Bodog Poker have an absolutely fantastic offer for new players in conjunction with the 2009 Kentucky Derby.

Starting now, any new player who signs up to Bodog Poker through PokerNews, makes a minimum $100 deposit and places a wager of any kind on the Kentucky Derby will receive $100 in Bodog Poker tournament credits within 48 hours.

Additionally, players will also receive a first deposit bonus of up to 100% which must be cleared within the first 30 days of sign up. This promotion… Continue

The fascinating online poker “durrrr Challenge” came off a twelve-day hiatus yesterday, with Patrik Antonius and Tom “durrrr” Dwan sitting down for a nearly four-hour session of $200/400 heads-up pot-limit Omaha. The high-stakes rivals put in another 842 hands of play on their way to 50,000, and for the third consecutive session, Antonius turned a profit. The $75,153 he took off Dwan yesterday expanded his total lead to $159,727, the largest lead either player has taken over the other for the… Continue

There was a time, prior to the era ushered in by books like Super/System, Caro’s Book of Poker Tells, and The Theory of Poker, when poker’s place in popular culture was so marginal that an entire book devoted to poker strategy was hardly the stuff of popular demand. Unlike bridge, chess, or other games, poker was viewed by the cultural mainstream not so much as a skill-based test of players’ intellectual ability and psychological fortitude, but as just another form of gambling, only… Continue

Betfair Poker is hosting freerolls that will take poker players to the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe for the Free Million Dollar Game.



The Free Million Dollar Game will include players from 15 regions around the world battling for a $1 million top prize.



There is also the potential to win a £10,000 WSOPE Main Event seat, a £5,000 WSOPE Pot-Limit Omaha seat and a £1,000 WSOPE No-Limit Hold'em seat.



The first step to getting in the game is finding your daily… Continue

The PokerNews Interview: Barry Greenstein, Part One

April 25, 2009, Martin Harris

Barry Greenstein



Barry Greenstein occupies a uniquely central position in the poker world today. As one who has made a living playing poker for several decades, Greenstein is often linked with the older generation of poker players, those with whom he’s intensely competed and forged friendships over the years. Yet he is also closely connected to the younger, post-“poker boom” group of players… Continue