starting today. The series will last a total of 22 days ...  Read more...