2007 October 19 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Since the passage of the UIGEA, the beleaguered US online poker market has gotten used to seeing sites vacate its space. Today Doyle’s Room reversed the trend by announcing it will re-open to US players. The first inkling that the site…

With little advance promotion, West Virginia poker tables do brisk business.

Casinos and other sponsors of poker tournaments next year will be required to report most winnings and winners to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the agency announced Friday.

Joe Sebok’s house of cards keeps falling down around him. First, he was involved in the poker radio show The Circuit, but the original hosts left after nine months. Then came PokerWire Radio, which just recently went under along with…

WASHINGTON, D.C. ┠Theyâ™re not bluffing: Tax collectors will start requiring poker tournaments to report the winners♠take.

Poker players turned sleuths investigate alleged cheating at Absolutepoker.com.

In a case that illustrates the perils of online betting, a leading Internet poker site said Friday that a hacker exploited a security flaw to gain an insurmountable edge in high-stakes, no-limit Texas holdem tournaments the ability to see his opponents hole cards.