Players enjoying a lively home poker game in Sayville, Long Island had some unwanted visitors from North Bellmore early Saturday morning according to Suffolk County police. Seven people were playing Texas Hold “em inside a home an Greenbrier Lane when two suspects knocked on the side door at 2:15 A.M. Naturally, the homeowner [...]

If you were anywhere near Leicester Square in the West End of London over the past few days chances are you were draw towards the buzz coming out of the Bodog.com Poker Dome.
A hugely popular sponsor and venue at the Poker in the Park 2010, the Bodog.com Poker Dome could not be missed — it [...]

Telltale Games, famous for their updates to classic videogame franchises like Sam & Max and Tales of Monkey Island and newer titles like Strong Bad’s Cool Game For Attractive People and Bone have announced a forthcoming title that will bring poker fans and video game nerds together more than anything previous: Poker Night At The [...]

Last night, the bubble burst with a bad, bad beat being delivered to Victor Ilyukhin, who was sporting a “Jesus Died For Our Sins” shirt. He threw 30k into a pot while holding Kh3h and was called by Sandiep Khosa, who limped in from the button for 8k.
“Well, I’m live,” he said [...]

The San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports that eight people were arrested in the California city of Covina after police officers broke up an illegal poker operation occurring at The Well, a local bar located on West San Bernadino Road. Covina police sergeant Dave Foster told the press that police served a search warrant on [...]

Day two of the World Poker Tour London Classic wrapped up late yesterday and 39 players were left to take it to day three. 171 players entered the tournament, creating a massive prize pool of over £800,000 with the first-place winner walking away with nearly a quarter of a million pounds. While Erik Seidel [...]

Lakesha C. Johnson, 27, was sentenced to 18 months probation by a Chicago judge for stealing $9,000 from a poker player in February of last year. Lake County prosecutor Bernard Carter stated that she’ll be paying $9,000 in restitution and performing 90 hours of community service as part of her punishment. Johnson failed to [...]

The World Poker Tour London Classic has been underway for two days and will have just started its third when this hits the blog. Due to its size, opening day for the event was split into two days. In day 1A, Erik Seidel led the way with 226,200 in chips, followed by Talal Shakerichi [...]

Las Vegas
ESPN’s Gary Wise sat down and talked to Phil Laak, whose recent ATV accident sidelined The Unabomber for a few weeks. Laak maintained his typical jovial persona throughout the interview with the poker journalist, reflecting on the accident and his reaction to being transported to the hospital:
“I was in extreme pain, but I [...]

Congratulations to Bodog Poker player ctsrules. They came in first during this weekend’s $100,000 guaranteed poker tournament, held on Sunday, August 29. They earned a cool $25,000 for beating a field of over 570 players with ph33sh1nGT1mE taking second place and $15,000 and darknightcoming rounding out the top three finishers and winning $9,500. Here’s [...]