Today’s question: What group within the poker world do you believe to be most affected by the global financial crisis? The immediate answer would be the average, everyday player because it’s the average Joes that are really…

The start of the new year brings with it one of the most popular tournaments within the borders of the United States — the Southern Poker Championship series that runs from January 2nd through the 17th. A range of games and buy-ins are available at the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi that culminate in the $10,000 World Poker Tour main event.

Having only been a poker professional for three years now after starting to play the game in 2003 right at the beginning of the “poker boom,” I was very fortunate to have been able to ride most of the meteoric rise that the game experienced from 2003 until 2006.

Poker News Daily: How did you get started in poker?
Fitzgerald: When I was 16 years-old, I saw some kids playing at my high school. I didn’t know if a flush beat a straight when I first sat down. That day, I made $10 and was instantly addicted. I read every poker book that I could and played in every home game in Seattle.

The ball has dropped in Times Square, the champagne bottles tossed out, the New Year’s hats put away for another year, but that doesn’t mean the party has to end! At Party Poker the party is always on, all year long, and you can join in! In a recent independent opinion poll, poker players agreed that they think it is easier to win at Party Poker than any other poker site!

The World Poker Tour’s subscription-based online poker room, ClubWPT, recently awarded its two millionth dollar of prize money. It has been one of the staples in the industry since its launch by the World Poker Tour (WPT), a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange.

There are a lot of reasons to watch poker in the rearview mirror, one fun one is like the title of this article - sayings from the good old days - when poker had just begun to sweep across the land, back when California couldn't spread hold'em but they could spread lowball; Atlantic City WASN'T (as far as poker that is); Foxwoods wasn't a glimmer on the horizon; and poker had not

Today’s question: Will 2009 bring a formal regulation of online poker at the United States federal level? No, that will not happen in 2009. I’d be shocked out of my mind if that happened…

Along with spreading great live games and tournament action around the clock, Cake Poker serves up an enticing array of guaranteed monthly tournaments that range from $1,000 to their gigantic $250,000 wonder that plays on the final Sunday of each month.