Harrah's New Orleans Reopens
On February 17th, 2006, after seven long months of being shuttered by Hurricane Katrina, Harrah's New Orleans reopened just in time for Mardi Gras. Remarkably, Harrah's New Orleans managed to hire or rehire more than 1,200 workers by the day of its reopening. [More...]

Best Sites for Skill Gaming
While online casinos, sports books and poker rooms have proliferated drastically within the past few years, skill gaming has yet to reach the same massive audience appeal and recognition. But that time is coming quickly. For those players looking to give online skill games a shot, here is some basic information about some of todays hottest sites. [More...]

Phil Hellmuth Joins Celebrity Poker Showdown
While it has been blasted by many purists as a blasphemy of true poker, the Bravo Network's "Celebrity Poker Showdown" has been extremely successful and helpful as well to the charities that the players support. [More...]

PokerStars.com and Aston Martin Racing are Driven to Win
World's Largest Poker Tournament Website and Prestigious International Racing Team Join Forces on American Le Mans Series. PokerStars.com, the world's largest poker tournament website, and Aston Martin Racing, have today jointly announced the formation of an Official Partnership. [More...]

PokerStars Reaches a Milestone, 100,000 Players

PokerStars Reaches a Milestone
3/26/2006

Poker Stars Reaches Another MilestoneLast week was a huge milestone time in the realm of Internet poker as a whole and, in particular, for PokerStars. For the first time in their history, PokerStars announced that they had hit the 100,000 player mark, with those players simultaneously participating in the multitude of ring games, sit and goes and tournaments that the site offers. More...

PokerStars World Cup of Poker, Represent your State

The World Cup of Poker at PokerStars
3/26/2006
PokerStars is excited to bring you the 3rd annual World Cup of Poker (WCP). Once again, it is time for PokerStars players worldwide to come together and play poker to decide which country is king for 2006. Represent your country and play for $200,000 in cash prizes, a free trip to play on TV in the finals, and of course an entire year's worth of bragging rights. The first step is to qualify for your state's WCP team. All you need is 50 Frequent Player Points to enter and you could be representing the United States in the 2006 World Cup of Poker. State qualifiers get underway Saturday, April 1. Registration will open two hours prior to the start of the tournament. Visit our World Cup of Poker information page for details or click "Events," "World Cup" and then "USA States" in your PokerStars game software to find your state's qualifier.

Want to be on TV? Want a shot at Millions? WSOP

The 2006 World Series of Poker. Your chance to win Millions. Visit Full Tilt Poker for complete details.

The big news at Full Tilt Poker is the launch of the World Series of Poker promotions, collectively called Main Event Mania™. These exciting tournaments are designed with one thing in mind – getting players into the WSOP Main Event. Expect many online players to advance to the Main Event . As you know, the WSOP is the granddaddy of all poker tournaments. It's grown from just a handful of players in 1970 to 5,619 in 2005. This year, the WSOP capped the number of players at 8,000, and the media attention is expected to be intense.