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The Kahnawake gaming Commission (KGC), which oversees numerous online poker sites using Kahnawake-based Internet services in Canada, has released an official statement regarding the unfolding situation on UltimateBet Poker. The statement...

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Game Show Network has confirmed that the popular poker cash-game program, 'High Stakes Poker,' has been renewed for a fifth season. The show, one of the highest rated on the network, is expected to begin filming new episodes...

Let's say you have just concluded the post flop betting and the turn is looming. There are still four people hanging around in the hand. This is not the time to test your bluffing skills. In the later betting rounds bluffing into multi-way pot is generally a worthless endeavor. You are not going to scare everyone out of the pot with your bluff, and whoever has the best hand will probably be reluctant to give up their cards.

Chris Webber is a retired basketball great, and he is looking for some great action this Friday at Planet Hollywood to raise money for the Chris Webber Foundation. The event, called C-Webb's Bada Bling Celebrity Weekend, will include a charity poker tournament that will be sure to gather sports stars and celebrities for a good cause. No River Holdem is the game, just like Texas Holdem except there is no river card, giving players one less card with which to make the best poker hand...

The online gambling licensing agency Kahnawake got a stern talking too from one of the largest poker advocacy organizations on the planet recently when the Poker Players Alliance came out against the agency about their reticence in working with PPA. The PPA, a grassroots organization determined to protect poker players' interests, spoke out against the infamous cheating allegations brought against two major online poker rooms and the regulatory industry's lack of control on the issue. Both sites are licensees of Kahnawake, which was refused entry to the Advertising Standards Authority in Great Britain. Related Articles: Legal poker in California closer to happening Swedish poker veto action...

Online poker room Titan Poker just recently announced they have added the Russian language to their poker room, giving Russian speakers the chance to play poker at the popular site in their native language. Titan Poker now has a dozen languages to offer: Russian, Dutch, Danish, English, German, French, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish, and Swedish. According to the poker room an influx of Russian speaking players prompted the addition to the suite of service offered by Titan Poker, which extends to the poker software, customer support services, and the web site. Related Articles: Online poker player youngest to win signature event iPods available at online poker room...

Poker After Dark is one of the most popular of all the poker games shown on TV, and one reason is because they so often mix up their themes. The latest idea is The cash game, a $100k buy in event featuring six players: Phil Hellmuth, Tom Dwar, Allen Cunningham, Guy Laliberte, Mike Baxter, and David Peat.

In the world of professional poker the established pros have been struggling to keep their hold on the sport while under constant assault by the internet kids who have begun feeling their oats. These younger competitors have started making inroads into the sport that had previously been considered the sole province of folks who had "paid their dues". The battle between the generations is one that has fueled pages of press and hundreds of thousands of blog entries, and now a major network has picked up on people's interest in this topic, and has made it a part of their poker programming. NBC's Poker After Dark will feature what they call "Nets vs. Vets". This will pit some of the internet stars against three of the recognizable and accomplished players on the planet.

Warwick Dunnett's 'Poker Wizards: Wisdom from the World's Top No-Limit Hold'em Players' collects contributions from several of the circuit's most accomplished players in a single volume. The book's primary focus is no-limit hold'em...