Here's a story in the Pahrump Valley Times about the top two finishers in the World Poker Tour Championship a few days back. Apparently the guy who got second was a less than successful (nearly...

Interesting story on USA Today about whether or not poker is a sport. Charles Tillman says "You know what? I guess it is because they show it on ESPN."I just saw an infomercial for the Ronco...

The final day of the World Poker Tour Championship begins today at 7 p.m. Eastern time. The seating arrangements and chip counts are as follows: We'll report back with the final results as soon as...

There's long been a rumor that poker star David Williams did a porno back in his college years. Apparently it has been unearthed (it's called "College cock, Vol. 8 Tony's First...

According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, charity poker has returned the the flats in Cleveland, Ohio. Jacobs Investments is managing charity poker Thursday through Sunday for the next 24 weeks....

The second largest online poker room, Poker Stars, is set to become a publicly traded company on the London stock exchange. According to The London Times, Poker Stars could go public by the end of the...

Yahoo Finance today features a press release from the World Poker Tour about it's Season 4 championship which is now under way in Las Vegas. The final tally was 605 entrants for a prize pool of...

Yahoo PRNews reports of an upcoming partnership between Party Poker and Lavalife, and online dating website. The two will be teaming up to host the Lavalife Poker Challenge, an online tournament where...

The Guardian Unlimited reports that Party Gaming's revenues rose 54% in the first quarter of this year to $342.6m. party claims to have attracted over 263,000 new players in the three month...

Bluff Magazine reports that the Professional Poker Tour will finally air on July 5th. The PPT, which began filming over a year ago and sparked a lawsuit between the World Poker Tour and the Travel...

The Houston Chronicles has an interesting story about Washington Wizards all-star guard Gilbert Arenas. During halftime at home games Gilbert keeps himself entertained by playing poker online....

Jack Mcclelland, 15 year veteran tournament director for the WSOP, will be our guest on the Joe Average Poker Show. Mcclelland has travelled around the world supervising poker tournaments including...

The 2006 National Heads-Up Championship from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas will premiere on NBC this Sunday at 12 PM EST. The tournament features 64 of the worlds best poker players playing in a single...

According to Bluff Magazine, Walter Clyde "Puggy" Pearson, the originator of the freeze-out style poker tournament, has passed away at age 77. Starting in 1973, Pearson's freeze-out...

"Action Bob" Hwang, winner of the $1500 No Limit Holdem event at the Borgata Poker Open and 5th place finisher in the WPT Boragata Poker Open will be our guest on the Joe Average Poker Show....

As the United States tries to pass legislation to ban internet gaming, Sweden has opened its own poker site "Svenska Spel". The government is hoping to cash in on the over 200,000 Swedish...

The Venetian opened its new poker room with a 300 person no limit holdem tournament. Beatrice Stanzixger defeated Carlos Mortensen for the title and won a brand new Lotus. The Venetian spent $2.6...

According to Yahoo News Harrah's has announced that the buy-in for this years World Series of Poker main event will be raised in response to the high number of entrants having already won their...