UK Legends is a feature we like to run to salute the people that have represented the United Kingdom gallantly at the poker felt and this week's instalment features a man whose contribution goes above and beyond the call of duty more
ChipMeUp (www.chipmeup.com) is a website dedicated to staking people. PokerNews has just bought the company and is marking the occasion with a very nice satellite opportunity. more
To directly tackle the credit crunch, we have noticed that online poker rooms are starting to offer some massive sign up bonuses. Marc Goodwin looks to have the European POY in the bag and more. more
An interview with poker superstar and Team PokerStars Member Gavin Griffin. Mel tracked down this humble and well spoken star for some great insight for the last interview of 2008. more
Pokerstars.net ended the year with one of the biggest weekends of poker ever. iPoker have dropped two skins from their network and poker playing monks are arrested in Korea. more
The Wynn is a stunning looking building on "the strip". The inside lives up to the outside expectations by providing stunning elegance and opulence in one package. more
Erik Seidel was born on November 6th, 1959 in New York. To date he has 8 WSOP Bracelets to his name, and a total of 9.3 Million in tournament winnings. more
Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet have announced they have merged player bases and formed a network called the CEREUS Network. This merger promises larger player numbers at the tables, updated site performance and new special features. more
With the Festive season well and truly upon us, Titians art treasures on the market for 100 million pounds, the call from Mel Lofthouse asking me to go and play a big celebrity poker event with Jimmy White.... more
The Poker Players Alliance have finally spoke out on the case of Anurag Dikshit pleading guilty to the US Department of Justice. Its double points time at PartyPoker and more. more
Sky Poker are giving their players the chance to win a UK poker legend for the night. More details are emerging about High Stakes Poker season 5 and much more. more
Forget Santa baby slipping a sable under the tree, how about slipping around $100 to $200k under it instead? That wish came true last night for snowking_85, KopplarJocke and UFman2 more
This week Barry takes a look at some of the best value games you can take part in over the festive period, as well as a bunch of exclusive Pokernews freerolls. more
The Orleans Hotel and Casino is a regular favourite of British players visiting Las Vegas. Built in 1996, The Orleans has one of the nicest card rooms on or off "the strip". more
This week's UK Legend of Poker is a man that has literally bulldozed his way to the top. Considered by many to be one of the scariest players to ever play a pot with, away from the table he is a quiet and approachable gent. Ram 'Crazy Horse' Vaswani more
The Lucky Ace Rake Race has only attracted three players from the UK. Now is time for the rest of you to take advantage of this great promo! The race is being extended till January 31st. more
Neil Channing and Marty Smyth both have two nominations in a very competitive European Poker Awards. The latest cash game TV show airs on Sky tonight and more details are available on next year's Irish Open. more