The Heartland Poker Tour is an excellent opportunity for unknown talented poker players to receive national recognition since it is a nationally televised poker tour where the prize is $175,000.

Harrah's Entertainment has released the new rules for the 2007 World Series of Poker. Some of these rules are that third party registrations are not allowed.

The Cash Poker Tournament held at Binion's Hotel and Casino will give any poker player the chance to play on National Television, courtesy of the Ultimate Poker Challenge.

The Australian Poker League has announced that the YCW Leagues Club will be holding the pro-series. The first winner of the event was Robert McDowell.

The WSOP Europe will be launched on September 16, 2007. In addition, the WSOP has banned all poker sites from advertising in their WSOP tournament in Las Vegas.

Goa will be hosting the inaugural Asian Poker Classic on March 8th. More than 150 players will be vying to get a slice of the million dollar prize pool for the tournament.

A detailed breakdown of the WSOP Tournament Event #6, where Robert Zarzycki was the winner, taking home a total of $90,075 and a WSOP Goldring as his prizes, while Mike Kalfa is the runner-up.

Long Do, a poker player from Sacramento, was the winner of the Championship No Limit Hold'em Texas Tournament. He won a total of $20,250 in cash prizes.

Five of the best poker players in the world, Ram Vaswani, Arshad Hussain, Surinder Sunar, Lee Nelson and Mel Judah, have already confirmed their participation in the Asian Poker Classic where a $1 million cash prize is at stake.

Shannon Elizabeth has decided to participate in the New Zealand Poker Championships from April 14-22, 2007. She said that she might as well join the tournament while she is on vacation in the country.

A husband and wife team is holding a poker tournament to raise funds for suicide awareness. 'Out of the Darkness Overnight' is a suicide awareness walk that will take place in New York City in June 2007.

Swedish poker sensation, Gus Hansen, will be playing in the Betfair Asian Poker Tour inaugural event in Singapore. The event is Singapore's very first poker related tournament.