The Asia Pacific Poker Tour, APPT, is going to held two major poker events in Macau, China. APPT Macau: Asian Poker Open, the APPT poker event in Macau will kick-off on November 22 to 27. Sponsored by PokerStars, the APPT poker event will hold a $2,500 buy-in main event and a $15,000 High Rollers poker [...]

The creator of the World Poker Tour, WPT Enterprises Inc, has announced two experienced additions to help develop its player base along with increasing its marketing efforts.
Former Vice President of Poker Software Development for CryptoLogic, Andy Goetsch joins WPT as Executive Vice President of Online Gaming, while Rohin Malhotra brings a vast knowledge of television [...]

The online poker site PokerStars.com has released a statement after weeks of rumour and debate disqualifying the original winner of its World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event.
The Kahnawake-licensed site said that, following a two-week investigation that ended on October 1, it had acted on allegations of irregularities in the activities of “TheV0id”, who [...]

LAS VEGAS — Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. announced today that the 39th annual World Series of Poker Presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light will be staged at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas from May 30 through July 17, 2008.
“The team is still hard at work on the schedule of events for next year, [...]

Two WPT Boot Camp alumni’s credit their impressive performances, Lee Childs to play on the 38 annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) final table and Bill Spadea who just missed the elusive main event final table, placing 13th and taking home a whopping $429,113.
Lee Childs goes head-to-head with nine other top poker players to win [...]

343 Texas Holdem poker players has reason to celebrate when the first ever UltimateBet Bad Beat Jackpot was hit this week on September 26. The online poker jackpot of $112,885.50 was hit when quad jacks were beaten by a straight flush at a $.25/$.50 Texas Holdem poker table.
The loser (quad jacks) got 36,678.03 while the [...]