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  • Joe Cada back in Online Poker, but has Bar shut down

    The past couple of weeks have brought a whirlwind of emotions for 2009 WSOP Main Event champ Joe Cada. First, he finally got a residence set up in Canada so that he could play at the world’s largest online poker sites, such as his sponsor PokerStars. But on a down note, he learned that his…

  • Why is Zoom Poker so Tough?

    If you’ve ever played Zoom Poker at Stars – or any of the other fast poker variants like Speed Poker (Titan), Fast Forward (Party Poker) or Fast Poker (Unibet) – you have probably noticed that these games are tough to beat. In fact, most people find that they’re far less profitable playing quicker poker variations…

  • Viktor “Isildur1” Blom dominating Online Poker

    When Viktor “Isildur1” Blom first hit the online poker scene in 2009, his hyper-aggressive style and fearlessness baffled opponents. He was taking on the world’s top poker players just months after moving into high stakes games – and he was winning too! Unfortunately, Blom ran into a red-hot Brian Hastings, who was armed with ill-gotten…

  • Sorel Mizzi opens up about Cheating Incidents

    Sorel Mizzi doesn’t exactly have the best reputation in the poker world. He was caught buying somebody else’s account deep in a tournament at Full Tilt Poker, and let a friend use his account during a PokerStars tourney because he had to catch a flight. And while these acts don’t exactly measure up to the…

  • Tatiana “Mysters_Y” Barausova becomes Newest PokerStars Pro

    Because she doesn’t play on the live circuit, Tatiana “Mysters_Y” Barausova isn’t exactly the world’s best known poker player. However, she figures to get a lot more attention after signing a deal with PokerStars Team Online. She’ll join other internet standouts such as Randy “nanonoko” Lew and Isaac “Ike Haxton” Haxton on this team. Barausova…

  • Daniel Negreanu appearing on Millionaire Matchmaker

    Daniel Negreanu has accomplished just about everything one could hope for in the poker world. However, the 38-year-old divorcee has yet to conquer love, and he’ll appear on Bravo’s Millionaire Matchmaker to try and find his soulmate. Negreanu’s episode is appropriately entitled “Trying to Play the Cards Right,” and it will kick off the sixth…

  • Russia cracking down on Online Poker

    Like many other countries throughout the world, Russia had never officially cracked down on online poker and made the activity illegal. However, all of this has changed recently with the Russian Supreme Court putting more responsibility on ISP’s to block poker sites. In the past, ISP’s merely had to block the 1,500 sites that were…

  • PokerStars looking to monopolize Speed Poker

    Over the past few months, the speed poker genre has really heated up with a number of sites launching their own fast variant. In fact, this trend inspired us to write tips about playing faster poker games a few weeks ago. Getting to the point, it now looks as if PokerStars is fighting to make…

  • Tips for Fast Poker

    For about a year, the fast poker craze died out because Full Tilt went down along with its Rush Poker software. Rush was well known for allowing people to play more hands in less amount of time. But ever since the emergence of Zoom Poker at PokerStars and several other sites rolling out speed poker…

  • PokerStars’ purchase of Full Tilt saves 200 Jobs

    When PokerStars purchased Full Tilt Poker, many players lauded the deal because it meant their money would be returned. After all, when FTP lost their gaming license a couple months after Black Friday, it meant players had lost over $334 million in deposits. Taking this into account, many people hail Stars as something of a…