News & Opinion

This weeks poker news is the typical bowl of slightly good news, fudging and "why hasn't it happened already" updates. On the upside Euro Vegas looks like it could be amazing, on the downside Lock buries head in sand and why Bitcoin still makes my head hurt. I Still Don't...

This week traffic at all the poker sites might be predictably lower as the sun continues to shine. People healthily topping up their tans rather than emptying their wallets or the wallets of others at the virtual tables, however there is still poker news worth a mention ... Full Tilt...

So after 2 months of non stop play the WSOP 2013 is finally over with the announcement of the WSOP November 9 - and the odds of them winning. Full Tilt has announced they are to branch out into casino games and other forms of gambling. And in other news...

Unless you have been living under a rock you can't fail to have known that PokerStars have just dealt their 100 Billionth hand - Yes one hundred billion hands have been dealt at PokerStars. I remember when I first started writing this blog, Stars announced their 1 billionth and then...

Two interesting stories this week in the world of online poker. Finally the DoJ have appointed a claims administrator for US players owed by Full Tilt. Secondly WSOP winner Jerry Yang has got himself in financial hot water with the IRS so much so they are selling his WSOP bracelet....

At the moment everyone and his dog seems hell bent on separating their players from other players one way or another. Full Tilt have announced they will guarantee all tournaments and Daniel Negreanu has thrown down the gauntlet in a Full Tilt v PokerStars Challenge. Revolution & Party Poker Separate...

A recent forum thread asking "has Iron Duke closed ?" prompted a comment from TheJudge - one of the well-known members asking "is this the beginning of the end for Merge ?" and many more of us trying to remember if the site hadn't already closed months ago. It's still...

A forum poster NB1961 started a thread entitled "Why is Online Poker in Decline ?" global player traffic has been steadily falling for the last few months and why is a question many of us have been asking ourselves ... Is Online Poker Actually in Decline ? While other sites...

Poker is still in limbo this week, FullPokerTiltStars.com (not ™) announcement will likely come over the weekend or early next week when the WSOP 2012 will also kick off. Fortunately a post in the forum reminded me of a forgotten project ... The Top 10 Worst Poker Site Names List....

I've re-posted a compilation of all the old Tuff_fish poker videos because they are are just so funny and entertaining. Especially after this week I think online poker players need a bit of a pick me up and a reminder just how entertaining online poker can be - Enjoy tuff_fish...