Lords kibosh British supercasino

Britain's House of Lords quashed plans for a Manchester supercasino last night with a narrow three-vote rejection of the proposal. Members of Parliament, meanwhile, approved the plans by a 24-vote margin.

Diamond outblings titanium at Titan Poker

Already one of the fastest growing online poker rooms and offering a bling-worthy Titanium level in their VIP Club, Titan Poker has just upped the cachet ante another notch. A new Diamond VIP level is now available for their best and most active players.

Pub poker league launches legal action against police

The Nuts Poker League, which organizes poker in pubs in the U.K., has launched legal action against West Mercia Police. The league claims the force misled pubs on the issue of whether the league games were legal.

WSOPC Event 2 ring goes to 21-year-old

The $500 No-Limit Hold'em World Series of Poker Circuit event at Caesars Indiana started with 304 entries, but ended with the top three players chopping the pot and playing out the rest of the game for the glory of the gold and diamond trophy ring.

Devilfish on at EPT Grand Final; Hellmuth cranky

The Devilfish and the Brat are holding court on Day 1b of the European Poker Tour's Grand Final in Monte Carlo: The former - David "Devilfish" Ulliott - has made it known you shan't "go to war with the fish if you're not playing poker;" the latter - Phil "Poker Brat" Hellmuth - has informed the table his plan of attack is to wait for people to get confused.

The ascension of Rizen: Eric Lynch talks poker

By all accounts, Eric Lynch - better known in poker circles by the name of Rizen - is Mr. Nice Guy.

Tran gets his major: the World Poker Challenge

J.C. Tran, consider yourself paid in full. After winning the World Poker Challenge and $683,437 in Reno, Nev., Tran's quest for a World Poker Tour title came to an end Wednesday.

PokerRoom.com lets Swedish players in

Good news for Martin De Knijff, Erik Sagstrom, Mats Rahmn, and Anders Henriksson: PokerRoom.com has opened its doors to players from Sweden.

WPT success for Titan Poker qualifier

Mike Harnett finished just outside the money at the Bay 101 Shooting Star, but the Titan Poker qualifier was still very pleased with his performance. On his way to taking 49th place in the WPT tournament in San Jose, Harnett knocked out Chad Brown and Johnny Chan, and thus earned himself $10,000 in bounty money.

Hellmuth shills for poker energy drink

Nothing works up a thirst like sitting. To beat the parch, one of poker's most practiced "athletes," Phil Hellmuth, is lending his name to Pro Player, an endurance drink designed to sharpen mental focus at the felt.