Poker Legend Amarillo Slim Beaten and Robbed
January 25, 2009
News broke yesterday that one of the oldest living legends of poker Amarillo Slim Preston was beating and robbed. The beating was so severe that he ended up in the hospital with a broken hand, broken, jaw, and several other serious injuries. To ad insult to injury he was robbed of $8,000 in cash and [...]
Poker Bonus
January 18, 2009
There are so many online poker rooms now it’s hard to figure out which ones are the best to play at. Our staff has spent a lot of time reviewing, testing, and playing at all the online poker rooms we have listed on this site to ensure they are the most secure and most reputable [...]
Online Poker - Get Out The Vote!
January 18, 2009
Online Poker has had it’s fair share of drama, scandals, and setbacks over the last few years. But the online poker world will not lay down while politicians try and dictate our morale compass and pass legislation to prohibit activities we do in our OWN house!
This week the team here at Ridge Gaming has been [...]
Cardspike Poker Scandal
January 14, 2009
The poker watchdog website Casino Affiliate Programs .com (CAP) has been embroiled in a huge online scandal with the rouge poker room; Cardspike.com, which, is on the Cake Poker Network. the last two weeks have been filled with several prominent poker website accusing CAP of managing and owning an online poker room that has skipped [...]
Phil Ivey Acccepts Tom “durrrr” Dwan’s 1.5 Million Prop Bet
January 12, 2009
The poker world has been buzzing all week after Tom Dwan (durrrr) went public about the open challenge he issued to all poker players in the upcoming issue of “bluff” magazine. Dwan’s open challenge included a minimum of 50,000 online hands to be played simultaneously at four or more tables of no-limit hold’em or pot-limit [...]
“60 Minutes” To Finally Air Absolute Scandal.
October 19, 2008
Online Poker will finally be in the spotlight once again when the hit CBS show “60 Minutes” gets set to air its controversial piece on the Absolute Poker superuser account scandal. Many insiders were uncertain as to when it would air, but it looks as though CBS execs have decided to feature its findings during [...]
November 5th, 2008 FTOPS X Will Award Over $15 Million in Cash!
October 14, 2008
November 5th will launch the tenth installment of widely popular Full Tilt Online Poker Series. Dubbed the FTOPS X, the semi-annual online poker event will begin with a $216 No Limit Hold’em 6 Max tournament boasting a Guaranteed Prize Pool of $1 Million Dollars. Twenty-five tournaments will be played in all and commences [...]
Duplicate Poker Ceases Online Operations
October 5, 2008
One of only a handful of online poker rooms welcoming players from the United States is saying goodbye - for now. The rocky state of the current economy seems to have taken yet another prisoner in breaking news that DuplicatePoker.com has ceased operations as of today. I say the word ‘seems’ because according [...]
Poker Rakeback
October 5, 2008
Rakeback is the best friend of any serious poker player. Whenever you play a hand of poker and there is a pot, the poker room takes a percentage of it. This percentage they take out is used to fund the poker room and is called the “rake.” When the online poker scene started to take [...]
Boss Media Ventures Into Italian Poker Market
October 4, 2008
The European iGaming Congress and Expo recently held in Barcelona brought a couple of surprises. Powerhouse Boss Media, an online poker networks industry leader, announced their newest venture - an Italian online poker network. In conjunction with St Minver and the newly acquired GTECH, they will exclusively offer a brand new online poker room [...]













































