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The Poker Brat is Back!
Phil Hellmuth has long been called the Poker Brat and for good reason. He really showed the poker world why he has earned that name after being eliminated from the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars game last week.

Press Release - World Team Poker's Inaugural Event to be Held May 19, 2010 at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas
World Team Poker announced that its Inaugural Event will be held at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas on May 19, 2010.

Berlin Poker Heist Suspect Released
Police in Berlin have released on of the men they had suspected in taking part in a heist at a poker tournament where armed robbers took off with €240,000 in tournament prize money.

Little Boy Wins Big at Online Poker
There have been numerous stories about an 8 year old boy, whose parents say is a math wiz, having won a half million dollars playing online poker.

WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star wraps up Day 2
The second day of the World Poker Tour’s Bay 101 Shooting Star $10,000 no limit hold’em main event has finished and there will be just 27 players heading into today’s action set to begin at 11am PST.

Michigan Poker Room Forced to Close
A Flint, Michigan poker room has been forced to close by the State.

Big Tournament Cancelled by Ultimate Bet
UB, Ultimate Bet, has cancelled the 2010 Aruba Poker Classic. The event was cancelled so that the online poker room can work on its online presence instead of focusing on live events. The CEO of Tokwiro, Paul Leggett, released a statement announcing the cancelation.

Tiger Turns Down $75M Sponsorship Offer From Poker Company
Tiger Woods, who after his recent publicity problems, has been dropped by several big sponsors, turned down a $75 Million deal with the Irish Poker site Paddy Power.

Strange side bets on High Stakes Poker
Many poker games will have a side bet, like who has the worst hand, or which player will go out first but High Stake Poker this week has an odd bet going on between Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan.

Bail Denied for Poker Room Shooter
A man accused of discharging a firearm inside a casino in Montana last month has been denied bail.

Loses posted for Party Gaming
The parent company of Party Poker, Party Gaming, has posted loses of $26.5 Million for the 2009 fiscal year. Party Gaming is one of the few publically traded companies that have online gambling. The 2008 fiscal year profits for the company were over $66 Million.

Annie Duke is National Heads Up Champ
Annie Duke has money many tournaments but the most recent game she won put her in the record books as the first woman to become the NBC Heads Up Champion.

Poker Tournament robbed in Berlin
German police say that four men armed with machine guns, grenades and machetes stormed a poker tournament and made off with an estimated €250,000.

Greek Poker Pro charged with Commercial Mortgage Fraud
Achilleas Kallakais, billionair property tycoon, has been charged with defrauding the Bank of Scotland and the Allied Irish Bank to the tune of ₤61 Million.

German Man Arrested for Illegal Online Poker Payment Processing
An arrest was mad last week after federal investigators discovered that Micheal Olaf Schuett has single handedly processed more than $70Million in online poker winnings to thousands of US citizens since 2007.

Rousso and Negreanu leading LA Poker Classic
As the LA Poker Classic heads into its third day two familiar names are at the top end of the leader board. Daniel Negreanu is currently third in the chip count and Vanessa Rousso is sixth in chips.

Iowa Looking at Online Poker
Lawmakers in Iowa a trying to decide is online poker and gambling would be a good option for their state. Suggestions about legalizing online poker in Iowa were being tossed around in the legislature recently with Rep. Doug Struyk saying the timing to make online gambling legal is now.

PokerStars SCOOP schedule released
Another online poker series will be starting in May. The PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) will run from May 3rd to May 16th with 33 events in the series and at least $36 Million in prizes with a $5Million guaranteed Main Event.

Full Tilt Poker being watch by FBI
Unconfirmed reports have been circulating around poker message boards that FBI agents have been watching Full Tilt Poker. Full Tilt is the second largest online poker site.

European Poker Tour crowns champ
Swedish poker player Anton Wigg was crowned the champion of the European Poker Tour early this morning after one of the longest final tables of the EPT.

Bodog offers Olympic Wagers
The two licensees of the Bodog Brand that are accepting wagers on the Vancouver 2010 Olympics have reacted to a request from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to safeguard the integrity of the 2010 Winter Olympics and report any suspicious betting activity.

Long Time Gamer tries out poker
Richard Garriott is known to be somewhat eccentric. He spent millions of dollars for a trip to space; he has a shrunken head in his home, and is known as Lord British to his gaming followers. He created Ultima and Tabula Rasa but now is going a different gaming direction.

Poker.org website sells, highest sale ever for .org
A deal was brokered by Sedo this week which saw the highest price for a .org domain. Poker.org was purchased by PokerCompany.com for a cool million dollars.

Dates Announced for National Heads-Up Championship
The National Heads-Up Championship for 2010 will be coming back to Las Vegas in March. Starting on March 5th and going on for 3 days, the Heads Up series will include 64 players one of which is the Huck Seed, the defending champ.

Team PokerStars adds another pro
The pro team at PokerStars.com has added a new member. Julian Thew, a resident of Nottingham, England was named the newest member of the team.