The World Poker Tour never stops furthering the cause of poker, the WPT has announced a deal with Stern Pinball that will bring the Tour to an arcade in your hometown, called The World Poker Tour Pinball Machine.

With Season 4 about to end, World Poker Tour has announced its Season 5 schedule. WPT Season V will have a total prize pool of over $250 million, with latest additional stops at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas and a second stop at Foxwoods Resort in Connecticut.

Online gaming giant Bodog launched its newest Bodog Poker experience with a star-studded event at the Rainbow Room in New York City on Wednesday, January 18. The event was hosted by Bodog Founder and CEO Calvin Ayre and Victoria’s Secret angel Mini Anden.

The first day of competition at the Borgata Winter Poker Open is underway and similar to the unseasonably warm temperatures outside, a full house of over 1,300 players are feeling the heat at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa for the first event of this inaugural tournament series.

Bluff Magazine has named Phil Ivey as the 2005 Poker Player of the Year. Fans and fellow professional players consider him one of the best and now he’s officially being recognized for it.

2K Sports, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. has announced that World Poker Tour (WPT) for the PSP system is slated for release this spring.

Harrah’s names Jeffrey Pollack as World Series of Poker’s first ever commissioner. Pollack was the vice president for sports and entertainment and has been iguratively in charge of the event since the end of last year’s WSOP.

In hopes of improving the quality of play, tournament structure, and the future of the World Series of Poker, Harrah’s has created the Players Advisory Council. This group of poker pros will aid Harrah’s executives.

Commerce Casino is poker-central in January and February. Whether you are a veteran poker player, a newcomer wanting to test your wings or a woman who’d like to experience poker in the company of other women players-Commerce Casino, the world’s largest poker room, is the place to be as the L.A. Poker Classic unfolds, January 19-24.

Bluff Magazine, America’s leading poker magazine, announced today that they will begin taking online voting for the first ever Bluff Magazine’s Annual Readers Choice Awards.