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Have you ever wanted to play poker with your friends but couldn’t quite get everyone together? Well, those days are long gone with Pokerstars new Home Game system. It doesn’t matter where you live all you need is an Internet connection and the Pokerstars client and you are ready to go. In order to setup your home game you simply start up the Pokerstars client and perform the following: Open the Pokerstars client Click the Home Games tab Choose either Create or Join a Poker Club... Read Full Story

Pokerstars just announced that you can now setup a home game. Once you log in you can either create your own poker club or join someone else’s and play against your friends online. For those of us with friends around the country or even around the globe it’s a great way to get everyone together for some fun without the bickering that sometimes takes place in the online poker world. It’s very easy to setup and you can play tournament or ring game format. Good luck at the tables... Read Full Story

I am looking forward to playing a lot more live this year. 2010 was a good year for me overall. I did well online but did not play nearly as many live poker tournaments as I intended last year. I am also looking forward to playing in the Heartland Poker Tour again this year as well. The 2011 WSOP is also on my radar as usual and I may sell a percentage of myself to get staked. I am still contemplating that scenario and will have more info in the weeks to follow. My game has been moving... Read Full Story

If you haven’t heard already Phil Hellmuth is no longer sponsored by UB. He left UB last month and is now seeing what potential he has on the open market as far as sponsorship goes. I have no doubt that Hellmuth will land comfortably. It will be a little weird seeing him without UB gear but a welcome change nonetheless. Read Full Story

As if this is any surprise Full Tilt Poker makes yet another huge signing in adding Annette Obrestad to their already stellar line up. Full Tilt Poker is home to Pros like Gus Hansen, Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer and Tom “Durrrr” Dwan. Obrestad, who turned 21 this year, will be participating in her first WSOP this year. I have to admit that this is going to be a VERY interesting WSOP with Obrestad being involved. There is going to be a lot of press following her every move. Plus she is likely to... Read Full Story

It is now official. Why don’t they just remove the fold button altogether? Nobody folds online anyway, right? I am being more than a bit sarcastic when I say that but I do find it amusing that so many obvious fold situations players are no longer laying down. For instance: Last night I am playing in a large multi-table. I have pocket eights in middle position. Their is a standard raise in front of me and I decide to call. There are now 3 players in the pot and the pot comes down [5][9][4... Read Full Story

You asked for it and now you got it! Full Tilt Poker now offers Rush Poker tournaments. The boom continues as the players refused to relent in demanding Rush Poker tournaments. Now Full Tilt has given them what they want. The announcement came down yesterday and the response has been outstanding from the jump. The format is just a little different than we are used to when it gets down to 10 players though. The play will continue with four-handed play as players are rotated in and out until... Read Full Story

With the ongoing investigation over at Full Tilt you have to wonder just what is next for U.S. facing poker rooms like UB, Absolute and Pokerstars. Is this all about scaring poker rooms or will there really be some serious punitive actions taken by the feds? Considering that there has been nothing done thus far over the past year since the UIGEA was announced I suppose you could make an argument that online poker players will continue to play with impunity. But all it takes is one episode of... Read Full Story

I know it probably is not very shocking to hear but Full Tilt Pros are now under federal investigation and possible indictments are to follow. A federal grand jury in Manhattan is looking into whether Full Tilt Pros are part of a money laundering scheme. Of course the feds are going after big names like Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer and the like. The genesis of this scenario seems to be from two people in particular that have disputes with Full Tilt. No one knows exactly what the... Read Full Story

Since we last talked I have been extremely busy as you probably have noticed. In any event most of those tasks have been addressed and I can get back to blogging a lot more regularly. The last time we talked I was in the midst of my new conversion to UB poker. Since then I have made 2 more final tables in large multi-table events with 200+ players. I have also been able to climb my way up to Step 5 of the WSOP Main Event ladder. Surprisingly this has been a lot of fun. My previous step... Read Full Story