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In a case that illustrates the perils of online betting, a leading Internet poker site said Friday that a hacker exploited a security flaw to gain an insurmountable edge in high-stakes, no-limit Texas holdem tournaments — the ability to see his opponents’ (more…)

With a combined $2.5 million in guaranteed prize pools, Titan Poker’s European Championship of Online Poker is being touted as the biggest online event this winter. The 10-day series starts Nov. 30 and includes Limit and No-Limit Hold’em events as well as Pot-Limit Omaha.The largest guaranteed prize pool will be for the No-Limit Hold’em main event Dec. 9. It has a $1,000+$60 buy-in, but Titan Poker makes every penny worth it with a $1 million guaranteed prize pool.

For the rest of the tournaments, buy-ins range from $100+$9 on up to the buy-in for the main event.

The tournament schedule is:

Date/Time (GMT) Event Guarantee
Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. $200+$15 No-Limit Hold’em $150,000
Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. $100+$9 Omaha Hi-Lo R/A $100,000
Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. $250+$18 No-Limit Hold’em $250,000
Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. $100+$9 Pot-Limit Omaha R/A $100,000
Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. $750+$50 No-Limit Hold’em $200,000
Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. $200+$15 No-Limit Hold’em (6 player) $150,000
Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. $200+$15 Limit Hold’em $100,000
Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. $100+$9 No-Limit Hold’em R/A $250,000
Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. $250+$18 Pot-Limit Omaha $100,000
Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. $1,000+$60 No-Limit Hold’em $1,000,000

In addition to the cash prizes for each ECOOP event, Titan Poker is kicking in a special ECOOP bracelet, and the top 50 players overall after the events are done will be entered into a $50,000 freeroll taking place the day after the main event.

Titan Poker is also offering qualifying satellites for as low as $2+20¢ to win your way into ECOOP events.

Players could earn their shot at some of the $2.5 million up for grabs through ongoing sit-and-go tournaments and multi-table satellites for as little as $3.

Poker might not be a sport, but it is a game of skill. That’s according to the Poker Players Alliance, which is mobilizing support this week to end federal restrictions against playing for money online.Nearly 100 of the PPA’s 809,000 members, from professionals Annie Duke and Chris Moneymaker to former U.S. Sen. Al D’Amato (R-N.Y.), (more…)

For the past two years, poker greats have flocked to British Columbia to compete for our province’s biggest prize pool. This year will be no exception, as British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) proudly presents the third annual BC Poker Championships, (more…)

Canada’s largest casino will showcase some of poker’s greatest players this weekend, as the Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls, Ont., hosts the North American Poker Championship.”This is really the only tournament we have of this caliber, where we’re well into the million dollar range,” Greg Medulun, Fallsview Casino’s director of public relations, told CTV.ca. (more…)

The origin of the word Poker is also a well-debated topic. There are as many variations regarding the possible birthplaces, as we’ll soon see, there are plenty of ways to play poker as well. (more…)

One of the privileges of being an online poker player on a Hollywood site is that you get the chance to play against celebrities who also play online. But if players want to have more than a chance to play against their favorite celebrity, they can pay for a celebrity heads-up game. (more…)