Poker and Gambling Tournaments

Stay in touch with the Poker Industry, from Brick & Mortar Tournaments to Online Poker Tournaments. If it is Big and has a great cash prize, you will find it this page. Poker Tournaments happen all over the world, in a live casino or in a online poker room, so take your time to view our Poker Tournament Listings

• North American Poker Tour adds $25,000 Bounty Shootout to NAPT Venetian Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:30:00 CST The North American Poker Tour sponsored by PokerStars.com has just announced a new event for the upcoming stop at the Venetian Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The NAPT tournament will include a $25,000 Invitational High Roller Bounty Shootout featuring a standard no-limit Texas Hold'em game, but with a couple of exciting extras.

• Party Poker online qualifier wins 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:00:00 CST Two Party Poker online qualifiers finished in first and second place in the 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event at the Crown Casino in Melbourne. 23-year-old Australian player Tyron Krost took the first place and the AUD$2,000,000 ($1.78 million) prize, while 27-year-old  Danish player Frederik Jensen, finished runner-up for AUD$1,100,100 $979.000).

• 2009 WSOPE coverage begins next weekend on ESPN2 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:00:00 CST The first telecast of the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe Presented by Betfair will air on ESPN2 next Sunday, January 31st, at 11 p.m. For the second straight year, ESPN2 will provide comprehensive coverage of the annual tournament series held from September 17 – October 1, 2009 at the Empire Casino in London, England, including additional episodes dedicated to the inaugural Caesars Cup event

• 2010 L.A. Poker Classic Event #1 sets new attendance record Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:00:00 CST The first event of the 2010 L.A. Poker Classic at Commerce Casino has set a new record for the largest field ever registered by the tournament series, bringing 5,847 poker players, and creating a $1,680.000 overall prize pool.

• World Poker Tour launches WPT Hollywood Poker Open in Lawrenceburg, Indiana Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:30:00 CST The World Poker Tour will hold the first WPT championship event held in the Midwest: the WPT Hollywood Poker Open. The event will be held at the Hollywood Casino in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, home of the Midwest's largest poker room, from March 4th to 24th.

• Benyamine, Negreanu and Vanessa Rousso join PartyPoker.com Premier League IV player line up Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:30:00 CST PartyPoker.com has announced that WSOP bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu, professional poker player Vanessa Rousso and French high stakes cash legend David Benyamine have joined the line-up for PartyPoker.com Premier League IV in Las Vegas from the February 12th – 18th, 2010.

• Topless Poker Tournament Leads to 20 Arrests Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:00:00 CST A police raid at a Kentwood, Michigan hotel led to a total of twenty arrests after detectives discovered an online advertisement for an illegal topless poker tournament called "Angels of Game Night" that featured topless dealers and liquor.

• Hard Rock Hotel & Casino to host first annual Trash Talk Championship of the World Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:00:00 CST The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is hosting the first annual Trash Talk Championship of the World, a special and highly unique event benefiting the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and giving  poker players the chance to put their money where their mouth is.

• 2010 L.A. Poker Classic Prize Pool expected to top $20 million Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:30:00 CST The 2010 L.A. Poker Classic planned from January 21st to March 4th at the Commerce Casino, will feature a total of 50 events, including new tournaments and two major World Poker Tour (WPT) events, and an estimated $20 million total prize pool, with $3.3 million in guarantees.

• 2010 WSOP Tournament Rules announced Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:30:00 CST Harrah's Entertainment released the official rules for the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) last week, and while no major changes were added to this year’s tournament series, the event's organizers have included better definitions of some rules and incorporated revisions made by the Tournament Directors Association.