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NBC's popular 'Poker After Dark' series returns with its fourth season of episodes beginning July 14th. Season IV of "PAD" promises to break the tradition established by the highly popular late-night series in its first three seasons...

The final standings for the 'Ante Up for Africa' poker fundraiser, held on July 2nd as part of the WSOP, have now been released. The funder, co-hosted by actor Don Cheadle and poker pro Annie Duke, drew a sizeable field of professional...

(Gaming And Casinos News and Information) PocketFivesLivecom has been providing live coverage of online poker httpwwwpocketfivescom players in the 2008 World Series of Poker ever since the first tournament kicked off in May On Thursday July 3rd the Main Event began from the Rio AllSuites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas the first of four starting days for the marquee poker tournament By July 14th a field of thousands will be reduced to just nine dubbed the November Nine because the final table wont be played until then Eight PocketFivers have taken home gold bracelets for winning WSOP events Alexandre Gomes Grant Hinkle Blair Hinkle Michael Banducci Barry Greenstein Sebastian Ruthenberg Davidi Kitai and Matt Graham have each won a piece of hardware and proven that successful play online can lead to successful play in live poker tournaments httpwwwpocketfiveslivecom This year PocketFive members have already pocketed over 15 million at the WSOPPocketFivescom has a new 1 in its online tourna

(Gaming And Casinos News and Information) The new July dose of Bluff Europe wwwBluffEuropecom is on its way to the hands of poker players around Europe as we speak While they wing their way in one direction Bluff Europe spoke with one man who is headed the opposite way intend on taking Las Vegas by stormNik Persaud is current hovering at the top in the European poker standings but hes not one to settle for anything less than world domination Headed to Las Vegas with the intention of taking the World Series on Nik spoke with Bluff Europe about his hopes for this summer as well as running us through his trials and tribulations on the circuit over the years Oh and he also discusses how he might be turning up at the WSOPE dressed as the Sugar Plum FairyBack in the slightly less surreal world we talk to outgoing WSOP Main Event Champion Jerry Yang While many have wondered why hes been such a lowprofile figure in the last twelve months Jerry has been keeping himself busy helping with charity

The charity event hosted and run by Annie Duke and Don Cheadle that raises money for Darfur has run its course, and the winner is John 'Johnny World' Hennigan, a pro poker player. Like the winner of the event the year before, Hennigan donated 100% of his prize money to the cause, which sends the money to charities to help with Darfur. The final table held its fair share of stars, including Casey Affleck (whose brother Ben busted on the bubble) and Jerry Cantrell, as well as poker pros Hennigan and Phil Hellmuth, and last year's winner Dan Shak.Related Articles:WSOP not the only game in townWorld Poker Showdown joins with Canadian Poker Tour...

Freerolls are good deals for online poker players, offering them a chance to earn money and prizes without putting up any risk, and online poker room Titan Poker recently announced that they are offering a slew of new online poker freeroll tournaments. Titan Poker offers thousands of dollars via their exclusive freerolls that run six times a month. Some freerolls have a $3,000 prize pool, and players can enter these events by accumulating Titan Poker Points through regular poker play...

Poker players in the US celebrated Independence Day yesterday, a special holiday that reminds Americans of their freedom, an issue that some online poker players see as ironic given the UIGEA. The UIGEA seems to restrict online poker play in the US, but a new online poker guide goes over the law and how it applies to poker and other forms of online gambling. USA Online Gambling.com goes over the rules and rights of US citizens, describing in detail how the UIGEA works and how it applies to the individual.Related Articles:July 4th sale on pokerHouse Committee to look at poker bill...