WALSALL, England — Women’s Poker Club, the largest organized international group of women poker players, has been in existence for over three years. WPC is free to join and offers programs catering to all levels of players, from those just learning how to play to women who play professionally or semi-professionally.

The House Judiciary Committee passed on Thursday HR 4777 or the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act, the bill sponsored by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA). During the same committee meeting, another bill regarding Internet poker and gaming called HR 4411, sponsored by Rep. Jim Leach (R-IA) and known as the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, also received support from the committee and on the fast track to head to the U. S. House of Representatives along with HR 4777.

The House Judiciary Committee will begin the debate on online poker on Friday and vote on whether House Resolution 4777,  better known as the Internet Gaming Prohibition Act, should be passed on for full consideration from the House of Representatives.

$1 Million WSOP Main Event Giveaway isn’t too good to be true. In fact, it’s too good to be missed. Especially since we’re giving away 20 more completely free seats this Saturday.

Full Tilt Poker is offering 100 Tilters the chance to win a Main Event seat totally free. And when [...]

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland will play host to the world’s biggest ever strip poker contest if online bookmaker Paddy Power gets its way.
The idea was originally floated as an April Fool’s day joke but generated so much interest that Dublin-based Paddy Power has decided to look seriously at organizing a contest it hopes will find [...]

Courtney Friel was brought in to take over Shana Hiatt, and became a popular  hostess for season four of the World Poker Tour. On Monday, Friel’s reign came to an end and WPT has announced it has a new hostess.
Actress and model Sabina Gadecki was tapped by the WPT to be their new hostess for [...]

>World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Event comes to icty of booze and blues, New Orleans. Harrah’s New Orleans is this year’s host of the WSOP circuit, billed as the world’s richest poker event.

The tournament takes place on May 18-28 and is expected to attract many of the world’s best players.

The Professional Poker Tour (PPT) will be finally broadcast by the Travel Channel starting July 5 at 9pm. After broadcasting the complete WPT Championship and the fourth season of the World Poker Tour the previous week, the PPT takes center stage for the next twenty four weeks.

PRNewswire/ — One year. One million dollars. That’s the challenge issued by the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation (CRPF) and Poker Champion Phil Gordon, who are teaming up to support cancer prevention research and education programs.
The “I’ll Raise You a Million Challenge,” an exciting new fund raising campaign, was launched Thursday. It challenges America to [...]

The dates for the new, $50,000 buy-in HORSE contest at the 2006 World Series of Poker have been changed to provide enhanced television coverage of the largest buy-in event in World Series of Poker history.