Merge Network Announces Poker Maxmius Online Tournament Series

American online poker pros sad they are missing out on major series like the WCOOP, SCOOP, and the current TCOOP on PokerStars need not feel so left out anymore.  Merge Network, which is still open to US players, unveiled plans for a new online tournament series, Poker Maximus, which will run across the Merge sites

7 Questions with World Poker Tour CEO Steve Heller

A seven-year veteran of the WPT’s parent company, PartyGaming, Heller is making sure the tour lives up to its name by adding new events in new locations. He’s also making sure all are considered legitimate main events equal to those on American soil.

GSN Axes High Stakes Poker

According to a story with buzzerblog.com , High Stakes Poker will no longer be shown on the network effective Jan. 2, 2012.

Epic Poker League to Air on CBS, Velocity

All told, 20 hours of Epic Poker League programming will air with 7 hours scheduled for weekends on CBS and 13 hours on Velocity, a new network aimed at high-income males to be launched by Discovery. Velocity will also re-air the CBS episodes

Poker on TV Guide: May 9 – 15 (EPT Grand Final, WPT, High Stakes Poker)

This week’s televised poker lineup features the return of World Series of Poker broadcasts to the ESPN family of networks after the network pulled episodes because of advertising concerns stemming from the Black Friday indictments. On NBC, Poker After Dark repeats the first of two weeks of a $150,000 buy-in cash game, airing the

PokerListings and Cake Network Undertake Strategic Partnership

Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, March 24, 2011 – Cake Gaming NV announced today that it would be undertaking a strategic partnership with PokerListings. The partnership brings together two companies with extremely complimentary resources: PokerListings being the most comprehensive poker news, poker strategy and poker site comparison website in the world and the Cake Network, a popular global poker network with a number of strong consumer-facing poker brands

Bell Battles Back to Book WSOPC AC Win

The veteran pro, a former real estate developer from Raleigh, North Carolina, added $358,295 to his more than $2.5 million in career tournament earnings with the win. Bell, who also won his first WSOP bracelet in 2010, took the lead on the event’s second day and although he entered the final table second in chips, he stayed patient as it took almost six hours of play before the first player busted from the final.

Klodnicki Leads Solid Final at WSOPC AC

A bevvy of big names finished just outside the final nine, including Victor Ramdin (12th), Beth Shak (11th), and newly crowned WSOPC Atlantic City Main Event champion Matt Waxman (10th). However, a solid line-up still awaits two-time WSOP final tablist Klodnicki in the final.

Carbon Poker Introduces Mac Version

The new version 5 software, which Carbon introduced yesterday, will have all the features of the PC edition including multi-table support, deal it twice, rabbit hunt, quick start and expose one card.