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The Nightly Turbo: PokerStars Launches Women's Poker League, WPT's Search for the Next Simon Cowell, and More
Your weekly grind is over. Kick off your shoes, fire up an poker table or two on your favorite online poker site, and check out the day's top stories. Taking you into the weekend, PokerStars is launching a women's poker league, the World Poker...

Off the Felt with Mark Vos
We like to catch up with the pros from time to time, to give you a little sneak peek into their lives. Our latest chat was with Full Tilt Pro Mark Vos. We found out how he's recovering from the 2010 World Series of Poker, what he'd be doing if he...

Inside Gaming: PartyGaming and bwin Announce Merger, LV Sands Fires China CEO, and Station Casinos Settles
The online gaming industry is buzzing this week with news of the $1.76 billion merger between Euro giants PartyGaming and bwin. The brick-and-mortar industry is all atwitter about a major shakeup in the leadership of Sands China. CEO Steven...

The PokerNews Jet Set: Florianopolis
The ideal recovery after the biggest grind of the summer in the scorching heat of Las Vegas would be to escape to a South American island, right? Well the PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour just happens to be hosting its...

The Nightly Turbo: PartyGaming and Bwin Merge, Beth Shak on Millionaire Matchmaker, and More
PartyGaming and Bwin have announced a merger, which would create the largest publicly traded online gambling company. On top of that, Beth Shak is apparently going to be on Millionaire Matchmaker. And it's only Thursday. In Case You Missed It

The Online Railbird Report: Negreanu Wins $333,000 on PokerStars
While Full Tilt Poker is the primary hotbed for high-stakes online cash games, the action was kicked up a notch this week on PokerStars by the presence of the site’s most famous endorser. Daniel Negreanu has blogged a great deal about how much...

The WSOP on ESPN: Mizrachi Grinds to a Win in $50,000 Player's Championship
“The players, the players, the players…” It’s what poker television is really about, isn’t it? The cast of characters that gathers around the table determines so much of the viewing experience, and with this pointed introductory...

PartyPoker $1,100 Summer Step Up
PokerNews and Party Poker are excited to bring you this exclusive "Summer Step Up" tournament series. With $1,100 in freerolls. There are five steps beginning with Step A, a $1 buy-in, and culminating in a $1,000 freeroll. Summer Steps...

House Financial Services Committee Votes to Approve Barney Frank's Internet Gambling Legislation
The eventual timeline of how officially legalized online poker came about in the United States will include a spot for July 28, 2010, the first time a licensing and regulatory bill received a positive vote at the federal level. The House...

The Nightly Turbo: Bruce Buffer Wins Hustler Tournament, World Series of Poker Launches Facebook App, and More
In tonight's Nightly Turbo we've got the scoop on Bruce Buffer showing off his poker skills at the Hustler Casino in Los Angeles on Tuesday, the World Series of Poker has launching a Facebook app, and more. In Case You Missed It PartyPoker...