After weeks of planned player boycotts and outrage in the online poker community over PokerStars change in its rake structure, a panel assembled by members of the popular poker forum TwoPlusTwo.com have arrived at a compromise. [more]

Poker phenom Phil Ivey has just won the 2012 Aussie Millions $250,000 Super High Roller event after getting knocked out of the Main event early morning Sunday. That turned out to be a blessing in disguise. The take home prize – A$2,000,000. [more]

Barry Denson announced he is readying to beat Phil Laak’s old Guinness record of 115 straight hours playing poker.

Laak logged those hours playing at the Bellagio poker room in Vegas two years ago and managed to finish with a $6,766 profit. [more]

US Feds allege Full Tilt Poker stakeholder and professional poker player Chris “Jesus” Ferguson was embroiled in an elaborate ponzi scheme. Now it is being reported he funneled $45 million of his $60 million in Full Tilt distribution payments into bank accounts held for him in the name of Pocket Kings Ltd. [more]

Hawaii, one of two states that does not even offer a lottery, is in the process of considering three different bills that would allow for both land-based and online gambling including Internet poker.

Last month, the US Justice Department opened the doors for states to begin allowing both poker and casino games on the Web. [more]

Australian firm Aristocrat Leisure Limited – who provide electronic gaming machines all the way up to complete gaming solutions, including ancillary equipment, electronic tables, services and systems – were the previous firm to officially apply to the Gaming Control Board for a licence back in late December as they look to expand their overseas concerns in countries such as the USA, the UK, New Zealand, Sweden, South Africa, Japan, Macau and Argentina. [more]

2005 World Series of Poker Main Event winner, Joe Hachem, will now serve as Ambassador for the Asian Poker Tour. Hachem recently parted ways with the world’s largest online poker room, PokerStars. At the time of his departure, Hachem claimed he wanted to spend more time with his family. [more]

A new winner was crowned on Friday at the 2012 Aussie Millions Poker Championship. Seasoned pro Tom Middleton captured the Event #5: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Six Handed title. Also, an absolutely stacked final table was set in Event #6: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em w/ Rebuys. It includes 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event winner Tyron Krost, Dan “djk123” Kelly, Jim “Mr_BigQueso” Collopy, Jonathan Karamalikis; and Marvin Rettenmaier.

Another Black Friday defendant has admitted guilt in processing payments for online poker sites as Ira Rubin, among the 11 individuals indicted last year by the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), pled guilty to three counts and is expected to serve from 18 to 24 months behind bars. [more]

Iowa lawmakers were discussing the possibility of legalizing online poker as part of a multi-state platform that would tap into the populations of other states considering the option such as Nevada and the District of Columbia. [more]