Poker News

On August 23rd Hoyt Corkins’ house was robbed by professional criminals after they gained entry into his home by drilling a hole into his garage after sneaking in a gated and guarded community located in the suburbs of Las Vegas, Nevada. The professional poker player had his World Series of Poker Bracelets stole, World Poker Tour titles stolen and other poker memorabilia ripped away. Read the Full Story Here

Poker After Dark has found a new home after leaving South Point Casino, where they filmed four seasons. The new home will be in the new events center called “the Grand” located in the Golden Nugget Casino. The Grand has been the home of other poker productions in the past and will make a great fit for Poker After Dark.Read the Full Story Here

The World Poker Tour Enterprises received another major blow as they face possible delisting from NASDAQ stock exchange. The WPTE is not meeting the NASDAQ standards of maintaining a closing bid over $1.00 and since July 1st WPTE has not closed over $1.00. As of August 14th, they have 180 calendar days to trade the stock above $1.00 for a minimum of 10 consecutive days and if the WPTE fail to do so they will be delisted. Read the Full Story Here

In recent weeks rumors had been circulating that Chan Poker, an Ongame network poker room endorsed by ten time WSOP bracelet winner Johnny Chan, would soon be closing. These rumors were confirmed last night by the head of Chan Poker’s affiliate department and this morning an update was post on their site letting players know the room was closing. Full Details

Carbon Poker released a new version of their poker client today, version 4.4. This upgraded added several enhancements, fixed a few bugs and added a new game to their line up, Full Details.

Online poker superstar and Playboy model, Jennifer “Jennicide” Leigh has joined Iron Duke Poker and is their first ever professional sponsored player. Jennifer is very excited about joining Iron Duke Poker, which operates on the Merge Gaming Network, and feels it will definitely be a site she can grow with. Read the Full Story Here

After the first poorly organized World Series of Poker Europe, organizers seem to have the right motives for the 2008 WSOPE as there will be an exclusive venue for all the events. Last year, the tournaments were held in three different casinos which created a lot of confusion and hassle for the poker players. Read the Full Story Here

It appears that another casino project, Echelon, is also having issues and has halted construction. This news was released shortly after the press release reporting that the MGM and Dubai World City Centre Megacasino is having financial issues. Echelon is a project of Boyd Gaming and the $4.8 billion project is also having financial issues with contractors receiving walking papers. Read the Full Story Here

The classic battle of luck vs skill is taking place in a court room in rural Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. Attorney Larry Burns has started a petition which is being filed by the state attorney general, which looks to seize over $40,000 of revenue made from the organized games at the Westmoreland Country Fire Department. Read the Full Story Here

It took a television expose to get the attention of the California government who now have banned lead chips in casino’s and poker rooms. The expose revealed that the lead content that were found in the chips manufactured by Gaming Partners International held high levels of lead, which made the chips toxic. Read the Full Story Here