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PokerStars.com EPT Awards: 'Best Overseas Player' Nominees Announced
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour today released the names of the five finalists in the 'Best Overseas Player' category, another of the seven honors awarded as part of its upcoming EPT Awards ceremony in Barcelona on September 9th...

Women's Poker Spotlight- High Heels Poker Tour: Upcoming Events
Women's poker is growing rapidly across the United States. Poker rooms are seeing more women entering tournaments and playing in the cash games. With that growth comes more opportunities for women to gain skill and confidence...

Opinion: Michael Phelps - So, The Golden Boy Plays Poker
It's been a long time since I felt like the Olympics were a big deal to us Americans. Maybe the last Olympics that felt this 'present' in American culture was 1976. Bruce Jenner was winning decathlon Gold, Nadia Comeneci was cute as a button...

Race to the finish with PokerRoom's $500k Race Trophy Final!
Win a package to PokerRoom's televised Race Trophy Semi Final in Monza, Italy for a chance at the live televised Final Table in Vienna and a share in the $500,000 guaranteed prizepool?

Inside the Poker Tour, Vol. 97: Phillip Hilm, Part One
Nearly two years ago at the Copenhagen European Poker Tour event I played at a table where a young man was the media favorite of passers-by. He was filmed and asked questions in several languages, always answering politely...

UPDATE: Republicans Remove Internet Gambling Language From Party Platform
In a surprising turnaround, the Republican Platform Committee today stripped language urging a prohibition of Internet gambling from its draft platform. Considering one of the leading opponents of an internet gambling ban...

APT Macau Upcoming Events: APT Poker Room, Doyle Brunson Book Signing
Today promises to be a busy day as the Asian Poker Tour (APT) lands with a splash in Macau. The APT Macau event, the second leg of the 2008 Asian Poker Tournament, will run from August 27 through 31. But as players and fans descend...

Poker and Politics: The PPA and the Republican Platform
With the Republican National Convention just a week away, supporters of online gambling have turned their attention to two troubling sentences of the Republican Party's platform...

Online Poker Weekend: 'Ship Hamilton', 'NFrost_10' Big Winners
Another big weekend on the online poker circuit saw both the big tournaments just get by their published guarantee numbers. Both the big rooms proved they are psychic when it comes to knowing their user bases, and how to set their guarantees....

EPT Awards: 'Best Performance' Nominees Announced
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour today released the names of the five finalists in the 'Best Performance' category, one of seven honors awarded as part of its upcoming EPT Awards ceremony in Barcelona on September 9th. The 'Best...